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Success, in the Laotian context, always raised the specter of an overwhelming
enemy response. With Ambassador Unger still in the United States,
Charge Chadbourn was "jumpy," asI ~ pu t it. not only about the
North Vietnamese reaction but also about General Phoumi, who might overreact
with an iml'etuous proposal to insert airborne troops to interdict Route 7
permanently. [ 1agreed. especially about Phoumi, who might well
intend using the Hmong as a "eat's paw for breaking [the] situation wide open
and then claiming he has to become involved because American-sponsored
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