Word: kouprasith
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...Siege. After another session the following morning, the talks broke down. Next thing anyone knew, gunfire briefly rang through Vientiane and a group of rightist army officers calling itself the Revolutionary Committee of the National Army was on the radio, announcing that it had seized power. Their leader: General Kouprasith Abhay, who has been fighting the neutralists and leftists for years. As commander of the Vientiane military district Kouprasith was the top soldier under Rightist Boss Phoumi, but also acquired a great deal of power...
...that were not bad enough, last week the garrison of Vientiane rebelled. Captain Kong Le, who was away at the front, could do nothing about it. The new garrison commander, Colonel Kouprasith Abhay, began purging leftists from the garrison forces. Equably, Souvanna remarked: "We prefer someone who really commands." But when Kong Le rushed back to Vientiane and pushed Kouprasith's forces two miles out of town, the imperturbable Souvanna let that pass too. "This is a military matter," said...
...came unexpectedly when Colonel Kouprasith's forces, wearing white armbands, and Captain Kong Le's forces, wearing red armbands, threatened to have it out right there in Vientiane. Souvanna decided it was time to go. Still president of Air Laos, Souvanna ordered up a Boeing Stratoliner, piled in his family and six Cabinet ministers and flew off to Cambodia. He blamed all his troubles on the U.S. for failing to give him support while aiding General Phoumi. "Why do they hate me so much?" he asked...