Prelude to The Secret War Tou Lee Yang www.slideshare.net/touleeyang

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PHOTOGRAPH FOR TIME ASIA BY PHILIP BLENKINSOP Welcome to the Jungle!

Ho Chi Minh establishes provisional government Japan transfers all powers to Vietminh 1945

Vietnam declares independence! 1945

Negotiations breakdown between French & Vietminh 1946

French Indochina War 1946 - 1954

CIA buys Civilian Air Transport (CAT) August 1950

Supporting the French May 1953 – Operation SQUAW

Laos granted full independence from France 1953

Death of a King King Sisavang Vong dies October 1959

Souvanna Phouma & Kong Le carries out coup d’etat against government August 1960

“ Laos is a very confused situation.” President Eisenhower – August 1960

Prince Boun Oum’s Vientiane government recognized by the West January 1961

Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit – PARU Project Codename: Colonel Billy

a Hmong friends General Vang Pao Recruited by CIA

Kennedy & Khruschev Jointly supports “ neutral & independent” Laos Sienna – June 1961

Declaration of Neutrality of Laos Geneva – July 23, 1962

And they lived happily ever after… Sean Sutton

Sean Sutton And they lived happily ever…

And they lived happily… Tomas van Houtryve/IHT/Redux

Bettman/CORBIS NVA still has 7,000 troops in Laos June 1963

Bettman/CORBIS Ambassador William H. Sullivan December 1964

Roger Arnold / WpN The Secret War Begins 1965

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