Pacific Stars and Stripes information
for 7/17 CAV
For date 700211
7/17 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
South Vietnam
Description: Paris, Feb 11 (AP) - Communist delegates at the Paris peace talks repeated accused the United States today of invading Laos - naming military units alleged to have done so. The United States called the accusations 'all nonsense.' At the same time, North Vietnam did not deny that it has troops in both Laos and Cambodia, and in fact gave a strong indication that they are in the two countries. These developments came at the 102nd session of the talks, which appeared more dead-locked than ever on basic peace-making issues. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh, head of the Viet Cong delegation, started off the day with a claim that there are 10 battalions of American infantry, artillery and armor fighting in Laos. She said she was stressing that U.S. infantry is in Laos, contrary to U.S. statements that there are only South Vietnamese ground forces there and no American troops. Later, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong spokesmen names U.S. units they said are fighting in Laos. They were listed as the 7th Battalion of the 17th Air Cavalry Regiment, and 'several battalions' from the 5th Mechanized Division, the 101st Airborne Division and the Americal Division. The U.S. spokesman termed the Communist claims 'all nonsense.' Ambassador David K.E. Bruce said American air and artillery units are supporting the South Vietnamese incursion-the artillery firing from across the South Vietnamese border - and added: 'No American ground combat forces or advisers will cross into Laos.'
Submitted by Tim Flood, October, 2001
The source for this information was email supplied by Tim Flood 10/15/2001
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