IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1955: Communists In Laos

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: January 8, 2005 | Copyright information

International Herald Tribune
01-08-2005
LUANG PRABANG, Laos: Crown Prince Savang said today [Jan. 7] that life in Laos, where no one has ever suffered a nervous breakdown, is incompatible with Communism, so that it is inconceivable that any Communists would be brought into the government. But as he spoke, the Laotian Cabinet in Vientiane was pondering how to renew discussions with the Communist-led Pathet Lao, the only serpent in this remarkably tranquil Eden. Under the vague terms of the Geneva cease-fire agreement, the Pathet Lao, numbering about 5,000 troops, are concentrated in two ...

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