Word: phouma
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...Laotian Premier, Prince Souvanna Phouma, said that the Laotian government "deplored once again that foreign troops belonging to countries and governments that have pledged to guarantee and defend the sovereignty, neutrality and inviolability of Laos have chosen to deliberately use her territory as a field of battle...
...complex impact on the future of Indochina's intertwined nations. For one thing, it will certainly affect the peace talks that have dragged along for nearly a year between the Communist Pathet Lao (who have demanded a cessation of U.S. bombing in Laos) and neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma (who refuses to ask the U.S. to stop the bombing until Hanoi pulls its estimated 50,000 troops out of Laos). Souvanna has been under severe pressure from right-wing elements in Laos to scuttle the peace talks; last week he accused the Communists of using the negotiations to disguise preparations...
...agreement was said to have been made without the approval of Prince Souvanna Phouma, the nominally neutralist premier of Laos, Diplomats in Vientiane believe, the Star reported, that Souvanna Phouma would probably be forced to resign in the event of an Allied invasion of his country...
...invasion would be to sever the Ho Chi Minh trail leading from North Vietnam through Laos into South Vietnam. The jungle trail is the main route for reinforcements and supplies being transmitted from North to South Vietnam. An additional objective would be to relieve the forces of Premier Souvanna Phouma in Laos, Souvanna said on Sunday that he was convinced that the North Vietnamese are planning a general offensive against Laotian government positions, weakened by constant warfare with Pathet Lao forces since...
Consider Laos. It is no secret any longer that the U.S. is today deeply involved in an undeclared war there, allied with the supposedly neutralist government of Prince Souvanna Phouma against the North Vietnamese and the Pathet Lao. Yet only after Senator Stuart Symington's Foreign Relations Subcommittee looked into the matter, against the wishes of the State Department, did the American public learn in detail how U.S. aircraft based in Thailand were bombing northern Laos, the CIA was guiding the operations of Meo tribesmen, and the U.S. was providing millions in military assistance to Souvanna Phouma-all clear...