Word: laotians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...argument that followed, said a Frenchman, was "Homeric." After two hours Mendès got Chou to abandon his grab for Laotian territory, and to withdraw most of his support for the Pathet Laos claims. In exchange, Mendès accepted Communist Poland as a member of the three-nation supervisory commission agreed that major decisions should be by unanimous vote, thus yielding the Communists a veto...
...agreements for Laos and Cambodia were the same, Eden then pointed out. If the Communists had made this concession to Cambodia, it ought to be made to Laos, too. Molotov agreed. But the Laotian delegates were already in bed; to get them up would mean more delay, and Mendès was anxious to have something signed. Well, they certainly would welcome the concession, he pointed out. "so let's write it in their agreement and tell them about it in the morning." Secretaries went to work retyping the texts...
...footprint said to be that of the eternal Buddha lies preserved within the Golden Pagoda at Luang Prabang the royal capital. It is believed to protect the Laotians from their enemies. Laos has been invaded by Tibetans, Mongols, Javanese Annamites, Indians, Chinese, Frenchmen and Khmers, but the craggy, mountainous state has survived with its ethnic unity just about intact. More than two-thirds of Its people are Laotians and related Thais. Its language is still its own native Thai. Its religion is still Buddhism. Even the French prefer to channel their rule through Laotian kings, and they have established their...
...Americans try it. The plan: U.S. Army instructors would train a big, new Vietnamese army, starting some time this summer, as they had once trained the South Koreans and the Greeks. The objective: five new Vietnamese divisions ready for action this year; four more Vietnamese, one Laotian and three Cambodian divisions ready...
...campaign. "We have not been surprised," said Navarre. "The situation is just what we expected ..." The Communists had not taken their current major objectives: the rice-rich Red River Delta around Hanoi, and the encircled French strongpoint at Dienbienphu. And their heavily headlined offensive against Luang Prabang, the royal Laotian capital, "may be considered blocked...