Word: phouma
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...conference of the three key Laotian princes, who met amidst a swirl of tubby vacationers at Zurich's Dolder Grand Hotel. At the end of five days of talk, greying Prince Boun Oum, ineffectual Premier of the royal government, sighed wearily: "All I want is tranquillity." Prince Souvanna Phouma, who espouses a doctrine called "neutrality in neutralism" and who is recognized as Premier by the Communists, tolerantly explained: "Boun Oum is a patriot, but he let himself be used by the Americans. He wants to get out of politics. I would like to do the same thing...
...promised to pull out its 300 military advisers from Laos if North Viet Nam would withdraw its estimated 1,000 soldiers. Privately, the U.S. delegation admitted that Boun Oum's government was as good as dead and that the next top man in Laos would be Souvanna Phouma-the very man the U.S. had tried hard...
...weekend meeting between the key Laotian princes in Zurich. Up from Nice, where he has been sunning himself, came the U.S.'s favorite Premier, Prince Boun Oum. From Geneva, looking as relaxed as a pair of tourists, came Russia's favorite Premier, "neutralist" Prince Souvanna Phouma, and his brother, "Red Prince" Souphanou-vong, who commands the Pathet Lao. Prince Souvanna greeted his rival warmly and talked in friendly style about getting together on a "broad-based coalition government." The way things were going back home, one diplomat cracked, "Boun Oum will be lucky to get the Education Ministry...
...shooting. Padong is "the Dienbienphu of 1961 for the U.S.," crowed the New China News Agency, predicting that just as France had been forced to negotiate from defeat in 1954, the U.S. would now have to surrender Laos. The Communists' two favorite Laotian princes, ex-Premier Souvanna Phouma and his half brother, Souphanouvong, arrived in Geneva from Moscow to explain that Padong was only a "cleansing" operation (Western delegates were calling it a disaster, but in some ways, Souvanna's term was more accurate, since in typical Laotian fashion, only ten defenders were killed at Padong before...
...matter what happened at Geneva, the key question remaining seemed to be how the Princes Souvanna Phouma and Souphanouvong would split up power between them once they take over Laos. Here, too, the outlook was dim. Souvanna is recognized by the Communists as Premier, and 2,000 good troops commanded by Captain Kong Le support him. Both Kong Le and Souvanna insist that they do not want a Communist Laos. But Souphanouvong, a Mephistophelean-looking fellow in his sideburns and trim mustache, is a hardened Communist guerrilla. His sneaker-shod troops total 12,000 and are veterans of jungle fighting...