The Vietnam-Cambodia Emergency, 1975...: Hearings Before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5960 ... H.R. 5961...

Coperta unu
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 - 684 pagini

Din interiorul cărții

Pagini selectate

Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate

Termeni și expresii frecvente

Pasaje populare

Pagina 661 - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after August 15, 1973, no funds herein or heretofore appropriated may be obligated or expended to finance directly or indirectly combat activities by United States military forces in or over or from off the shores of North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos or Cambodia.
Pagina 657 - They are established under the constitutional power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the armed forces of the United States, and they are recognized in the provisions of the fifth amendment expressly exempting "cases arising in the land and naval forces" from the requirement as to presentment and indictment by grand jury.
Pagina 655 - I have concluded that the actions of the enemy in the last 10 days clearly endanger the lives of Americans who are in Vietnam now and would constitute an unacceptable risk to those who will be there after withdrawal of another 150,000. To protect our men who are in Vietnam and to guarantee the continued success of our withdrawal and Vietnamization programs, I have concluded that the time has come for action.
Pagina 627 - Dear Excellency and Friend, I thank you very sincerely for your letter and for your offer to transport me towards freedom. I cannot, alas, leave in such a cowardly fashion. As for you and in particular for your great country, I never believed for a moment that you would have this sentiment of abandoning a people which has chosen liberty.
Pagina 627 - ... moment that you would have this sentiment of abandoning a people which has chosen liberty. You have refused us your protection and we can do nothing about it. You leave and my wish is that you and your country will find happiness under the sky. But mark it well that, if I shall die here on the spot and in my country that I love, it is too bad because we all are born and must die one day. I have only committed this mistake of believing in you, the Americans.
Pagina 656 - ... continuing armed attack by North Viet-Nam. Our efforts have been to extricate ourselves from this situation by negotiated settlement if possible, or, if a settlement providing the South Vietnamese people the right of self-determination cannot be negotiated, then through the process of Vietnamization.5 The current actions in Cambodia should be viewed as part of the President's effort to withdraw United States forces from combat in Southeast Asia.6 I appreciate this opportunity to discuss the questions...
Pagina 683 - I therefore do not believe that it would be appropriate for me to comment on...
Pagina 659 - Nol declared a state of emergency and appointed a new government to rule by ordinance rather than constitutional law, adding that he would no longer "play the game of democracy and freedom" since it stood in the way of wartime victory.
Pagina 661 - ... The Senate Committee reported the bill with several amendments on May 14, 1946 (Senate Report No. 1333, 79th Congress), and the Senate passed the bill on June 14, 1946. A conference Committee met on June 21 and filed its report on June 24 (House Report No. 2322, 79th Congress), which was agreed to by the House on June 25 and by the Senate on June 28, 1946. The Act was signed by President Truman on July 5, 1946, and became Public Law 489, 79th Congress. As stated in the House Report (No. 219,...
Pagina 653 - He was deputy chief of mission and charge d'affaires in Laos from September 1972 to February 1974, when he was nominated as ambassador to the Khmer Republic. He served in this capacity from March 1974 to April 1975.

Informații bibliografice