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SOUTHEAST ASIA. A fortnight ago at Key West, Kennedy and Macmillan had agreed to push for -a cease-fire in Laos that would be followed by a 14-nation conference and, presumably, an eventual coalition government including members of the Communist-led Pathet Lao. The Lao tian crisis therefore came in for only brief discussion last week. But Kennedy and Macmillan agreed that the deteriorating situation in South Viet Nam is just as dangerous as Laos, decided to step up arms shipments to the friendly Diem government...
...leaped out with a whoop. Ten U.S. Marine Corps helicopters landed in the valley bearing another 200 soldiers. They were the pick of the Royal Army and. hopefully, could stop any new Communist advance and stabilize the battle lines for the expected ceasefire. As the lines stood, the Pathet Lao held three provinces, and the government had at least partial control of the other nine...
...that was about all the fighting that got done. The royal army did advance about 15 miles on the road north of Vientiane, but only because the Pathet Lao withdrew. The Pathet Lao took the small town of Tha Thom in central Laos after the royal army fled. U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Harry Felt himself flew into Udon to try to buck up the pro-Western army chief, General Phoumi Nosavan-but with no noticeable results. Complained one military man in Vientiane: "This is war, dammit, but the Laotians are just not willing to risk getting killed. They...
...made a career of ambiguity, Prince Souvanna may just possibly be the perfect expression of Laos' national Geist. As Premier from 1956 to 1958, Souvanna tried to make a deal with the Pathet Lao, which happens to be headed by his half brother, Red Prince Souphanouvong. Souvanna's view is simple: no Laotian could possibly be a Communist, least of all his brother. When bouncy little Captain Kong Le and his paratroopers staged an exasperated and successful revolt last August against the current pro-Western Laotian government, he installed Souvanna as Premier as the Laotian who most deeply...
Souvanna has done better in exile than most Laotian premiers have done in power. The Russians (and the Pathet Lao) still recognize him as the "legitimate" government of Laos-despite the fact that a majority of the Laotian legislature approved the installation of Prince Boun Oum as General Phoumi's candidate for Premier. Unofficially, the British, French and Indians have let it be known that they consider Souvanna the best of all possible Laotians. Two weeks ago, Souvanna took off on a junket to seek support in the world's capitals...