from a-3.S. reader
‘The mest significant.facts to: arise frem the recent Senate foreign affairs debate concerned the scale of the U.S. commitment in Thailand, and particularly the remarks.of Senator- Fulbright comparing the situation with that in Vietnam at the beginning of last year, There are, he said, already considerably more_American troops in Thailand than in Vietmam at that time, and he accused the Administration of keeping the Senate and the country in the dark over . the hufa military preparations and the secret understandings with Thailand which.made them possible. Instead of being equal partners with the President, Fulbright said, Congress is becoming his instrument “easily and compliantly if not enthusiastically." "Why", he said, "they say there are no B52 bases in Thailand, but someone sent me an ad from the \/all Street Journal where one of those big construction vompenies is avertising that its doing that ...."" The ad in question, which appeared in at least the San Francisco edition of the Journal, was for a chief photographer and public relations officer, It was headed, "Ve are constructing a B52 base and deep water port in South Thailand, approximately 100 miles southeast of Bangkok ...." This, officially, can only be the base at Sattahip which belongs to Thailand's Navy, which according to one recent report, owned one plane,