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...each day that Souvanna survives represents a clear gain for the U.S. And should he be toppled by a Red coup, U.S. troops are already in position in neighboring Thailand to secure both banks of the vital Mekong valley...
...Prince Souvanna conceded that a "millimeter" of dissension had arisen over the allotment of the 19 Cabinet posts, but added cheerfully that the conferees had "almost" crossed the Rubicon, and "we've found it only a tiny stream." Hours later, the tiny stream looked as wide as the Mekong. A final meeting to sign the formal agreement broke down...
...with naked children swimming happily among pink and white lotuses. At Don Muang airport on the city's outskirts, the morning temperature had already reached 95°. U.S. transport planes, flown in from Japan, swiftly airlifted the marines to Udon in northeastern Thailand, only 40 miles from the Mekong River and Vientiane, capital of Laos...
...Marine detachments had been rushed to Thailand to help protect the vital left bank of the Mekong River from the Communist menace. Yet the Reds, since their overwhelming victory at Nam Tha two weeks ago, have been strangely quiet. The Laotian river town of Houei Sai, evacuated in panic after the fall of Nam Tha, was reoccupied by 300 skittish Royal Laotian Army troops. If anything, the Pathet Lao had retreated, not advanced. With Soviet Russia giving at least verbal agreement to the U.S. policy of creating a neutral Laos, it was apparently time once again to bring together...
...Mekong valley, as the vital boundary between Thailand and Laos, might still be denied to the Communists. But as the Reds move even farther south in Laos, they will make it tougher to achieve an eventual anti-Communist victory in South Viet Nam, and easier for them to step up harassment of Thailand...