Word: kouprasith
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...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...