Midway (CV 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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3 EVV YORK Y' ff rg ' 4 'M . If 111141 Jeff +f5 -2 vt' 1 ' se A European Erlilion Is Published Daily in Paris - FRIDAY. MARCH 124. 19451 a'ffl?f'fS5I.f1I.Z. l .ffl cl1Z'1ii'1.1 Yf.'ifff1 '1r.ii,'Y1 FIVE-CENTS 1111 dy Bids Re sHalt 7 Lao or Face Action' s s Peace By Warren Roger: jr. WASHINGTON Mar. 23 - Kennedy declared to- that llfl'fL'!tS a peaceful lr. fonrcl to the Lam the Urnled States and tts wlll constder taktnu other I n stron: stan-n1f'r1tcoucl1rd soft words, tl1e f'1'e'.lda-nt. to the AfflQ'lLCilfl and all the world to tlndcrata11d that 'all au- 'sunt f ln Laos ls peace. not 11 nr ef But. he told hls press con- lferencc, 11-lneh uns telecast 4 llvr. Arnerlrrn ls dr-te1rr1l11ed eto ablde by lls eor11rr11tn1f-11ts to keep Laos from 5201113 Corn- munlst. Laos ls far away from iAmCl'lCll but the world rs small, sald. The Presldent described the pltuutlon in Laos. where Corn- ..EIl'lun1st-bael-trd rebels are stead- grlly nnrklrnr 11dva1r1c1-s. as the f 1nost lrnrnedlate DFUUICIIIU of ills AdmllllSlfllll0ll. And then lard down hrs terllls. whlch has sought to make clear to Prenner Ntltrta S. If there is to be a peaceful there rrust be a cessa- of the present armed at- If these attacks do not those who respect a truly Laos wrll have to con- their response. The shape of this necessary will. of course, be care- considered not only in ashlngton but ln the confer- of the SEATO allies which next Monday .... Deploys in Area Ll Mob 1 ! . President .g'. 18111183 arriers, Marines, Says U, , Transport Planes to Laos Area F' A '.'If'1f,! T','1.':eH1.'rou '.'. A'-fllN'i'!'1 :FJ 51.17. 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A hz: s':f'k' 'llxfw' xrffzi-'ri The varldcrr lf'- c.1TL In lG4,:'..1'a'.1 of 2,000 ili- 1-gp,-1-,f3g.1 -.ff-gf--1: Tokyo naakxriz A nzfw-, E-111111: the fxlrn com- p,1gi'.' '.1,'l1-1111 2151111 lil? R bit coznhrtt SCFIZ' Thffv' 21150 lfl' ,-111111-,1 ghf- dgfpnich of about 150 lfarzrifs to t,'dr.r11. Thai- land. fxft-.' males south of Vien- f,lf1f1P,:f' SVT'-'lCC llflzropters s'1p- plyznz flue Royal Laos Arm?- ln the L'n1trd Slntrs, YBXIOUS unrta of the Strategic Army Corps we-ze reported alerted for LMISTLDEF 11:111rr11e:1t. A sunzlar .rlrrt was :nhl to lime been gnrn 111 2000 a::Lo111e troons on Ua111.lu.1, l1.c1u111:1g hun- dreds of r-sgu'l.1l2p tz:1.l1rd gurl'- ill!!! fz.'l1tr'1x Thr Wlntr llonsr and the l'1-11t.nro11 clrrrrmf-d 11 secrecy l1d 1111 all thru- dr1elop111e11ts as the l'rrs:dr-r1t :ourht a dxplo- mutxc z-houdnnxrr mth the Rus- s.11:1s 11:1 the future of Laos. All 11111-111111115 bronuht a cllsp 'rm c11111r11fr1t, the llkc of v.l1.rl1 has 1.1.-t been KIIOVQH around here axrzce tl1e Korean War. Wl11le-tl1e llrlsslans kept qulrl and pro-Comrn11nlst forces :anna-11 ln Lilflk, the Presldent ordrrr-d nnatr of the 'Tlh Fleet deployed to the South Chma Sra llr also ordered the rf'- deplf-1yn1rnt nf arrrraft and the als-rtrnz of lxmzled-uar combat troops. Carrlera l'ndrr Steam The three alrcraft carrlcra stramina toward waters near landlocked Laos lnrlude the U.S.S,Benn1n1zton.the U. 8.3. Ifxrnaton and the U. S. S. Mrrlway. The Br-nnrnrzton and the Dex- rncton were accompanied by the amrmhrblous transport U. S. S. Paul Revere and the landzna ship U. S. S. Monti- cello, as well as four destroyers. The 1.400 Marxnes of the 3d Marine Division were aboard the Paul Revere and the Mon- txcello, The Midway and two dc- stroyers steamed out of Hong Kong a few hours after dawn to jorn the other 'lth Fleet unlts already ln the South Chlna Bea and headed toward Indochina. The American units provlde a powerful force. backlng up the land elements of the South- cast Asia Treaty Organlzatlon alll:-s already ln the general llfll. These include That, Phlllp- pine and Paklstant troops and aircraft, as well as 500 French offteers and men statloned ln Laos, mainly for tralnlna pur- poses. All told. the BEATO na- tions could throw about 4.000 battle-ready troops lnto Laos Wllhln a short tlmc. They would bolster the 29.000-man Laotlan Army. which has been unable so far to cope with the 8.000 to 10.000 Communist-backed Pathet Lao rebels. The Communlsta' guer- rilla tactics and the rugged terrain gh-e them a formidable advantage. Thailand.meanwhlle,charged that fourteen battalions of North Vietnamese are in Laos flszhtlng alongslde the rebels. This would considerably ln- erease the size of the Commu- nlst forces, lndlcatlng they may bc plannlnlz a concerted drlvc to take over the whole of Laos before the United States and its SEATO allies can act. we tpac 196

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