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Refugees and defector sources indicate that the bombing increased moral and combat efficiency of Pathet Lao troops, and led to a replacement of losses with men and materiel from North Vietnam...
...young refugee who fought with the Pathet Lao for five years recently explained: "Before the bombing started. we really didn't know what they meant by 'American imperialism.' Most of us had never ever seen an American. But the bombing made us hate the Americans-very much. We fought much harder than we ever had before, for our villages and families, homes and belongings...
...Pathet Lao successes in recent years had been help from North Vietnam. As the bombing of North Vietnam failed in its primary objective partially because of aid received from the Soviet Union and China, so has North Vietnames aid sustained the Pathet Lao during the escalated bombing campaign that began in November...
Increased North Vietnamese military units took on major military objectives held by RLG forces. Though Pather Lao troops far outnumbered North Vietnamese involved in the fighting in Laos, the greater experience and skill of the Vietnamese gave them a role significant beyond their numbers. Arms, ammunition and rations flowed in steadily to Pathet Lao forces from North Vietnam, making up losses incurred by the bombing...
According to both American and British Embassy estimates, over a million people presently inhabit Pathet Lao zones. Those who have received the heaviest bombing are the 200,000 to 500,000 people inhabiting Sam Neua and Xieng Khoung provinces in northern Laos, and the quarter of a million people residing in the four southern provinces through which runs the Ho Chi Minh trail...