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...Control Commission that policed Laos from 1954 to 1958 seemed the likeliest solution, and the U.S. and Britain supported the idea. The chief problem was that both India, chairman of the old commission, and Russia, the chief troublemaker, refused to recognize the U.S.-backed government of Premier Prince Boun Oum...
...delegation from Premier Boun Oum visited him in Cambodia last week, found him planting gladiolas on the grounds of the borrowed palace where he lives. They offered him a free choice of posts in the new government, hoping to thus put out of business the "government" the Russians claim to be supporting. Souvanna dismissed his visitors as "a pathetic bunch of clowns" and went back to his gardening. "We have been a plaything of the big powers, a doll which has been broken," he said loftily. "It is up to the big powers to mend...
...next step, and a complete policy reversal, Secretary of State Christian Herter said he now agreed with the British and French that the International Control Commission (India, Canada, Poland) that policed Laos for four years after the 1954 Geneva conference should be revived. Premier Boun Oum was at first reluctant-though his main stated objection was that on their earlier stay the Indians had brought an entourage of 400, who took over the best houses in town, refused to bathe in anything but soda water and cost Laos $12,000 a month in upkeep. The allies will also insist that...
...Phouma, who was put in power by Kong Le and is still recognized by the Russians, though he is now surf-bathing in comfortable exile in Cambodia. To end this charade, the U.S. flew National Assembly members to Vientiane from all over Laos last week to vote the Boun Oum government into office. All 41 legislators voted approval (the rest of the 59-man Assembly could not be found). King Savang Vatthana gathered the Cabinet in the National Assembly and gave his official blessings before a gilt statue of Buddha. Approached by a reporter in Cambodia at this point, Souvanna...
...Russia. Premier Khrushchev just a fortnight ago called loudly for revival of the control commission. But no sooner had the U.S. come around to the idea than Khrushchev began to hedge. Now he demanded an "Asian arbitration congress" instead. He may still deny the legality of the Boun Oum government, claiming that it was elected under duress, and go right on dropping supplies to Kong Le. But at week's end there were no Ilyushins in the air over Laos...