Word: xiengkhouang
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time he reached Communist North Viet Nam and got another welcome from President Ho Chi Minh, Souvanna was grandly ordering the Vientiane "rebels" (meaning the present Laotian government) to send a delegation to his "capital" of Xiengkhouang, in central Laos, to discuss the cease-fire and the "broadening of the government...
...about 300 tons of supplies and dropped the whole load on the strategic Plaine des Jarres, a broad plateau that commands north central Laos (see map). Kong Le's first step was to capture an airstrip to handle the Ilyushins. Next he captured the town of Xiengkhouang...