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...point during the party, O'Brien launched into a general discussion of American foreign policy, which he is none to fond of. He said that when a civil war breaks out, the U.S. steps in, finds the nearest general, and says he's a neutralist general...
Anger & Appetite. Also last week, the International Control Commission provided for by the original Geneva agreement listed the North Vietnamese violations. And Laotian Neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma ordered his U.N. mission to issue a complaint. "We had always respected the North Vietnamese leaders and army," said Laotian Counselor Khamchan Pradith. "We have since found out that they are only warmongers, murderers, thieves and liars...
Common Cause. What's more, Prince Souvanna Phouma's government, officially neutralist but leaning toward the West, is beginning to show signs of political stability. Although the Communist Pathet Lao technically holds four seats in Souvanna's Cabinet, the Reds walked out on him two years ago, and refuse to come back. And ever since the banishment of troublemaking Rightist General Phoumi Nosavan, who was exiled in February after his third at tempted coup, the sailing has been even smoother. Other right-wing leaders have made common cause with Souvanna, and rightist troops often join General Kong...
Progress is more evident at Vang Vieng, the vital crossroads town 75 miles north of Vientiane where Kong Le maintains his 8,000-man neutralist army. When Kong Le moved in last year, after being pushed off the Plain of Jars by the Pathet Lao, Vang Vieng was a jumble of wrecked trucks, shattered huts and rusty barbed wire. Now tidy, white-washed barracks climb the hills around Vang Vieng's 4,500-ft. airstrip (recently resurfaced by U.S. aid), and a small sawmill snarls busily, cutting planks for a new school, shops and houses...
...tough little general's relations with Premier Souvanna are far from smooth. When the two were invited to Indonesia's Bandung anniversary seven weeks ago, Souvanna tried to keep Kong Le at home, knowing that Indonesia would like nothing better than to woo his neutralist general with offers of arms and aid. Indonesia's President Sukarno threw everything at him, including bare-breasted Balinese dancers and bushels of flowers. But Kong Le took care of himself: he refused the offer of guns, danced with the girls-and accepted a pair of sewing machines for his tailor shops...