Word: lao
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...statement said the invasion of Laos had produced a "new and extremely grave escalation" which directly menaced the security of North Vietnam and China and caused a threat to world peace. It also said, however, that the condition of the National Liberation Front and the Pathet Lao was "excellent...
Hanoi's Vietnam News Agency said Saturday that 20 South Vietnamese tanks or armored cars were destroyed, and two captured in fighting Thursday. The Pathet Lao said that over 60 allied soldiers had been killed or wounded in the fighting...
...Harvard University Press has published a study funded by the Rand Corporation which gives a detailed description of the origins, evolution, and present leadership of the Pathet Lao...
...study, conducted by Paul F. Langer, a member of the social science department, of the Rand Corporation, and Joseph J. Zasloff, professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh, traces the growth of the Lao revolutionary movement, the role the North Vietnamese played in the movement, and gives an assessment of the present struggle...
...become a forceful advocate of bombing population centers in Pathet Lao territory. Unlike Vietnam, where its main function was intelligence-gathering, the CIA has been intimately involved in operations here. It directs the 30,000-man Armee Clandestine, which does the bulk of the fighting. And with its own team of photo interpreters, control of reconnaissance aircraft, and teams of local ground observers, the CIA has played a key role in targeting sessions as well. As the Armee Clandestine began suffering reverses on the ground, the CIA held that heavy bombing of the Pathet Lao civilian infrastructure was necessary...