1960 Laotian Coup event
also: coup, Fumi's coup, army coup, ouster, April 19th, 1964 coup
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a guy by the name of Fouy Sankoni, was still in office. On December 30th, according to Schlesinger, the CIA moved in to topple Fouy. Fouy's ouster was achieved by an army coup headed by Formi Nocevan, and the CIA backed CD&I. After the coup…
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In backing the coup against the opposition of U.S. Ambassador Horace Smith, the CIA has essentially ensured a transfer of power to men like Fumi, who, unlike their opponents, were or would soon be involved in drug trafficking. Within the ye…
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But this maneuver was so flagrant that it discredited the government, and according to Dennis Warner, precipitated a coup in August restoring the neutralist premier, FOMA. So the CIA coups the government, and it was so flagrant that the peo…
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to oust Suvana supporters from the capital. The proof of this was that while Sarat's forces in Thailand blockaded the capital, Air America was stepping up its military airlift, supplying warlike material to Fumi. It was plain, Doman said, t…
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Secondly, the discussion of tactical nuclear weapons. I wonder whether or not Eisenhower and future presidents were involved in those discussions concerning tactical nuclear weapons. So let me point out Eisenhower, quote unquote, missing. T…
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Thailand and his eventual rival and replacement, Rathikoni, were all involved in drug trade. McCoy even argues that a major cause, oh my God, what date? April 19th, 1964 coup discussed in this chapter, which ended the Laotian coalition gove…
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If you have an ambassador that doesn't want to go along with what the CIA is going to do, regardless of what the ambassador says, you just fire the ambassador, get a new one that's in bed with the CIA, and the problem's solved. Only three w…
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He first connected with the agency while in Laos in this unit called White Star. White Star worked for the RLAF strongman, General Fumi Nosovan. He had denounced neutralism and launched a coup to topple Suvana. So he's in bed with the CIA. …
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and then claimed that it was at the fault of the North so that we could expand an already expanding presence in Laos. Fleeing the capital after Fumi's coup, Sovana and Kong Li made an alliance with the Pei Ocean Laos. A little over two week…