Kong Le person
also: Captain Kong Lee, Kong Lee, Kung Lee, Hong Lee, Kongli
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Claims (3)
Kong Le attempted_coup_against
Laos book_quoted
“It wasn't the CIA who was causing all the problems that was fired. It was the ambassador. Only three weeks after Brown's arrival, the pro-American government in the Capitol was overthrown in a coup by a paratrooper by the name of Captain Ko…”
▶ The Colonel’s corner President’s secret wars Chap 14 @ 22:55
Soviet Union supplied_arms_to
Kong Le book_quoted
“On October 18, 1960, a little over two weeks later, in December, the Soviet Union began to airlift military supplies to Kongli, and the patent Laos began a military offensive of their own. Political intrigue had turned Laos, the land of a m…”
▶ The Colonel’s corner President’s secret wars Chap 14 @ 27:33
CIA removed_from_power
Kong Le book_quoted
“During the dry season, the opposing forces had cleared several of the provinces, but the Hmong and some of their irregulars had took the hills in what basically amounted to a guerrilla resistance. Later that year, the CIA quietly shifted it…”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 30:32
Mentions (9)
▶ 30:32
During the dry season, the opposing forces had cleared several of the provinces, but the Hmong and some of their irregulars had took the hills in what basically amounted to a guerrilla resistance. Later that year, the CIA quietly shifted it…
▶ 22:55
It wasn't the CIA who was causing all the problems that was fired. It was the ambassador. Only three weeks after Brown's arrival, the pro-American government in the Capitol was overthrown in a coup by a paratrooper by the name of Captain Ko…
▶ 23:24
vile person as far as the West was concerned because he was very, very good at what he did. And they refused to believe his declaration of neutralism simply because, not necessarily because they didn't believe him, they didn't want that to …
▶ 26:40
The reports of the North Vietnamese invasion of Laos, which grew from a trumped-up border incident, which was used to justify all of the military aid. Again, another false flag in order to fake the intel in order to get more money for the d…
▶ 27:33
On October 18, 1960, a little over two weeks later, in December, the Soviet Union began to airlift military supplies to Kongli, and the patent Laos began a military offensive of their own. Political intrigue had turned Laos, the land of a m…
▶ 24:33
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…
▶ 25:03
at Dien Bien Phu. Kong Lee remained belligerent against Americans as well as the French. Americans' perceptions aside, Kong Lee became the strongman and asked Silvana Fumar to join his new cabinet. Warthrop Brown counseled Washington to coo…
▶ 29:36
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…
▶ 40:09
Before Kennedy took office, there were approximately 2,500 Hmong in the secret army being trained by the CIA. Within months, the number had quadrupled. Vang drew his cadre from half a dozen ethnic Hmong battalions. Kung Lee's forces soon at…