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King Savang Vatthana had designated three princes to form a coalition: Communist Prince Souphanouvong, "Neutralist" Prince Souvanna Phouma, and pro-Western Prince Boun Oum. Boun Oum invited the others to meet with him in the capital city of Vientiane; they agreed, on condition each could bring no troops and 30 advisers, but Boun Oum would allow a total escort of only 120, soldiers included. And so it went...
...Laos. Phoumi argues that the Geneva accord is a trap to get U.S. troops out of Laos, while the Red cadres from North Viet Nam will simply melt into the countryside, later return to the attack. The U.S. is in the difficult position of trying to back both a neutralist course for Laos and General Phoumi, who in turn would undoubtedly get a more respectful hearing for his uncompromising stand if in a year of fighting, his U.S.-equipped army had not been badly whipped by the much smaller Russian-equipped Pathet Lao. A U.S. official gave his version...
...week's end "Neutralist" Prince Souvanna Phouma, who has already been named Premier of the still-to-be-formed coalition government, entertained visitors at his country house near Xiengkhouang. His victory, says the prince, is "inevitable," and he has already invited Russian technicians to study a 100,000-kw. power plant for Xiengkhouang, and asked Red North Viet Nam to build him a small hotel and houses for the diplomatic corps. He added genially: "I am encouraged by U.S. and Russian agreement on a neutral Laos." As he spoke, grey Ilyushin transports lumbered overhead on their way to land...
Izvestia's six million readers will, for example, hear Kennedy express disappointment that the Soviet government was preparing its latest test series during the course of the Geneva test ban talks--a fact that the Russian people has not seen underlined before (even the neutralist press has commented acidly on the way the authorities in Moscow have veiled the magnitude of its nuclear testings...
...Many Greys. Nehru staunchly defended his neutralist position. Asked at a National Press Club luncheon how he could sit on the fence in a conflict between right and wrong, he sighed wearily. "There are far too many greys in this world," he said. "A politician may aim at the right-he may even perceive the right-but he must convey that perception to others to function. A saint need not-therefore he is often stoned to death...