Word: lao
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Life in Laos Sir: My service in Thailand for seven years as United States Ambassador and my many friends among the peoples of Southeast Asia, Thailand and Laos have given me a deep respect and appreciation of the fine qualities and attributes of the Lao people...
...dismayed, therefore, by TIME'S feature article concerning Laos-dismayed by the thought that TIME'S article will be read by many thousands of American citizens and will sharply color their thinking and image of the Lao people; dismayed, too, by the thought of the irritation and resentment which I fear this article will arouse. I feel this is the kind of reporting that undercuts the efforts of our country to win the good will and friendship of other peoples...
Last week brought a harsh and sudden intensification of events. In Laos, the Pathet Lao guerrillas advanced toward Luangprabang, the royal capital. In the United Nations, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko truculently renewed the Communist offensive against Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. In Geneva, when U.S., British and Russian delegates to the nuclear-test-ban conference met again after a 3½-month recess, the Soviet delegate started off with a belligerence that appeared to rip apart the fragile little structure of agreement slowly pieced together since the talks began in October 1958 (see THE WORLD). Soviet diplomats spread the word...
...Zeal. The history of Laos since then has revolved around the fact that the central Laotian government has never been able or energetic enough to defeat Souphanouvong in war. or to deal with him in peace. The princelings who took over in Vientiane, led most often by Prince Souvanna, were not dedicated nationalists or zealous patriots toughened in a struggle for freedom from their colonialist masters-France had simply handed Laos its independence with chaotic haste in the closing days of its Indo-China disaster. By Geneva's rosy terms, the Pathet Lao were supposed to be integrated into...
...please Souvanna, any new government will have to be broad-based, which in Laos means including as many important families as possible, as well as some Pathet Lao, at least in minor positions. To avoid argument over whether Souvanna or Boun Oum is the "legitimate" Premier, both sides would deal through King Savang Vatthana. Any solution is likely to be makeshift. Says one U.S. diplomat: "Laos is going to be a problem throughout our lifetime and longer." But for Laos to be declared neutral is not necessarily an inevitable step toward a Communist takeover. The Pathet Lao, still a tiny...