LAOS
Document Type:
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP80-01601R001000060002-6
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RIPPUB
Original Classification:
K
Document Page Count:
3
Document Creation Date:
December 19, 2016
Document Release Date:
November 6, 2000
Sequence Number:
2
Case Number:
Publication Date:
March 7, 1972
Content Type:
MISC
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PRESS GUIDAC CE ?-,- Piarcl 7, 1972.
If asked:
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CIA and Opium in Laos - Baltimore Sun, March . 7, 1972
QUESTION: Has CIA been given assignment of collecting inform-
ation on narcotics trafficking in' Laos?
ANSWER: I think it c#oeL, without saying that intelligence
gathering on illicit narcotics trafficking
const.itutcs a high priority for the U.S.
Government at this time. The CIA, as a member
of the Cabinet Committee'on International
Narcotics Control, has a legitimate role to
play in the gathering and evaluating such
information. If you are interested in
learning more about what the U.S. Govern-
ment is attempting to do in Southeast Asia and
throughout the world to stem the flow of
ilslici_t narcotics to our troops and to the
continental :'United States, I would he han V
.!" y with.the Of-f-' Ce Of 4- the
Senior Advi4cr for international Narcotics
Matters.
QUESTION: Did US have anything to do with fire which
destroyed a .heroin ,refinery last year?
ANSWER: % No.
QUESTION: Did US have anything to do with ambushing opium
caravans?
ANSWER: Competing opium traffickers have been ambushing
each other's caravans for years. We have-no
information indicating-US involvement.
QUESTION:- Has US Mission condoned narcotics trafficking in
Laos?
ANSWER: No, but until RLG
passed a narcotics control
law last September, 'there were no legal sanctions
against traffic. Since September, Mission has j
assisted RLG in setting up a special narcoticr3
control agency and several important seizures
have been made.
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QUESTION: 1Ivvr much will US narcotics control program,
co:3 t?
ANSWER: USAID has proposed $722,000 project
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