Background Information Relating to Peace and Security in Southeast
Asia and Other Areas. Committee print, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, January 1970. vi, 79 pp. The texts of numerous
resolutions relating to the Vietnam War (both anti- and pro-war)
that had been proposed by various senators, comments on them by
the State Department, and other relevant documents. The text has been placed on-line in
the Virtual Vietnam
Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in three parts:
pp. i-vi, 1-23,
pp. 23-51, and
pp. 52-79.
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Vietnam Policy Proposals. Hearings of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, February 3-5, March 16, 1970, on possible
legislation to end the war. v, 405 pp. Includes (pp. 365-402) the full text of a paper:
Republican Conference, House of Representatives, "The United States
and the War in Vietnam," September 20, 1966.
pp. i-ii, 1-14,
pp. 309-334,
pp. 333-361, and
perhaps other portions, have been placed on-line in
the Virtual Vietnam
Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University.
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Amending the Foreign Military Sales Act. Report of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, May 12, 1970. 15 pp.
Includes the Church-Cooper-Aiken-Mansfield amendment prohibiting
US forces or advisors in Cambodia, and prohibiting combat operations
by US aircraft over Cambodia in support of Cambodian forces.
S.Rpt. 91-865
Termination of Middle East and Southeast Asia Resolutions. Report of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, May 1, 1970. 36 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University.
Termination of Southeast Asia Resolution.
Report of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, May 15, 1970,
recommending repeal of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. 24 pp.
Most of the document is an appendix giving the texts of ten other
resolutions, mostly dealing the peace in Southeast Asia, and
Department of State comments on each.
The text has been placed on-line in
the Virtual Vietnam
Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University.
S. Rpt. 91-872
Documents relating to the War Power of Congress, the President's Authority as Commander-in-Chief, and the War in Indochina. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Print, July 1970. vi + 252 pp.
Legislative Proposals Relating to the War in Southeast Asia.
Hearings of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, April 20 to
May 27, 1971. vii + 726 + xii pp. The most important of the legislative proposals under consideration was
the Vietnam Disengagement Act, which would have called for a withdrawal of American military forces from
Vietnam by the end of 1971. The witnesses included
John Kerry of VVAW, in the testimony that made him famous (pp. 180-210); retired Marine General David M. Shoup
(pp. 485-501); W. Averell Harriman (pp. 501-520); Gerald Hickey, Robert Shaplen, and Don Luce (pp. 425-484);
Under Secretary of State John N. Irwin II, with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs William H. Sullivan (pp. 263-316); and Herbert R. Rainwater, Commander in Chief of the VFW
(pp. 636-682). Many senators also appeared as witnesses, including Democrats George McGovern, Vance Hartke,
Adlai E. Stevenson III, Walter Mondale, and Thomas Eagleton; and Republicans Mark Hatfield, Jacob Javits,
Jack Miller, and William Saxbe. The text has been placed online by
bulk.resource.org, a service of
public.resource.org.
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War Powers Legislation. Hearings before the Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 1-2, 1971. v, 145 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in four parts: pp. i-v, 1-44, pp. 45-92, pp. 93-139, and pp. 139-145.
Legislation on the Indochina War. Hearings of the Subcommittee on Asian and
Pacific Affairs, House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 22 - July 12, 1971. iv, 283 pp. The text has been placed on-line in
the Virtual Vietnam
Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in six parts:
pp. i-iv, 1-43,
pp. 45-90,
pp. 91-140,
pp. 141-190,
pp. 191-240, and
pp. 241-283.
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Y 4.F 76/2:In 2/6
War Powers Legislation. Hearings before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, March 8-October 6, 1971. ix, 873 pp.
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War Powers. Senate Foreign Relations Committee report, together with additional views of Senator Fulbright, and individual views of Senator John Sherman Cooper. Senate Report 92-606. February 9, 1972. 33 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University.
Termination of Hostilities in Indochina. Hearings of the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 16, 18, 23; June 1, 1972. iii, 145 pp.
Hearings on a resolution submitted by the Democratic members of the
committee, calling for a complete withdrawal of US military forces
from the Indochina War as of October 1, 1972, on conditions that
they be permitted safe withdrawal, that POWs be released, and
that there be a full accounting for MIAs. The text has been placed on-line in
the Virtual Vietnam
Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in three parts:
pp. i-iii, 1-48,
pp. 49-97, and
pp. 98-145.
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Termination of Hostilities in Indochina. Report of the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, August 3, 1972. 13 pp.
The committee endorsed, by a very narrow margin, H.J. Res. 1225,
which said that within four months after a cease-fire, return of
POWs, and accounting for MIAs, all U.S. forces would be withdrawn
from Vietnam. The
text has been placed on-line in
the Virtual Vietnam
Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University.
House Report No. 92-1293
War Powers. Hearings before the Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments House Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 7-20, 1973. vi, pp. The main body of the text (without a long Appendix) has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in eight parts: pp. i-vi, 1-44, pp. 45-94, pp. 95-144, pp. 145-194, pp. 195-244, pp. 245-296, pp. 297-346, pp. 347-393.
Congress and the Termination of the Vietnam War. April
1973. vii, 17 pp. Prepared for the Senate Foreign Relations Commiteee by the
Congressional Research Service. The
text has been placed on-line in
the Virtual
Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University. The entire text was reprinted in War Powers Legislation, 1973
(see below).
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War Powers Legislation, 1973. Hearings before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, April 11-12, 1973. iii, 341 pp. The text has been placed on-line in
the Virtual
Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in nine parts:
pp. i-iii, 1-35 (includes
testimony of Raoul Berger,
Nicholas Katzenbach, and Alexander Bickel);
pp. 36-74 (includes
testimony of Alexander Bickel,
David F. Maxwell, and Charles N. Brower, Acting Legal Adviser, Department of State, and pp. i-vii of
Congress and the Termination of the Vietnam War);
pp. 75-112 (includes
pp. 1-17 of Congress and the Termination of the Vietnam War, testimony of
Charles N. Brower and David F. Maxwell, statement of Senator
John C. Stennis, and statement of
Senator Thomas F. Eagleton);
pp. 113-150 (includes
statement by Senator Barry Goldwater);
pp. 151-188 (includes
"Congress and the War Powers," by Senator Thomas F. Eagleton, originally published in the
Missouri Law Review, 37:1 [Winter 1972]);
pp. 189-226;
pp. 227-265 (includes
two essays by Senator Jacob K. Javits, each titled "The War Powers Crisis," and the first 13 pp. of
"Great Cases Make Bad Law: The War Powers Act," by Eugene V. Rostow, originally published in the
Texas Law Review, 50:5 [May 1972]);
pp. 266-303 (the next
38 pp. of Eugene Rostow's article); and
pp. 304-341 (includes
the last 17 pp. of Eugene Rostow's article).
Y 4.F 76/2:W 19/3/973
Department of State Authorization Act of 1973. Report of
the Senate Foreign Relations Commiteee, May 23, 1973. Includes an
amendment prohibiting the use of funds for US combat in Indochina, for
aid to North Vietnam, for contributions to SEATO, etc. iii + 53 pp.
S. Rpt. 93-176
Congressional Oversight of Executive Agreements, 1975. Hearings
before the Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, Senate Judiciary Committee,
May 13-15, July 25, 1975, on the validity of commitments made by
a President of the US without the knowledge of Congress, with particular
reference to the promises Nixon made to Thieu in connection with
the 1973 Paris Peace Accord. vi + 505 pp.
Y 4.J 89/2:Ex 3/6/975
The War Powers Resolution: Relevant Documents, Correspondence, Reports. Prepared for the Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs, House committee on International Relations, 1975. vii, 42 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University. The January 1976 edition, somewhat expanded, vii, 46 pp., has been placed on-line in two parts: Front matter and pp. 1-41, pp. 42-46 (includes President Ford's reports to the Congress, under the War Powers Resolution, on his use of U.S. forces in the evacuation of Saigon and the Mayaguez affair, not found in the 1975 edition). The June 1981 edition, v, 55 pp., with documents on the Iran hostage rescue mission and on the U.S. military personnel in El Salvador, has also been placed online.
Congress, the President, and the War Powers: A Bibliography, rev. ed. JX 4552. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, (1974?). 13 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University.
The War Power After 200 Years: Congress and the President at a Constitutional Impasse. Hearings
before the Special Subcommittee on War Powers of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, July 13 to
September 29, 1988. v, 1428 pp.
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