Word: ratthikoun
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...morning in the small northern village of Moung Sai, his head still dizzy from ceremonial quaffing of a strong rice spirit called choum, to learn that the royal capital, Luangprabang. had gone over to General Phoumi. Last week he learned that his army commander in chief. General Ouane Ratthikoun, had also joined the rebels (as have 20 of the 59 delegates to the National Assembly...
...audience, Pathet Lao rebels crossed the Nam Ma river in force and threatened the northern provincial center of Samneua. The attack was headed by five Communist-led battalions reported to have crossed the northeastern border recently from Communist North Viet Nam. "This is a national crisis," cried General Ouane Ratthikoun, chief of the royal Laotian armed forces. "It is a time for unity." The U.S., which had long felt that Vientiane had not been awake to the danger in the north and thinks that Prince Boun has the right idea about the Pathet Lao, moved a task force into nearby...
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