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(TS//SI) In the fall of 1960, Laos heated up
again with the revolt of the RLG's paratroop battalion
m VIentiane commanded by Captam Kong
Le, a French-trained officer. There was more
fighting between the forces of the neutralist
Souvanna Phouma government and the
American-backed General Phoumi. When Kong
Le and Phouma were ousted from Vientiane by
Phoumi, they asked for material helD from the
communists.1
(TSl/Sf) However, the feared invasion of
Laos never materialized. Laos calmed down.
Concerned by the political instability of the
region, the United States again approached the
Thailand on the issue of a permanent station in
their country. Much of the substance of the earlier
December 1960 talks between Ambassador
Johnson and Marshal Sarit was repeated in this
latest version of the DIan.! EO 1.4. (c)
EO 1.4. (d)
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