Northeast Laos organization
also: Northeast
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Hmong peopleorganization · 3Laoscountry · 2CIAintelligence service · 2Airstripsorganization · 2Air Americaorganization · 1Kuomintangorganization · 1William Byrdperson · 1Fortified Positionsorganization · 1Hmong Outpostsorganization · 1Indigenous Peopleorganization · 1United States Armed Forcesorganization · 1
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The second reason closely related is that the CIA-backed conspiratorial intrigue to gain control of the Laotian government was also de facto struggles to consolidate the opium trade. The defense of a remote region in northeast Laos led to t…
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This was not a trivial matter. Laotian opium production concentrated in the Northeast was in the order of 50 to 100 tons a year and constituted the country's most valuable export. In retrospect, it appears that the CIA's efforts in Laos wer…
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In 1960, the largest of these operations was the supply of fortified positions of the 45,000 Hmong tribesmen fighting against the Laotian forces behind their lines in northeast Laos. The Hmong were the hill tribesmen, which we talked about …