Royal Laotian Army organization
also: Laotian Army, National Army, RLAF
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Claims (6)
Air America supplied_arms_to
Royal Laotian Army host_asserted
“meaning they were CIA. And for years, Air America's pilots flew in a combat support role as early as April 1961. When U.S. advisors are first known to have guided the Laotian army in combat, Air America's pilots flew the troops into battle …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 9 b @ 35:35
Royal Laotian Army carried_out_attack
Kang Li book_quoted
“The Laotian army drove the neutralist troops of General Kang Li, Suvana's military chief, to the north and into a temporary alliance with the Pei Ocean Lao. After Kang Li captured the Plain of Jars from Fumi's troops, the Pei Ocean Lao move…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 43:12
Air America supplied_arms_to
Royal Laotian Army book_quoted
“But by early 1961, the United States had brought in AT-6s armed with bombs and rockets, U.S. pilots to fly them, and Special Forces White Star teams to encourage guerrilla activity among the Hmong tribesmen against the Pei Ocean Lao. Furthe…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 45:38
Sisavang Vong carried_out_attack
Royal Laotian Army book_quoted
“After giving repeated warnings fired on those troops, Fomi's troops withdrew into Thailand. Thus, the further advances of the Pao Shin Lao were achieved after a flurry of firefights, but no Pao Shin Lao attack. The Thai government now reque…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 47:58
Thailand supplied_arms_to
Royal Laotian Army book_quoted
“After giving repeated warnings fired on those troops, Fomi's troops withdrew into Thailand. Thus, the further advances of the Pao Shin Lao were achieved after a flurry of firefights, but no Pao Shin Lao attack. The Thai government now reque…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 47:58
Royal Laotian Army carried_out_attack
Communist Party of China book_quoted
“By all accounts, the Royal Lao Army ran from that area as soon as the first shell started to fall, claiming falsely, as they had done and continued to do in other crises, that they had been attacked not by Laotians, but by North Vietnamese …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 48:28
Mentions (12)
▶ 54:28
had the goal to seek an official State Department clearance, and this is a quote. Fumi eventually took the capital early in December, but at this point, the Russians intervened openly. In concert with a large-scale push by well-trained troo…
▶ 58:44
counterinsurgency techniques in Laos. For example, the Air America planes and pilots transporting the Laotian Army, the Kennedy administration agreed in May of 1961 to a ceasefire. One day later, Rusk announced the first of a series of step…
▶ 26:01
covertly using Chiang Kai-shek as the tip of the spear. Going on with the book, what I was still unaware of in 1970 was the extent to which principal players in these intrigues, including the airline itself, meaning the CIA Air America, wer…
▶ 33:35
It then obtained a vote of emergency powers from the assembly and soon ordered the two remaining battalions of the Pei Ocean Lao to be integrated into the National Army. The Pei Ocean Lao had previously, in November of 1957, agreed to this …
▶ 43:12
The Laotian army drove the neutralist troops of General Kang Li, Suvana's military chief, to the north and into a temporary alliance with the Pei Ocean Lao. After Kang Li captured the Plain of Jars from Fumi's troops, the Pei Ocean Lao move…
▶ 48:28
By all accounts, the Royal Lao Army ran from that area as soon as the first shell started to fall, claiming falsely, as they had done and continued to do in other crises, that they had been attacked not by Laotians, but by North Vietnamese …
▶ 1:00:16
responsible to the CIA station chief and working inside of Laos under the direction of the CIA. These clandestine armies was not even answerable to the Royal Laotian Army. They were entirely financed, supervised, and supported by the CIA.…
▶ 35:35
meaning they were CIA. And for years, Air America's pilots flew in a combat support role as early as April 1961. When U.S. advisors are first known to have guided the Laotian army in combat, Air America's pilots flew the troops into battle …
▶ 35:07
One of the RLAF colonels to whom the Foamy gave command of Mobile Group 15 had been in charge for several days before he accidentally encountered his Green Beret advisors, not at his command post, but with the foremost detachments. When the…
▶ 44:25
when they were on the plane of jars trying to get the Japanese out of there. He joined the fighting forces in 1947 and became an officer in the Royal Laotian Army when that was formed in 1950. Vang stayed in the army after the Geneva Agreem…
▶ 49:18
Highlands, the U.S. supplied network serviced by Air America, had the immediate effect of increasing Vang Pao's forces, secretly drawing unit leaders from the nucleus of the Hmong battalions, a practice that enraged the Royal Army officers …
▶ 13:26
of Laos, where it was cooked into heroin by a Chinese chemist operating under protection of the CIA's Major General Radicone, the commander of the Royal Laotian Army. The Laotian Opium War was widely reported. In 1972, Al McCoy outlined the…