Richard Nixon actually said...

The security of all Southeast Asia will be endangered if Laos loses its neutral independence.

Our goal in Laos has been and continues to be to reduce American involvement and not to increase it, to bring peace in accordance with the 1...

We will continue to give the American people the fullest possible information on our involvement, consistent with national security.

In the search for peace we stand ready to cooperate in every way with the other countries involved.