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Most important, the agreement permits the Pathet Lao to keep one battalion and 1,000 policemen in Vientiane, the country's administrative center, and two companies and 500 policemen in Luang Prabang, the royal capital, giving it significant muscle in both important cities...
...Laotian capitals--Luang Prabang and Vientiane-- will be neutralized, and the country will be divided into zones based on the military strength of the respective sides...
...addition, the two capitals--Vientiane and Luang Prabang--will be neutralized, and the country will be divided into two zones, with the Pathet Lao controlling by far the most territory. Pathet Lao troops will be stationed in the two capitals...
...Laotian situation has already turned ominous; last week, as enemy forces cut the road between Vientiane and Luang Prabang, the royal capital, Premier Souvanna Phouma was reported to be wondering gloomily whether "we'll have to give up." But when would the predicted offensive begin in South Viet Nam, which remains Hanoi's main objective? There is some speculation that the Communist troops poised along the country's borders may not move for months, preferring to psych Saigon with what the military calls a "credible threat" rather than risk heavy casualties in an open fight. But most...
...last night in Luang Prabang I ate dinner in the bamboo shack of a Lao translater I had met in the U.S. Information Service office. We ate a typical meal of tasteless "sticky rice," cooked vegetables and soup. We talked about the war, the Americans and the Pathet Lao. "Do you know what Pathet Lao means?" he asked...