467–28

Conversation No. 467-28

Date: March 17, 1971
Time: 3:25 pm - 3:29 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Samuel S. Stratton

Vietnam
-Stratton’s support
-President’s knowledge compared with press

Laotian operation (Lam Son)
-Military situation
-Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
-Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN]
-Purpose
-Effect on North Vietnamese supply routes
-A vote in Congress
-A troop withdrawal announcement
-Outcome
-US foreign policy
-Public opinion
-Laos news
-Stratton’s support
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