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...When Laos' two Communist-run northern provinces were integrated into the little kingdom last December, Laotians and many foreign observers remained relaxed. The Pathet Lao's leader, Prince Souphanouvong, was no Communist but a royal prince and a devout Buddhist, they argued; his followers were few and badly organized, and their program in any case was moderate: peace, unity, neutrality and cooperation with all nations, including Communist China and the neighboring Viet Minh. Only a few pessimists feared that by the general election of 1960 the Pathet Lao-which renamed itself the Neo Lao Hak Xat or Patriotic...
...Laos. The Communist Pathet Lao, controlling two of the twelve provinces, has joined the central government, whose authority is thereby extended to all of the little jungle kingdom (pop. 1,400,000 to 2,500,000). Though not seriously alarmed as yet, U.S. officials watch anxiously as Communist troops take their place in the royal army, and a Communist Minister of Planning helps decide how U.S. funds ($43 million this year) are to be spent...
Souvanna Phouma gave the Communists two seats in the Cabinet, and in return Souphanouvong agreed to integrate 1,500 of his 6,000-odd Communist troops into the royal army. The rest of the Pathet Lao army would be placed in "reserve status," and permitted to return to their native villages, there to create what unrest they could...
...brother in control of the Ministries of Planning and of Reconstruction and Urbanization. In these posts he will direct how and where a large part of the U.S.'s aid money (some $43 million this year) will be spent. Ironically, the other Cabinet post assigned to the Pathet Lao Communists was the Ministry of Religion and Fine Arts...
Sporadic War. There is no question that Laos needs aid. Of the $43 million allocated for this year, about two-thirds is direct military aid for support of the army, which has been fighting to regain two northeastern provinces occupied by the Communist Pathet Lao forces after the Geneva conference. The basically pro-Western government of Premier Souvanna Phouma has shown itself increasingly aware of the extent to which both corruption and the artificial exchange rate are damaging both Laos and the U.S. attempts to aid it. Last week U.S. Ambassador J. Graham Parsons flew back from Washington...