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...Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma of Laos was less reticent. He accused Hanoi of turning his country "into an active transit route for North Vietnamese troops going to South Viet Nam," and added that there were at least 40,000 fighting men from North Viet Nam permanently stationed in Laos...
...result of this growing Communist menace, the U.S. is gradually increasing its carefully unadvertised presence in Laos. The U.S. ambassador in the capital of Vientiane, William Sullivan, has quietly spent his time directing little bits of crucial help to the right places, leaving Prince Souvanna Phouma free to run the government in his own way. Officially, the U.S. has no combat troops in Laos, but it does have 72 military attaches in Vientiane, more than are assigned to any other U.S. embassy in the world. Six months ago, an American in the capital was a rarity; now husky, crewcut young...
...Laos, there has been a buildup of the North Vietnamese forces that guard and repair the vital Ho Chi Minh Trail over which supplies are funneled to the South. The U.S. State Department last week expressed "some serious concern" over this buildup, but the government of Prince Souvanna Phouma has much more reason for concern. It reported that North Vietnamese forces had launched a "general offensive" against several government villages: Ban Nam Bac, north of the royal capital of Luang-prabang, and Lao Ngam and Phalane...
...week. In London, Prime Minister Harold Wilson told the House of Commons that while he was opposed to proposals for intensifying the war, such as an invasion of North Viet Nam, he was 100% convinced of Washington's genuine desire for peace. In Washington, Laotian Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma declared during a White House luncheon that he, for one, was "grateful that you came to Indo-China to help us survive," for "if tomorrow South Viet Nam became Communist, all that would be left for us to do would be simply to pack up and go." Added the neutralist...
...moment, none of the plans seems likely to be put to imminent use. Souvanna Phouma has made it plain that he wants no enlargement of the war in Laos beyond its present scale, fearing that the North Vietnamese would then attack non-Communist portions of Laos in earnest. Moreover, the mountainous terrain in Laos is far less favorable than that of South Viet Nam for massive use of U.S. troops. The U.S. command in Saigon feels that the large number of men required for a barrier can be better used to hit the enemy when he enters South Viet...