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Sisavang Vong person

also: So Feng Gong Vong, Seol Fun Vung Yang, Suvana Foma, Suvana, Fumi, Fomi, Silvana Foma

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Sisavang Vong headed Laos documented
“In this election, the Peotian Lao and their allies obtained 32% of the votes in 13 of the 21 contested seats, showing that they had grown considerably in popularity in four years since the 1954 Geneva Agreements. The leader of the Peotian L…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 34:05
CIA removed_from_power Sisavang Vong book_quoted
“an energetic, ambitious, and devious officer named Nozomen. The prince, who had shown himself an honest and respected, if impulsive leader, was forced out of office by a withholding of U.S. aid, economic warfare, in other words, and using a…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 35:01
Seneconi succeeded Sisavang Vong book_quoted
“and CIA encouragement of a parliamentary crisis, allegedly through the use of bribes, a veteran politician named Seneconi took his place. So in other words, just like is what is happening in Europe right now, where they're arresting politic…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 35:29
Sisavang Vong recruited Vietnam book_quoted
“faced with U.S. encouragement of a rebellion against it, did in response invite Russian, North Vietnamese, and Chinese advisors, thus creating the first known North Vietnamese military presence in Laos since the 1954 Geneva Agreement. Howev…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 44:06
Richard Nixon ordered_assassination_of Sisavang Vong book_quoted
“the Laotian troops into battle. At this time, the Joint Chiefs of Staff pressed for a military showdown over Laos, including the possibility of tactical nuclear weapons again, while Richard Nixon himself, in a meeting with Kennedy, urged a …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 46:05
John F. Kennedy removed_from_power Sisavang Vong book_quoted
“For months, President Kennedy and his special envoy, Avril Harriman, another traitor, had been attempting to restore Laotian neutrality and bring about the withdrawal of foreign military elements by working to establish a tripartite coaliti…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 47:03
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
CIA funded Sisavang Vong book_quoted
“President Nixon called a potential threat to Thailand. Fomi's purpose in that area were by the most accounts not military but political to thwart the Geneva negotiations and further involve the United States, which would mean that's what th…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 48:56
Sisavang Vong appointed Raffa Coney book_quoted
“to redirect imports and exports through Burmese opium, which, again, is Chiang Kai-shek, which is, again, the CIA. So no matter how you get to it, it's still the CIA. Fumi delegated responsibility for the Burmese opium connection to Raffa C…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 51:17

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The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 34:05 In this election, the Peotian Lao and their allies obtained 32% of the votes in 13 of the 21 contested seats, showing that they had grown considerably in popularity in four years since the 1954 Geneva Agreements. The leader of the Peotian L…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 42:11 The first statement that he's going to comment on is Nixon saying that the North Vietnamese, i.e. the communists, has increased and they are making great strides, which is going to create a crisis. The author's comment to that statement is …
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 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…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 43:38 Genuine neutralists who feared North Vietnamese influence nevertheless had been forced to seek their support in order to survive. Thus, CIA-sponsored subversion was itself directly responsible for the alignment, which again is another patte…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 47:03 For months, President Kennedy and his special envoy, Avril Harriman, another traitor, had been attempting to restore Laotian neutrality and bring about the withdrawal of foreign military elements by working to establish a tripartite coaliti…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 47:30 for months after Kennedy attempted to coerce him by cutting off his subsidy of $3 million a month. $3 million in 1962. In contravention of the May 1961 ceasefire and against U.S. official advice, Fumi also built up a garrison 15 miles from …
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 47:58 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
▶ 48:56 President Nixon called a potential threat to Thailand. Fomi's purpose in that area were by the most accounts not military but political to thwart the Geneva negotiations and further involve the United States, which would mean that's what th…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 51:17 to redirect imports and exports through Burmese opium, which, again, is Chiang Kai-shek, which is, again, the CIA. So no matter how you get to it, it's still the CIA. Fumi delegated responsibility for the Burmese opium connection to Raffa C…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 51:44 of the semi-official Laotian Opium Administration in 1962. Meanwhile, the CIA assigned one of its officers, William Young, to defend the area after Fumi's withdrawal. Young worked with local tribal leaders like Chow Mai and inherited contro…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 58:18 As far as Air America Airlift was concerned, Nixon's assertion that our assistance has always been at the request of a legitimate government was false. The government, which was a tripart coalition, had not been consulted. Suvanna himself, …
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 58:51 Nor apparently was Suvana consulted about the reconnaissance flights at all. These U.S. violations of the 62 agreement was not in response to North Vietnamese activity. They dated back to the signing of the agreements themselves. One more m…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 1:01:15 provocations was the Soviet Union. In 1962, as in 54, Moscow had helped persuade its Asian allies to accept a negotiated settlement that the Americans would not honor. The Soviet Union soon moved to extricate itself from the Laotian involve…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 1:05:57 The United States at that time denied responsibility, though the State Department revealed that the Thai pilots also flew the T-28s and had been involved, but they weren't Thai pilots. They were CIA people. In May 21, 1964, the U.S. admitte…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 1:06:28 And FOMA refused to comment on the matter of the reconnaissance flights for at least three weeks. In fact, these flights had been conducted regularly since August of 1962, two years earlier. What was new was that the mid-May President Johns…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11
▶ 1:07:16 At this point, FOMA finally commented publicly about the reconnaissance flights. He reportedly asked that they cease immediately. On June 12th, Suvana announced that the reconnaissance flights were going to continue, which suggests someone …
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 30 (31)
▶ 17:08 with the military supporting its action. After the 1954 agreement, Laos had had a chance for independence and stability. A little country with a small political elite, leaders of all persuasions were well known to each other, mostly related…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 30 (31)
▶ 19:47 with the money that we gave them in 1958. It achieved a quote-unquote electoral upset over the Seol Fun Vung Yang party, while the prince himself was elected by the largest margin of the country. So, kind of a mixed bag result after all of …