Vientiane place
also: capital of Laos
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Laoscountry · 3PepsiCoorganization · 2Golden Triangleplace · 1Thailandcountry · 1Francecountry · 1Bangkokplace · 1Air Americaorganization · 1Vang Paoperson · 1Mafiaorganization · 1George Frenchperson · 1Vietnamcountry · 1
Claims (1)
CIA operated_in
Vientiane documented
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“In recent testimony to Agency officers in Vientiane Laotian officials who had been involved in the drug business stated that there was no need for drug traffickers to use Air America facilities…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.239
Mentions (3)
▶ 16:22
Obviously Laos was because of its proximity was very important to the whole war. And we know that the French gets kicked out and then we come in. He kind of just goes over all of that. And he talks about the politics that was happening in t…
▶ 18:25
And of course, that's commonly referred to now as the Golden Triangle because of all of those countries' borders up there. He then goes on to say the raw opium, you guys are going to love this, which was being grown in northern Laos in the …
▶ 21:40
property and profits. They were going to use Air America along with the Vang Pao aircraft that we had basically sold to him, which he turned into his own company. It said they would supply the opium to the Pepsi-Cola lab in the capital of L…