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 CIS NO: 70-S381-11
 TITLE: U.S. Security Agreements and Commitments Abroad. Part 3: Kingdom of
     Thailand.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iv+607-917 p. il. Index.
 DATE: Nov. 10-14, 17, 1969
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 91-1              SUDOC: Y4.F76/2:Se2/pt.3
 ITEM NO: 1039
 LC CARD NO: 70-604496               MC ENTRY NO: 9912(70)

 Hearings before the Subcommittee on U.S. Security Agreements and
 Commitments Abroad on U.S. relations with Thailand. Describes and debates
 the extent and nature of U.S. involvement in Thailand as well as the
 authority for and the secrecy surrounding that involvement. Supplementary
 material includes questions and answers submitted for the record (p.
 905-911) and a summary index (p. 913-917). Sections of this hearing have
 been deleted at the request of the Departments of State and Defense.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Thailand-U.S. relations
 DESCRIPTORS: SUBCOM ON U.S. SECURITY AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENTS ABROAD.
     SENATE; LAOS; VIETNAM; MILITARY.ASSISTANCE; COST OF WAR;
     DEPARTMENT.OF.AIR.FORCE; NIXON ASIAN DOCTRINE; INSURGENCY;
     FOREIGN.RELATIONS; SEATO; DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE; THAILAND

 70-S381-11 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Nov. 10-12, 1969 p. 609-866
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     UNGER, LEONARD (Brig. Gen.) (Lt. Col.) (Maj. Gen.) (Maj. Gen.) (Lt.
        Gen.) (Ambassador to Thailand); accompanied by TANHAM, GEORGE
        (special assistant to the Ambassador for counterinsurgency); OTT,
        DAVID E. (Brig. Gen.) (U.S. Army Support, Thailand); BARTELT,
        ROBERT A. (Lt. Col.) (former commander, 46th Special Forces Unit,
        Thailand); SEITH, LOUIS T. (Maj. Gen.) (commander, U.S. Military
        Assistance Command, Thailand; Chief of the Joint U.S. Military
        Advisory Group, Thailand); PETIT, ROBERT L. (Maj. Gen.) (deputy
        commander, 7/13th Air Force, Udorn, Thailand) and STILWELL, RICHARD
        G. (Lt. Gen.) (U.S. Army)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Debates nature and extent of, and authority and
     justification for, U.S. commitments to Thailand. Discusses SEATO Treaty,
     Rusk-Thanat Communique of March 6, 1962 (text p. 676), Thai-U.S.
     contingency plan, Nixon Asian Doctrine and related statements.
       Describes U.S. assistance to Thailand as related to Thai security and
     to U.S. involvement in Vietnam and Laos. Discusses development, nature,
     and extent of insurgency in Thailand; Thai counterinsurgency program;
     and U.S. role including that of Army Special Forces. Traces development
     of U.S. military presence in Thailand, purpose and effect of U.S.
     military construction, and U.S. air operations over Vietnam and Laos.
     Describes U.S. support for Thai troops in Vietnam.
 CONTENT NOTATION: U.S. relations with Thailand (Unger)

 70-S381-11 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Nov. 14, 1969 p. 870-905
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MARTIN, GRAHAM A. (former Ambassador to Thailand)
 DISCUSSION: Evolution, purpose, and effect of U.S. military facilities in
     Thailand; U.S. obligations under SEATO Treaty; deployment of helicopters
     and Special Forces to Thailand in 1966; Thai troop contribution to
     Vietnam.
 CONTENT NOTATION: U.S. relations with Thailand (Martin)