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Convinced that the Russians would not and the Laotians could not stop the Red rebels, Kennedy appealed to the British to present a joint diplomatic front. London agreed. At midweek in Moscow, Britain's dapper Ambassador Sir Frank Roberts presented a joint Anglo-U.S. offer to the Kremlin. If the Russians would order a ceasefire, then the West would agree to convene the ineffectual three-nation International Control Commission for Laos -consisting of Canada, India and Communist Poland-to certify the truce. Furthermore, the West was willing to scuttle the present pro-Western Laotian government in favor...
...possibility of eventual Communist takeover in Laos would still exist, for under whatever political settlement the peace conference might work out, the Pathet Lao would almost surely win a voice in the Laotian government. Even a cease-fire by itself would leave the Communists in possession of much of northern Laos. And as everyone has learned since World War II, cease-fire lines nowadays have a way of turning into permanent borders...
...slow-moving Mekong River there were foot races, boxing and wrestling matches. At night the temple courtyards were filled with slim girls dancing to haunting flute music. A torchlight parade wound through the city, and everyone agreed that the most magnificent floats were those of the Royal Laotian Army...
...armed forces looked trim and efficient. But foreigners were warned not to leave the capital because their protection could not be guaranteed. Most of the government troops on duty in the field had been pulled back to Vientiane to celebrate the eleventh anniversary of the founding of the Laotian army...
Guns from the North. While Vientiane danced and paraded, most of northern Laos was in the hands of the Communist Pathet Lao rebels (see map). Lean, well-conditioned guerrilla bands slipped like shadows through the green jungle, re peatedly outflanking the roa'dbound Laotian army. The rebels were backed up by Soviet artillery and munitions fed into the northern Plaine des Jarres by airlift and truck convoy from Hanoi, capital of Communist North Viet Nam. Hanoi also supplied gun crews, and each Pathet Lao company was stiffened with a cadre of from 10 to 15 North Vietnamese...