Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XXVIII, Laos
Index
- Abrams, Gen. Creighton W., 679 n
- Agency for International Development (AID), 3, 431-432, 513, 533, 600, 624
- Air Support Operations Center (ASOC), 270, 385
- Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle), 3, 31, 36, 74, 279,
287, 313, 430, 496
- B–52s, 465-467, 477, 494, 572, 597-598, 631, 634, 636-637, 642
- Civilians in Laos, use of U.S., 90-91, 94-95, 105
- C–123s, 206, 208, 219
- Coordination of, overall, 493-495
- Counter-insurgency mission, 652-657
- Cuba, electronic countermeasures on U–2s over, 82
- Defoliants, 372, 413-414, 427
- Effectiveness of, 784-786
- Embassy Laos assessments, 268-269, 365-366, 569-573
- First proposals for, 240-241
- F–l00s, 19-20, 22, 23
- Friendly and unauthorized targets hit, 445, 448
- Ho Chi Minh Trail, inability to locate, 371-372
- Illustrative military moves to demonstrate U.S. intentions, 131-132
- Joint Chiefs of Staff, 245, 284-286, 308-309
- Laotian pilots replacing Thai pilots, 528-530
- MCNaughton-Souvanna Phouma meeting, 474
- Napalm, 245, 415-417, 427, 446, 451-452
- Navigational aids, 421, 445, 559-560, 572, 581-582, 589-590, 593-594
- Northeast Monsoon Plan, 774-775
- Operations:
- Barrel, Roll, 311-312, 315-316, 339, 765
- Embassy Laos assessments, 347-348, 354-356
- Restrictions, 701, 709-710
- U.S. position, 316-317, 350-353, 356-358
- Commando Lava, 580-581, 613
- Cricket Operation, 476
- Dye Marker, 613, 615, 618-621
- Popeye, 492, 545-553, 572
- Practice Nine, 578n, 579
- Shining Brass, 388-391, 436-438, 468-469, 495, 499-501, 534-540, 557-558, 560-562
- Steel Tiger, 352-358
- Tiger Hound, 432-434
- Press, 319-320, 417-418, 427
- Problems and possibilities, 255-257
- Propeller vs. jet aircraft, 621, 640-641, 645-647, 659-661
- Reconnaissance over Laos, photographic, 16, 27, 30, 42, 79-80, 82-83, 139-140, 167, 186-187, 195
- Reconnaissance over North Vietnam, photographic, 92-93
- Restrictions, Sharp's request for less, 555-556
- Resupply aircraft, interception of hostile, 372-374, 397-400
- Royal Lao Air Force, 28-31
- Rules of engagement, 265-266
- Search and rescue missions, 355, 357
- SLAM concept, 493, 496-497, 576-577
- Southeast Asia Coordinating Committee, 313-315
- Souvanna Phouma's parameters, 369-370
- Strike resources, 725-729
- Symington, concerns about, 434-436
- Thailand, U.S. military deployment in, 19-20, 22, 23
- Trilateral Vientiane-RLG-Saigon talks, 411-412
- T–28s, 19, 28-29, 31, 87, 89, 126, 136, 182, 192, 242, 322
- U.S. planes, using, 154, 162, 172, 184, 109, 150-166, 171, 180-181, 183
- U.S. position, 266-267, 281-282, 309-310, 557-558
- Westmoreland assessments, 263-264
- Akalovsky, Alexander, 300, 304
- Aldrich, George H., 399 n, 456 n, 464 n
- Alexander, Clif, 93-94
- Allgemeine Zeitung, 319
- Alphand, Hervé, 68 n
- Alsop, Stewart, 10
- Amkha, Gen., 87
- Andrews, Gen., 680
- Anthis, Gen. Rollen, 6 n, 21
- Armour, Norman, 454, 508, 511
- Armstrong, Oscar V., 534 n
- ARVN. See Vietnam, Republic of.
- Arzac, Daniel, 557 n
- Asian Development Bank, 376, 475, 514
- Ausland, John C., 611 n
- Australia, 18, 51, 53, 100, 126, 227, 311, 326-327
- Ayub Khan, Muhammad, 438 n
- Ball, George W., 44, 83, 121 n, 185, 207 n, 218, 244, 254 n, 308 n, 309, 313, 335, 358, 414 n, 465 n
- Barbis, George, 8, 38 n, 44, 237 n, 252 n, 273 n, 277 n, 316 n, 328 n, 340 n, 350 n, 356 n, 358 n, 397 n, 413 n, 427 n, 459 n
- Barnett, Bob, 139
- Barrell Roll. See Operations under Air war in Laos.
- Bell, David E., 139, 170, 186, 410-411, 431-432
- Berger, Samuel D., 454, 522 n
- Blackburn, Col., 388
- Blouin, Rear Adm. F. J., 356 n, 451 n, 459 n, 473
- Board of National Estimates, 245
- Bohlen, Charles E., 377, 652, 749
- Bond, Gen., 525
- Boon Choo, 322
- Bounleut Saycocie, 326, 328, 335-337, 526
- Boun Oum, Prince, 59, 336, 471, 521, 525-526, 544
- Bounpone, Gen., 521, 525, 736, 737
- Bowman, R. C., 455-456
- Boyce, Alice, 258
- Brown, Gen. George S., 733-735
- Brown, Harold, 749, 784-786
- Bundy, McGeorge, 6, 8 n, 13, 22, 28, 33 n, 38, 55 n, 68 n, 75, 78, 83, 89 n, 120, 121, 129, 134 n, 170, 186-187, 200 n, 207 n, 218, 233 n, 262 n, 278, 281, 311-313, 316 n, 325 n, 401, 441 n
- Bundy, William, 21, 33
n, 38
n, 65
n, 68
n, 78, 88
n, 103
n, 104
n, 117
n, 128, 139, 148, 152, 161
n, 175, 185, 194
n, 200
n, 207
n, 233
n, 237
n, 254
n, 266
n, 281, 308
n, 309, 320
n, 328
n, 340
n, 347
n, 364
n, 399
n, 502
n, 517, 611
n, 631
n, 716, 748
- Air war in Laos, 90-91, 170-171, 240-241, 413-414, 468-469, 654
- Assistant Secretary of State, designated as, 31
- Cambodia, conference on, 362, 363
- Conference on Laos, another international, 312, 362-363
- Congressional resolution on Southeast Asia, 130
- Contingency study on Laos/Thailand, 679, 682, 718 n
- Coup d'état in Laos, 47, 55-56, 64-65, 329 n
- Eastern Laos, operations in, 72-74
- Highway project on Route 9, 294-296
- Infiltration routes in Laos, 83, 310
- Morale in South Vietnam, 110
- Nixon, Souvanna Phouma's reaction to, 755-756
- North Vietnam, reconnaissance flights over, 92-93
- North Vietnam, U.S. military action against 106-109
- Operations, 613, 700
- Triangle, 212-218, 232, 239-241
- Pathet Lao, 186-187
- Politico-military scenarios, U.S., 138-139
- Reconnaissance flights over Laos, photographic, 82, 150
- Route 12-a, 76-77
- Rules of engagement, 464
- South Vietnam, 110, 573
- Thailand, U.S. military deployment in, 22, 31, 91, 116-117, 140
- U.S. military action in Laos, 114, 242-243, 418-420, 487 n, 574
- Bunker, Ellsworth, 611
- Burchinat, David A., 448
- Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), 1-5, 78 n, 221-227, 323-324
- Butler, Richard A., 115, 243, 244, 397
- Calhoun, John A., 713
- Cambodia, 28, 110, 305, 393, 520
- Canada, 89 n, 151, 154, 161, 167-168, 215, 428
- Cao Dai, 96
- Cao Van Vien, Gen., 553 n
- Carroll, George, 401
- Carroll, Joseph F., 287
- Carter, Chester C., 454
- Carter, Gen. Marshall S., 121, 142 n, 152, 154, 160, 675 n
- Cater, Douglass, 170, 175, 186
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 6, 32, 59, 81, 91,
110, 251, 701, 738, 742-743, 776
n
- Brown (George) as Commander of 7th Air Force, 734-735
- Communists, 97-98, 104, 747-748
- Contingency study on Laos/Thailand 682-693
- Covert paramilitary program supported by, 3, 130, 132-133
- Nam Bac, Laotian forces defeated at, 649-650
- National Assembly in Laos, 486, 498-499, 541-542
- Pathet Lao (PL), 484-485, 608, 610
- Phou Pha Thi, 664-665
- Polish proposal on Laos, 117-119
- Prairie Fire Operation, 585, 591-592
- Road development in Laos, Communist, 422-424, 713-714, 726-727
- South Vietnam and Laos, program for, 95-98
- Successes in Laos, 606-610
- Sullivan-Helms meeting, 378-379
- Trucks damaged/destroyed, North Vietnamese, 637-638
- U.S. military action in Laos, 484-489
- Chadbourn, Philip H., 127
- Chayes, Abram, 103 n
- China, People's Republic of, 92, 184
n, 192, 245-246, 312,
428, 442, 509, 605, 721
- Bureau of Intelligence and Research assessment, 223, 224, 227
- Cambodian neutrality, 8, 14
- Embassy Laos assessments, 532-533
- India, relations with, 376-377
- Johnson-Souvanna Phouma meeting, 511, 514-515
- Laos, objectives in, 777, 778-779
- McNamara-Souvanna Phouma meeting, 407, 408-409
- Poland's proposal on Laos, 119, 120, 122, 123
- Road development in Laos, 59, 775-776
- Southeast Asian, objectives, U.S. concerns about, 62-63
- Souvanna Phouma trip to, 35-36, 40
- Soviet Union avoiding flights over, 503,505
- Special National Intelligence Estimate 10-65, 330-334
- U.S. military action in laos, 394-395
- Chou En-lai, 289, 376
- Christian, George, 632 n, 634, 702, 710 n
- Clay, Brig. Gen. Lucius D., Jr., 8, 9, 21, 104 n, 127
- Cleland, Col. John R.D., 316 n
- Cleveland, J. Harlan, 185
- Clifford, Clark, 702, 716, 765 n
- Cline, Ray S., 78, 79,422
- Cobb, Adm. J. O., 659-661
- Colby, William E., 8 n, 21, 46, 78, 83, 109 n, 111, 121 n, 129, 131, 139, 140, 142, 152, 170, 175, 177, 185 n, 186, 378, 608 n
- Communists (see also Air war in Laos; Pathet Lao
(PL); Triangle Operation; Vietnam, Democratic Republic of), 11,
42, 442
- CIA assessments, 747-748
- CIA program for Laos and South Vietnam, 95-98
- Concessions, 292-293
- Conference on Laos, 99-102, 362-363
- Dry season gains, 598-600, 643-644, 647-648, 670-671, 731
- Geneva Accords of 1962-Southeast
- Asia, 13, 15
- Hilsman's view of 7-8, 14-15
- Illustrative military moves to demonstrate U.S. intentions, 131-132
- Kosygin-Rusk meeting, 124-125
- Military buildup, significant, 318, 323-324, 330-334
- Plain of Jars area, 22, 79, 318
- Bureau of Intelligence and Researchassess111ent, 222, 225
- CIA positions, 97-98, 104
- Civilian pilots in Laos, use of U.S., 94-95
- Conference on Laos, 114-115
- Contingency plans for U.S. military action, 186-187
- Defuzing Laos, 168, 172, 176-177
- Emmbassy Laos assessments, 84-86
- Military air escorts, 144-152
- North Vietnam, U.S. military action against 106-111
- Poland's proposal on Laos, 123-124
- RF–8 jet shot down, 141-144, 147
- U.S. position, 88-90
- Politico-military scenarios, U.S., 134-139
- Road development in Laos, 422-424, 713-714, 726-727
- Special National Intelligence Estimates:
- Thailand, U.S. military deployment in, 116-117
- U.S. military actions in Laos, 197-198
- Conference on Laos. See under Geneva Accords of 1962 Southeast Asia.
- Conservative forces (see also d'etat under Souvanna, Government of National Unity under; Forces Armees du Royaume(FAR ); Kouprasith, Gen. Abhay; Phoumi Nosavan, Gen.), 59-61
- Cooper Chester L., 111, 152, 170, 175, 185, 186, 229, 251, 308 n, 310-312
- Corcoran, Thomas J., 294
- Cornford, F.M., 179
- Coup d'etat in Laos. See under Souvanna, Government of National Unity.
- Cowherd, Col. Robert, 464 n, 468 n
- Cuba, 82
- Cunningham William J., 297
- Czechoslovakia, 746
- Davis, Adm. J. W., 203-206
- Davis, Richard H., 246 n, 289 n
- Dawee, Marshall, 95, 322
- Defended Village Operation, 12
- Defense, U.S. Department of (DOD), 6, 413, 573, 702 n, 745
- Defense Intelligence Agency(DIA), 635
- De Gaulle, Gen. Charles, 7, 9, 14-15, 238, 272-273
- Denney, George C., 20, 323
- Denson, J. B., 66, 87
- DeSeabra, Jose, 405
- DeSilva, Peer, 378
- Dexter,John B., 289 n, 294 n, 356 n, 372-374
- Dillon, C. Douglas, 83, 170, 175, 218
- Directorate of National Coordination (DNC) (see also Forces Armee du Royaume (FAR)), 3, 4, 40 n
- Dobrynin Anatoily, 65, 300, 586, 686
- Donnelly, Dixon, 499
- Drozniak, Edward, 194
- Dungan, Ralph, 300 n
- East Asian and Pacific Interdepartmental Regional Group, 739-741
- Easterbrook, Gen. Ernest F., 255
- Electronic countermeasures (ECM), 82
- Ewing, Richard T., 78 n, 427-429, 477 n
- Fedorenko, Nikolai, 300, 586
- Feldman, Mark B., 566 n
- Fitch, Alva R., 42
- FitzGerald, Desmond, 378
- Flott, Fred, 438
- Forces Armées du Royaume(FAR) (see also
29-30, 98, 427-428,
485, 599, 639, 731-732, 752
- Corruption in ranks, 736-737
- Directorate of National Coordination, 3-4, 40 n
- Ground forces employed in Laos, 269-271
- Nam Bac, defeat at, 649-650
- North Vietnamese military actions in Laos, 447, 449, 450
- Phoumi Nosavan as head of, 2, 4
- Prasane Operation, 477-478
- Special National Intelligence Estimates:
- Forrestal, Michael V., 38, 65
n, 78, 83, 120, 128-129, 147,
152, 167
n, 175, 185-186, 218,
229, 233
n, 281, 308
n, 309, 311
- Air strikes in Laos using U.S. pIanes, 154, 156, 163-165, 180-181
- Coup d'état in Laos, 57-58
- Cross-border operations, 75 n
- Defuzing Laos, 172, 176
- Harriman, interaction with, 58, 163-164
- Infiltration routes in Laos, 80-81
- North Vietnam, reconnaissance flights over, 93
- Reconnaissance flights over Laos, 89 n, 141-142, 146, 148
- Thailand, U.S. military deployment in, 8 n, 9
- France, 14, 51, 53, 190, 359, 396, 720
- Fraser, J.M., 472
- Friedman, Alvin, 397
- Gaud, William S., 121 n, 139, 186, 540
- Gell-Mann, Murray, 518
- Geneva Accords of 1962-Southeast Asia (see also
Poland's proposal on Laos), 13, 54, 60,
105, 172, 223, 295, 563, 777
- Air strikes in Laos using U.S. planes, 157, 162, 163
- Conference on Laos, 15-16, 99-103, 106, 173, 241, 745
- Contingency study on Laos/Thailand, 685-686, 690-691
- Embassy Laos assessments, 365-366
- Embassy Thailand assessments, 348-350
- Khrushchev-Johnson communications, 252-253
- Pathet Lao-French cooperation, 272-273
- Phoumi's trip to Washington, 282-283
- Preconditions, 243, 244, 312, 362-363
- Rusk assessments, 174
- Soviets and Western powers, differences between, 237-241
- Soviet-U.S. relations, 124-125, 246-248, 289-291, 304-305, 346
- U.K.-Soviet relations, 63, 320-321
- U.S. position, 114-115, 367
- Vietnam, Laos situation related to, 291-293
- Contingency study on Laos/Thailand, 718, 719, 721
- Kosygin-Rusk meeting, 124-125
- Pathet Lao, 7, 62
- Protocol to the Declaration on the Neutrality of Laos, 566-567, 587
- Reassessment of U.S. policy for Laos, 704, 718
- Reconnaissance flights over Laos, photographic, 151-152
- Rusk-Souvanna Phouma meeting, 628-629
- Soviet-U.S. relations, 23, 194-196, 343
- Triangle Operation, 208, 213
- Tripartite Government of National Union, restoration of, 340-342
- United Nations, 297-300
- Giap. See Vo Nguyen Giap, Gen.
- Ginsburgh, Robert N., 698-699
- Glenn, Edmund, 297
- Godley, G. McMurtrie, 741, 788
- Goldberg, Arthur J., 586
- Goldwater, Barry, 144
- Goodpaster, Lt. Gen. Andrew J., 129, 139, 170, 175, 186
- Green, Marshall, 8-10, 20, 21 n, 47n, 102-103, 129, 231 n, 237 n, 252 n, 258, 262 n, 271 n, 277-278, 328 n, 358 n
- Greene, Gen. Wallace M., Jr., 141
- Greenfield, James L., 309, 310
- Gromyko, Andrei, A., 241, 298, 574-575
- Grout, Lt. Col. Gilbert, 464 462
- Habib, Philip C., 589 n, 601, 611-613, 618 n, 696, 709 n
- Hamilton, William C., 374 n, 459-460, 477 n, 508, 515 n, 522 n, 534 n, 545 n, 557 n, 589 n
- Hand, Lloyd, 441 n
- Hannah, Norman B., 8
- Harkins, Gen. Paul D., 6
- Harriman, W. Averell, 13
n, 20, 33
n, 58, 78-79, 83, 88
n, 91, 120, 121, 139, 140, 148-149, 152,
161
n, 170, 175, 218, 245, 282
n, 366, 649
- Air strikes in Laos using U.S. planes, 153-154, 156-159, 163-165
- Asia, tour of, 441 n, 454-455
- Cambodia, conference on neutrality/ territorial integrity of, 368-369
- North Vietnam, reconnaissance flights over, 92-93
- Objectives in Laos, perceived, 228-229
- Pushkin, meetings with, 566-567, 575, 587
- Souvanna Phouma, meetings with, 375-377, 438-441, 506-508, 628 n
- Soviet démarche on Laos, 564-566
- Harris, Gen. Hunter, 559
- Helms, Richard, 104, 142 n, 378-379, 585, 634, 702, 710 n, 748
- Helmsman, Dick, 608 n
- Henry, David Howe, II, 61 n, 289 n, 320 n
- Herz, Martin F., 651, 654-656, 679-680, 700 n, 709 n, 711, 714, 716 n
- Hilsman, Roger, Jr., 6 n, 7-8, 13-17, 20, 31
- Ho Chi Minh, 407, 514
- Ho Chi Minh Trail (see also Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle)), 26, 110, 240, 488, 583, 635
- Holbrooke, Hichard C., 631 n
- Home, Alexander Frederick 114
- Hopson, D.C., 239
- Hornig, Donald F, 492
- Hughes Thomas L., 117-119, 658-659
- Humphrey,Hubert H., 454-455
- Hurwitch, Robert A., 639-640, 722, 725-726, 729-732
- Hwa people, 96
- Hyland, Adm., 723 n
- India, 159 n, 162, 215, 630
- Indonesia, 408, 409, 630
- Inpeng Suryadhay 533
- International Bank for Reconstruction and (IBRD), 475
- International Control Commission (ICC),
23, 73, 225, 290, 363, 376, 575, 720
- Air strikes in Laos U.S. 154, 162, 172
- Failure of, 157, 195, 302, 304
- Pathet Lao and North Vietnam, 26, 428
- Poland's proposal on Laos, 119, 120, 215
- Reassessment of U.S.Policy for Laos, 706-707
- Reconnaissance flights over Laos,
- photographic, 82, 83
- Soviet-U.S. relations, 343-344
- Termination procedures, 428-429
- Triangle Operation, 215-216
- International Monetary Fund(IMF), 540
- Izvestin, 62-63
- Jackson, Col., 8
- Jaeger,George W., 194 n
- Japan, 630, 720
- JASON Group, 517-520
- Johnson, Gen., 309, 312, 620
- Johnson, B., 28, 38, 58
n, 134
n, 148, 218, 254
n, 278, 300, 303, 313, 325
n, 376
n, 543, 619, 632, 643, 654, 715
- Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle), 279, 374, 434 n, 634, 710 n
- Conference on Laos, 114-115, 246-248, 252-253
- Coup d'etat in Laos, 44-47, 57, 68
- Criticisms of on Laos U.S., 178-179
- Graduated military pressure, controlled program of, 245-246
- Humphrey-Souvanna Phouma meeting, 403, 405, 441-443
- Khamking Souvanlasy,meeting with, 454-455
- Khrushchev's communications with, 246-248, 252-253
- North Vietnam, U.S, military action against, 111-113
- Reconnaissance flights over Laos, Photographic, 79, 142, 143, 146 n, 147-148
- Souvanna Phouma, 307 n, 468
- Thailand, U.S. military deployment in, 31, 243
- Johnson, Robert 294 n
- Johnson Tom, 634, 702, 710 n
- Johnson, U, Alexis, 47 n, 83, 121 n, 139, 144 n, 147, 148, 155, 161 n, 170, 175, 185, 200 n, 255, 445, 465 n, 487 n
- Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), 244, 617, 619, 631
- Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle), 245, 448, 553 n, 581, 727, 729
- Contingency planning for enemy action in Laos, 768-771
- Cross-border operations, 284-286, 384-386
- Documents:
- CM 2876–68, 645-647
- DJSM 360–66, 448
- JCSM 129–68, 659-661
- JCSM 195–68, 697-698
- JCSM 215–67, 537-568, 584
- JCSM 216–66, 455
- JCSM 374–68, 727-729
- JCSM 475–65, 384-386
- JCSM 479–64, 132-133
- JCSM 561–64, 203-204
- JCSM 565–64, 204-206
- JCSM 777–64, 265-266
- JCSM 799–64, 269-271
- JCSM 870–64, 284-286
- JCSM 1050–64, 307-309
- JCSM 7484, 352
- Forces Armees du Royaume, 269-271
- Graduated military pressure controlled program of, 244-245
- Neutralist ground forces employed in Laos, 269-271
- North Vietnam, graduated military pressures on, 307-309
- North Vietnam, U.S. military action against, 112
- Prairie Fire Operation, 567-568, 584-586, 592, 617, 695
- Reassessment of U.S. policy for Laos, 697-698
- Reconnaissance flights over Laos, photographic, 141-143
- Royal Thai Army Special Forces, 133
- Rules of engagement, 265-266
- Thailand, U.S. military deployment in, 9, 29 n, 94, 132-133
- Triangle Operation, 203-206, 211, 213, 236, 270
- U.S. military action in Laos, 455-456
- Jorden, William John, 229, 451 n
- Jordon Report, 179 n
- Kaplan, Harold, 534 n
- Katzenbach, Nicholas deB., 522, 534, 564, 573, 590, 611, 618 n, 623 n , 631 n, 716, 718
- Kennedy, John F., 628
- Kennedy, Robert, 83, 139, 140, 142-144, 170, 175
- Kent, Sherman, 211 n
- Khamchan Pradith, 297
- Khamchan Souvouovong, 328
- Khamking Souvanlasy 454, 460, 506-508, 511
- Khamouane Boupha, 222
- Khampan, Prince, 401, 405
- Khanh, Gen. Nguyen, 33, 36 n, 41, 51, 61, 73, 110, 113
- Kha peoples, 3, 5, 72-73, 77
- Khiem, Gen., 32
- Khrushchev, Nikita S., 113, 172, 241, 244, 333, 628
- Kirnassovsky, Boris Yefimovich, 468, 532, 640
- Kistiakowsky, 518
- Kohler, Foy D., 292, 300, 563, 611 n, 613
- Kong Le, Gen., 2, 5, 71, 89, 110, 149, 167, 233, 272, 383, 443, 447 n, 460, 526
- Kornienko, C.M., 246 n
- Kosygin, Aleksey N., 124-125
- Kouprasith, Gen. Abhay, 43, 65, 167, 168, 233, 471, 528, 533, 542, 553, 593, 736, 742
- Kramer, Col. F. E., 280 n
- Krusmann, Lt. C. F., 146
- Lao, Gen., 438
- Laos (see also Air war in
Laos; Communists; Forces Armees du Royaume(FAR
); Geneva Accords of 1962-Southeast Asia;
Neutralist forces (FAN); Poland's on Laos; Souvanna listings; Triangle
Operation):
- Agency for International Development, 431-432
- Barrier across, 473-474, 517-520, 570, 573
- Bombing pause in North Vietnam,
- U.S., 723-725
- Checklist of developments in, 427-429
- Chinese road building in, 59, 161-163, 775-776
- CIA assessments, 110, 606-610, 742-743
- CIA program fOr, 95-98
- Conglressional commitment to troops in, U.S., 144
- Contingency planning for enemy action in, 186, 242-243, 748-749, 766-771, 786-787
- Contigency study on, 679-680, 682-684
- Cooper's assessments, 188-191
- Country Team assessments, 771-773
- Criticisms of on, US., 177-179, 185
- Cross-border operations, 42, 282, 360-361, 384-386, 457-458
- Declaration on the Neutrality of, 89 n
- Defended Village Operation, 12
- Defuzing, 167-169, 172-177
- Division of country, de facto, 532
- Embassy Laos assessments on, 24-27
- Graduated millitary pressure, controlled program of 311-312
- Gromyko-Rusk meeting, 586-588
- Highway project on Route 9, 294-296
- Illinois City Operation, 601-602
- Illustrative military moves to demonstrate U.S. intentions, 131-132
- Infiltration routes in, 80-81, 83-84, 227
- Interdiction operations Route 7, 279-280
- Luang Prabang, neutralization/ demilitarization of, 43, 59
- Military Action (U.S.) to Strengthen the Situation in Laos, 125-128
- Negotiating position U.S., 777-779
- North Vietnamese military actions in, 443-444, 446-447, 449-450, 454-455, 482-483, 489-491
- North Vietnamese road building in, 422-424, 713-714, 726-727
- Paramilitary forces, 3, 96-97, 132-133, 733-735
- Phou Pha Thi, 651, 658-659
- Political situation:
- CIA assessments, 486, 498-499
- Corruption in military, 736-737
- Depressed national mood, 745-746
- Embassy Laos assessments, 470-472, 475-476, 530-533, 572-573
- Hurwitch assessments, 729-731
- Kong Le, efforts to overthrow, 515-516, 527-528, 531
- Kouprasith's loss of power, 543-544
- Morale of the troops, 452-453
- National Assembly, 486, 498-499, 541-542
- National Intelligence Estimate 58-67, 577-578
- Royal Lao Air Force, mutiny within, 459-463, 521-528
- Souvanna Phouma-Harriman-Unger meeting, 507-508
- Tripartite Government of National Union, 250, 505, 533
- Politico-military scenarios, U.S., 134-139, 227
- Prairie Fire Operation, 612, 623
- Reassessment of U.S. policy, 715, 739-741
- Route 12-a, 76-77
- SEATO Plan 6, 662-663
- Situation report, 750-754
- Southeast Asia Coordinating Committee, 672-674
- South Vietnamese troops in, 32-37, 573, 596, 611-612, 617, 619-621, 708-709, 713-714
- Soviet demarche, 563-566
- Soviet-U.S. relations, 124-125
- Special National Intelligence Estimates:
- Stevenson assessments, 191-192
- Subcommittee on United States support of paramilitary forces, 1-5
- Terrorism against Americans, 599-600
- Thai involvement, 256, 571, 322, 687-689, 692
- Thirty Day Action Operation, 303
- Tribal paramilitary forces (see also Prairie Fire Operation above ), 3, 96-97, 132-133, 383, 733-735, 764
- Unger assessment on operations in eastern, 72-74
- United Nations, 110, 300-302
- U.S. economic aid to, 402-403, 408, 410-411, 428, 505, 513, 533, 540-541, 600, 624-625
- U.S. military action in, 474, 574
- Casualty statistics, 478-481
- CIA, 484-489
- Contingency study on Laos/Thailand, 687-688
- Covert vs. overt military actions, 338-339
- Embassy Laos assessments, 387-391, 481-483, 569-573, 663-664
- Escalation of activities, 418-420
- Green's (Marshall) assessments, 277-278
- Haymaker Battalion, 708-709, 713-714
- Joint Chiefs of Staff, 455-456
- North Vietnam, Thai troops across Laos to attack, 439-441
- Prasane Operation, 477-478
- Rules of engagenlent, 464-465
- Shining Brass, 388-391, 436-438
- Souvanna Phouma's request for more bombing, 722
- Special National Intelligence Estimate 10-10-65, 393-394
- Sullivan-Souvanna meeting, 306-307
- U.S. position, 196-200, 778
- U.S. military aid to, 27, 386, 404, 408, 442, 473
- Vietnam, Laos situation related to U.S. next moves on, 109, 228 n, 533, 631
- Laos Foreign Operations Fund (FEOF), 540
- Lapin, Sergey Grigor'yevich, 320
- Law, Col. William, 255, 280 n, 461, 736
- Le Duan, 705
- LeMay, Gen. Curtis E., 132-133, 141, 160, 288-289, 307-309
- Lemnitzer, Gen. Lyman L., 425
- Le Monde (Paris), 319
- Lemos, Adm. William E., 589 n
- Leonard, James F., 468 n
- Leuam Insisiengmay 463, 472, 542
- Locke, Eugene M., 620-621
- Lodge, Henry Cabot, 6 n, 32, 47 n, 79, 113, 194
- Luang Prabang, neutralization demilitarization of, 43, 59, 63
- Lucet, Charles, 756
- Ma, Gen. Thao, 377
- McCain, Adm. John S., Jr., 780-783, 786-787
- McCone, John A., 8 n, 11, 21, 44 n, 46, 58 n, 78, 83, 95 n, 111-112, 129, 139, 147, 148, 170, 174-175, 185, 185 n, 186, 211 n, 218, 244 n, 245 n, 278, 308 n
- McConnell, Gen. John P., 656-657, 765
- McCormack, John W., 142
- McCrea, Col., 8
- MacDonald, 143, 308 n, 566
- McIntyre, Stuart H., 300
- McNamara, Robert S., 6
n, 17, 19-21, 28, 38, 42
n, 58
n, 78-79, 82-83, 88
n, 1
n, 121, 126, 129, 144
n, 152, 175, 186, 207
n, 245
n, 278, 280, 632
n, 637
n
- Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle), 397, 430 n, 597, 620, 656, 727
- Congressional resolution on Southeast Asia, 193
- Coup d'etat in Laos, 45, 46, 69-70
- Defuzing Laos, 172, 173, 175, 176
- North Vietnam, U.S. militaty action against, 110, 112
- Pathet Lao-North Vietnam military offensive in Laos, 288-289
- Poland's proposal on laos, 187, 193
- Politico-military scenarios, U.S., 134 n
- Reconnaissance flights over Laos, photographic, 109, 139, 141-143, 147-150, 187
- Rules of engagement, 266
- South Vietnam, 33, 244
- Souvanna Phouma,meeting with, 405-409
- Thailand, U.S.militay deployment in,243
- Triangle Operation, 211, 218
- McNaughton, John T., 65 n, 68 n, 78, 83, 88 n, 104 n, 121 n, 129, 139, 147, 132, 170, 175, 186, 200 n, 207 n, 218, 232, 233 n, 243, 258, 266 n, 280-281, 308 n, 309, 316 n, 517
- Manila Pact, 686
- Manning, Robert J., 129, 130, 147, 148, 152, 161 n, 170, 171, 175, 185
- Mansfield, Mike, 9, 165-166
- Martin, Graham A., 69 n, 87, 121, 126, 199, 255, 256, 322, 348-350, 434 n, 552, 612, 615 n, 618
- Meo forces, 3, 5, 71, 214, 737, 761
- Methven, Stuart 734-735
- Michalowski,Jerzy, 439-440
- Military Action (U.S.) to the Strengthen the Situation in Laos, 125-128
- Military Assistance Command, Studies and Observation Group(MACSOG), 678-679
- Military Assistance Command Vietnam(MACV), 81, 255, 436-438
- Miller, Capt.John M., 356 n, 456 n
- Millet (French), 66, 67, 100
- Milton, Gen. Theodore R., 125-126, 199
- Mobley Col. J. H., 459 n, 472 n, 473, 695 n
- Momyer Gen. William, 493, 693, 734
- Montagnard peoples, 96
- Moore, Gen. Joseph H., 199, 434 n
- Morse, Wayne 171
- Moua Chong Capt., 737
- Maune, Princess, 623, 756 n
- Moyers, Bill D., 28, 362, 499, 501
- Muong Soui. See Triangle Operation.
- Murphy, James P., 545 n
- Mustin, Adm., 308 n, 309, 316 n, 356 n, 451 n, 571
- Myers, 8, 10
- Nam Ngum Dam project, 376
- Napalam, 205, 237, 245, 415-417, 427, 446, 451-452
- Nasser, Gamel A., 438 n
- National Army Revolutionary Committee (NARC), 43, 66-68
- National Intelligence Estimates (see also Special National Intelligence Estimates), 577-578
- National Council (NSC):
- Nehru, Jawaharlal, 124 n, 125
- Nelson, William E., 733, 738
- Nes, David, 73
- Neubert, Joseph W., 7 n, 8, 10, 13 n
- Neutralist forces (FAN) (see also Kong Le, Gen.; Souvanna Phouma), 2, 528, 764
- New Zealand, 18, 90, 107, 116-117,312
- Ngon Sananikone, 533, 542
- Nitze, Paul H., 657 n, 695, 748, 784
- Nixon, Richard M., 144, 755-756
- Norasing, Gen., 462
- North Vietnam, Democratic Republic of.
- Noun Qum, Prince, 463
- Nouphet Col., 371, 462, 521
- Operations:
- Arc Light, 465-467, 477, 494, 597-598, 636, 687
- Barrell Roll. See under Air war in Los:Operations.
- Commando Lava, 580-581, 613
- Cricket, 476, 493-495, 524
- Delaware, 700, 714-715
- Duck Soup, 374, 397-400
- Dye Marker, 578 n, 613, 615, 618-621
- Hardnose, 77, 126, 132
- Illinois City, 597, 601-602
- Leaping Lena, 256
- Popeye, 492, 545-553, 572
- Practice Nine, 578-579
- Prairie Fire, 567-569, 576-577, 585, 590-593, 595-596, 612, 614-617, 631, 673, 678 n, 690, 692, 695-696, 698-700, 780-781, 783, 788
- Shining Brass, 388-391, 424, 436-438, 468-469, 495, 499-501, 534-540, 557-558, 560-562
- Southpaw 595, 596-597, 616-617
- Steel Tiger, 352-358, 427, 433, 494, 687
- Switchback, 81, 96
- Tiger Hound, 432-434, 436, 493-495
- Triangle, 201-202, 205, 207-211, 213-214, 218-220, 229-237, 241, 245, 248-251, 341
- Victorious Arrow, 323-324
- Ou Neua, 461
- Quane Rathikoun,Gen., 327, 336, 459, 461, 462, 521, 533, 542, 544
- Oudom Souvannavong, 471, 486
- Oudone Sananikone, 531, 553-555, 736
- Oun Sananikone, 274, 275-276, 334, 336, 460
- Pakistan, 630
- Pathet Lao (PL) (see
also Communist Triangle Operation), 7, 43, 45, 62, 143, 176,
189, 344, 402, 406, 474, 746
- Bureau of and Research assessing, 78 n, 221, 222, 224, 225-226
- CIA assessments, 484-485, 608, 610
- Conference on Laos, another international, 272-273
- Contingency plans for U.S. millitary action, 186-187
- Contingency study on Laos/Thailand, 53-55, 65-66, 68 n, 682-693
- Dry season gains, 639-640
- Highway project on Route 9, 294-296
- International Control Commission, 26, 428
- Morale of the troops, 452-453
- Non-Communist Lao rivalry with, 4-5
- North Viehlanlese actions in Laos, 288-289, 449, 450
- Operation Hardnose, 77 n, 132-133
- Rusk-Souvanna Phouma meeting, 509, 629
- Souvanna Phouma, 36 n, 130, 358 n, 506, 508
- Special National Intelligence Estimate 58-65, 383
- Tripartite Government of National Union, restoration of, 340-341
- Unified administration agreement, 40-41
- PAVN. See Vietnam, Democratic Republic of. Peace offensive, U.S., 438-439
- Pham Van Dong 40-41, 439 n, 514
- Phasouk Somly, Gen., 59, 444, 460, 526, 533, 542, 544, 737, 741-742
- pheng Phongsavan, 49
- Philippines, 18, 107, 117, 120, 227
- Phillips, Richard I., 183 n
- Phoui Sananikone, 128, 274-276, 334, 336-337, 460, 471, 533, 542
- Phoumi Nosavan, Gen., 2, 4-5, 39, 59, 63, 74, 137, 221, 280, 297, 377,
404, 460, 462, 605, 746
- Coup d'etat in Laos, 43, 50, 60, 65, 327-329, 330 n, 334, 336
- McNamara-Souvanna Phouma meeting, 407-408
- Renewal of powers to Souvanna's government, 274-276
- South Vietnamese covert operations in Laos, 32, 33, 35, 37
- Special National Intelligence Estimate 58-65, 381
- Unified administration agreement, 40-41
- U.S. military aid to Laos, 27
- Washington, trip to, 282-283
- Phou Pha Thi. See under Laos.
- Plain of Jars area. See under
- Communists. Poats, Rutherford M., 21, 65 n
- Poland's proposal on Laos, 140, 191, 209, 215
- Polansky, Sol 237 n
- Praseuth, 39 n
- Pushkin, M., 566-567, 575, 587
- Quan, Gen. 736, 737
- Quinim Pholsena, 59, 305, 588
- Rapacki, Adam, 194, 438 n, 440
- Reconnaissance over Laos, photographic. See under Air war in Laos.
- Rice, Edward E., 40-41
- Rielly, John, 401
- Rockefeller, Nelson, 144
- Ropa, D. W., 527-528
- Rostow, Walt W., 170, 175, 185, 467 n, 481 n, 483-484, 543, 564, 631 n, 632-634, 671, 680, 710 n, 748
- Rowan, Carl, 21, 83, 121 n, 170, 171, 174
- Royal Lao Air Force (RLAF), (see also Air war In Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle); Triangle Operation) 145, 203, 270, 285
- Royal Thai Army (RTA) Special Forces 133
- Rusk, Dean, 13, 20, 21
n, 28, 38, 53
n, 58
n, 68
n, 88
n, 117
n, 138, 139, 161
n, 170, 175, 185, 194
n, 207
n, 218, 233
n, 245
n, 246
n, 254
n, 273
n, 277
n, 278, 281, 313, 340
n, 502
n, 632
n, 702, 709
n
- Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle), 266-267, 281-282, 451-452, 634
- Cambodia, conference on neutrality/territorial integrity of, 364-365
- Communists, 88-90, 323
- Conference on Laos, another international 115, 367-368
- Coup d'etat in Laos, 47 n, 49-52, 61-69
- Defuzing Laos, 172-176
- Dobrynin, meeting with, 23, 342-346, 652
- Geneva Accords of 1962-Southeast Asia, 297-300
- Gromyko, communications with, 574-575
- Gromykyo, meeting with, 342, 343, 586-588
- Highway project on Route 9, 294-296
- Kong Le, efforts to overthrow, 515-516
- Kosygin, meeting 124-125
- New Delhi trip 159 n
- North Vietnam, U.S. mi1ilitary action against, 109-112
- Poland's trip to Washington, 282-283
- Phou Pha Thi, 658
- Poland's proposal on Laos, 120, 140, 194-196
- Politico-military scenarios, U.S., 134 n
- Prairie Fire Operation, 700
- Reconnaissance flights over Laos, photographic, 82, 142-145
- Search and rescue missions, 262
- South Vietnam as lynch-pin in Southeast Asia, 109
- South Vietnamese troops in Laos, 33-34, 619-620
- Souvanna Phouma's,meeting with, 508-510, 628-631
- Souvanna Phouma's Washington D.C.trip, 358 n
- Soviet demarche on Laos, 563 n, 565 n, 574-575
- Soviet support for Souvanna Phouma, 23, 532
- Thailand, U.S. military deployment, 8 n
- Triangle Operation, 201-202, 207-211, 219-220, 233-235
- Tripartite Government of National Union, restoration of, 340-342
- United Nations, 300-302
- U.S. military action in Laos, 200, 418-420
- Russell, Richard E., 144
- Ryan, Gen. John D., 723 n
- Saintery, Jean, 472
- Salans, Carl F, 237 n, 320 n
- Saltonstall, Leverett, 144
- Samlith 297
- Sang, Gen., 328
- Sato Eisaku, 438 n
- Savang Vatthana, 33, 43 n, 64, 230, 467-468, 471, 486, 498, 525, 720
- Schultz, Charles B., 541 n
- Scott, Joseph W., 1-5
- Seaborn (Canadian), 154
- Sharp, Adm.Ulysses S. Grant, 476, 725
- Shastri, Lal Bahadur, 438 n
- Shullaw, J. Harold, 289 n
- Sihanouk, Prince Norodom, 8, 14-15, 366, 377, 393, 408
- Sihanouk Trail, 583
- Siho, Gen. Lamphouthacoul 4, 59, 65, 137, 140
- Sing Col., 446
- Sisouk na Champassak, 381, 382, 401, 405, 428, 462, 477, 507, 508, 511, 533, 542, 623, 736 n, 746
- Sisoumang Sisaleumsak, 522
- Slutz, Robert F., 271 n, 397 n, 451 n, 477 n, 511 n, 534 n, 624 n, 628 n, 696 n, 709 n
- Smirnovskiy, Mikhail N., 300
- Smith, Bromley 79 n, 82, 83, 109 n, 152, 160, 170, 175, 244 n
- Smith, W. Y., 93-94
- Solbert, Peter, 8, 9, 19
- Soldatov, Aleksandr, 586
- Souphanouvong, Prince, 239, 27, 358 n, 381, 474
- Sourith Don Sasorith, Gen., 459-462, 526, 736
- Southeast Asia, the situation in, 11-12, 13-17
- Southeast Asia Coordinating Committee(SEACOORD), 338, 359-360, 388, 612, 618 n
- Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), 18, 72, 86, 113, 126
- South Vietnam. See Vietnam, Republic of.
- Souvanna, Government of National Unity under, 4-5, 273-276, 306-307
- Coup d'etat, 43, 53, 57-58, 221, 275
- Bundy's (William) trip to Southeast Asia, 47, 55-56, 64-65
- Embassy Laos assessments, 53-55, 70-72, 335-337
- McNamara's recommendations, 69-70
- Rightists, demise of the, 329-330, 334-335
- Rumors of a, 377-378
- Rusk-Dobrynin talks, 61-64
- Rusk-Unger meeting, 49-52
- Sullivan's part in stopping, 325-328
- U.S position, 44-48, 52, 65-69
- Coup d'etat, 43, 53, 57-58, 221, 275
- Souvanna Phouma, 18, 27, 59,
110, 130, 189, 228, 240, 307
n, 364, 454, 745
- Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle), 105, 182, 268-269, 429, 552
- Barrel Roll activities, 354, 710
- B–52s, 634, 642
- Defoliants, 372, 413
- Dye Marker Operation, 619-620
- First Proposals for, 240-241
- Napalm, 415, 427, 446, 451-452
- Navigational aids, 582 n, 589-590, 593-594
- Parameters, setting, 369-370
- Practice Nine Operation, 578 n, 579
- Resupply aircraft, interception of hostile, 373-374, 397
- Shining Brass Operation, 500, 501, 538-539
- U.S. planes, using, 154, 156, 159, 162
- Bombing pause in North Vietnam U.S., 743-744
- Bureau of Intelligence and Research assessing, 223-225
- China, trip to People's Republic of 35-36, 40
- Chinese road building crews, 59, 775-776
- CIA assessments, 486, 610
- Conference on Laos, another international, 99-100, 102 n, 103, 106, 114-115, 140
- Contingency study on, 684-685
- Contingency study on Laos/Thailand, 685-686, 719, 720
- Embassy Laos assessments, 25-26, 250-251, 472, 532, 605
- France, trip to, 375-377
- Harriman, meeting with, 375-377, 438-441, 506-508, 628 n
- Humphrey, meeting with, 441-443
- International Control Commission, 73, 82
- McNamara, meeting with, 405-409
- Military Action (U.S.) to Strengthen the Situation in Laos, 125-128
- National Intelligence Estimate 58-67, 578
- Nixon, reaction to 755-756
- North Vietnam, trip to, 35-36, 40-41
- North Vietnamese military actions in Laos, 446, 447, 449
- Peace offensive, U.S., 438-439
- Poland's proposal on Laos, 118, 120, 122-124
- Political situation, 2, 38-39, 43, 68, 85, 453, 462 n, 471, 498, 525, 746
- Prairie Fire Operation, 592
- Reconnaissance flights over Laos, photographic, 83, 141, 144 n, 151, 167, 181-182
- Rusk, meeting with, 508-510, 628-631
- South Vietnamese troops in Laos, 33, 34-37, 256
- Soviet Union, 343
- Special National Intelligence Estimate 58-65, 380-381
- Sullivan, meeting with, 306-308, 439-441
- Triangle Operation, 201-202, 207, 209, 214, 219-220
- Tripartite Government of National Union, restoration of, 340-341
- Unger, meeting with, 86-87, 507-508
- U.S. military action in Laos, 474, 480, 663-664, 722
- Washington, trip to, 358, 401
- Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle), 105, 182, 268-269, 429, 552
- Soviet Union, 74, 222,
224, 245, 298, 333, 376, 474, 511, 777
- Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle), 318-319
- China, avoiding flights over People's Republic of, 503, 505
- Conference on Laos, another international, 237-241, 312, 320-321, 745
- Contingency study on Laos/Thailand, 686, 720, 721
- Coup d'etat in Laos, 54, 61-64
- Demarche on Laos, 563-566, 574-575
- Harriman-Pushkin meeting, 566-567
- International Control Commission, 23, 428
- Izvestia 62-63
- Khrushchev, 113, 172, 241, 244, 333, 628
- Laos, objectives in, 777, 778
- Poland's proposal on Laos, 117-119, 123, 194-196, 215
- Rusk, meetings with:
- Savang Vatthana's trip to, 467-468
- Souvanna Phouma:
- Triangle Operation, 217, 220
- U.K., relations with, 63, 363
- United Nations, 300-302
- United States, relations with, 124-125, 246-248, 289-291, 304-405
- U.S. military action in Laos, 395-396
- Special Air Warfare (SAW), 203
- Special Group (5412), 1-2
- Special Group (Counterinsurgency), 2
- Special National Intelligence Estimates (see also National Intelligence Estimates);
- Starbird, Gen., 517, 573
- Steadman, Richard C., 557 n, 573, 601-602, 618 n, 744
- Stevenson, Adlai E., 120, 191-193
- Stieglitz Perry L, 756 n
- Stoessel, Walter J., Jr., 586
- Stoneman, Walter G., 186
- Sukarno, 377
- Sukhodrev, Victor, 300, 586
- Sullivan, William H., 13
n, 20, 78, 110, 128
n, 129, 130, 138, 152, 154, 161
n, 170, 175, 185, 468, 483, 555
n, 603, 623
n, 755
- Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle), 240-241, 263-264, 315-316, 372, 418, 430, 445, 556
- Barrel Roll activities, 347-348, 354-356, 765
- B–52s, 636-637, 642
- Conmmando Lava Operation, 580-581
- Coordination, overall, 493-495
- Counter-insurgency mission, 653, 654-656
- Ho Chi Minh Trait inability to find, 371-372
- Lack of sufficient air strike assets, 656, 657
- Laotian pilots replacing Thai pilots, 528-530, 415, 416, 446
- Navigational aids, 559-560, 593-594
- Popeye Operation, 492
- Practice Nine Operation, 578 n, 579
- Resupply aircraft, interception of hostile, 373-374, 397-398
- Shining Brass 537-539, 560-562
- Souvanna Phouma's parameters, 369-370
- Symington(Stuart),meeting with, 434-436
- Tiger Hound Operation, 432-434
- Trilateral Vientiane-RLG-Saigon talks, 411-412
- U.S. planes, 436-438
- Ambassador to Laos, appointment as, 299-300
- Amphibious invasion of North Vietnam, 425-426, 436
- Barriers across Laos, 517-520
- Bombing pause in North Vietnam, U.S., 649, 743-744
- Chinese road building crews in Laos, 775-776
- Contingency planning for enenmy action in Laos, 766-767
- Contingency study on Laos/Thailand, 679, 711
- Country Team assessment of Laos, 771-773
- Covert vs. overt military actions in Laos, 338-339
- Cross-border operations, 360-361, 464
- Diplomacy vs. military operations, 365-366
- Dry season gains of Communists, 598-600, 670-671
- Helms, meeting with, 378-379
- McCain, communications with 780-781
- McNaughton, meeting with, 472-474
- Military Assistance Command, Studies and Observation Group, 678-679
- Military leaders visiting U.S., Laotian, 741-742
- Military officials, at odds with U.S., 604-606
- North Vietnamese military actions in Laos, 443-444, 447, 449-450, 489-491
- Phou Pha Thi, 665-669, 693-694
- Political situation in Laos, 745-746
- Corruption in the military, 736-737
- Coup d'etat, 325-328, 335-337
- Embassy Laos assessments, 530-533
- Kouprasith's loss of power, 543-544
- Ministry of Defense/General Staff,reorganization ot 716-717
- Morale of the military, 452-453
- Royal Lao Air Force (RLAF), 459, 462-463, 521, 525-527
- Tripartite Government of National Union, restoration of, 340-342
- Prairie Fire Operation, 592-593, 614-616, 678 n, 698, 783-784, 788
- Rainy season, 583-584
- Reassessment of U.S. policy for Laos, 702-707, 715-716
- Rules of engagement 457-458
- Situation report on Laos, 750-754
- South Vietnamese troops in Laos, 612, 708-709
- Souvanna Phouma, 375 n, 439-441, 502-503
- Trucks damaged/destroyed, North Vietnamese, 632-633
- U.S. military action in Laos, 387-391, 480
- U.S. military action in Southeast Asia, 359
- Vang Pao, meeting with, 737-738
- Westmoreland, communications with, 715
- Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle), 240-241, 263-264, 315-316, 372, 418, 430, 445, 556
- Swank, Emory C., 421, 470-472, 475-476, 481-483, 553-555
- Sylvester, Arthur, 315, 478-481
- Symington, James W., 454
- Symington, Stuart, 144, 434-436
- Taiwan, 41, 532
- Tay Keolunagkhot, 533
- Taylor, Gen. Maxwell D., 61-2, n, 17, 19, 78-81, 104 n, 111, 121, 129, 172, 186-187, 245, 654
- Test Ban, 344
- Thailand, 126, 227,
303, 388, 533, 618
- Conference on laos, another international, 348-350
- Contingency study on, 679-680, 682, 683, 685-690
- Humphrey-Souvanna Phouma meeting, 404-405, 442
- Laos, loaning planes to, 322
- Laos, Thai troops in, 256, 571, 687-689, 692
- Laotian pilots replacing Thai pilots, 528-530
- McNamara-Souvanna Phouma meeting, 407-408
- Regional cooperation between U.S. and, 16, 18
- Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 87, 89-90
- U.S. military deploynlent in, 12, 31, 90-91, 94, 140, 243, 689-690
- Aircraft, 19-20, 22, 23, 107
- Bundy's (William) recommendations, 116-117
- Hilsman's recommendations, 8 n, 9-10, 16-17, 21-22
- Joint Chiefs of Staff, 29 n, 132-133
- North Vietnam, Thai troops crossing Laos to attack, 439-441
- Poland's on Laos, 120, 123-124
- Special National Intelligence Estimate 10–10–65, 393
- Thanat Khonlen, 68 n, 69 n
- Thanom, 69 n, 319-320, 322
- Thieu, 553 n
- Thompson, Llewellyn E., 83, 289 n, 320 n, 342, 586
- Thomson, James C., 47 n, 236-237, 258, 367-368, 429
- Thongphanh Knoksy, Col., 737
- Tito, Josip B., 438 n
- Tong Lit, 53
- Touby Lyfong, 3
- Toumanoff, Vladimir I., 252 n, 289 n
- Toumayan, Alex, 508 n, 511 n, 624, 627, 628 n
- Tran Van Do, 407
- Trevelyan,Sir Humphrey, 320
- Triangle Operation, 218, 232, 234, 251
- Bundy's (McGeorge) assessments, 211-212
- Bundy's (William) assessments, 212-217, 239-241
- Canada, 217, 220, 230, 231
- Contingency planning for enemy action in laos, 242-243
- Embassy Laos assessments, 248-250
- International Control Commission, 215-216
- Joint Chiefs of Staff, 203-206, 211, 213, 216, 236, 270
- Napalm, 205, 237
- Neutralist forces in Muong Soui, 213-214
- Souvanna Phouma's proposal for, 201-202
- Thomson's assessments, 236-237
- U.S. position, 201-202, 207-210, 219-220, 233-235
- Tribal paramilitary forces (see also Prairie Fire Operation under Laos), 3, 5, 96-97, 132-133, 383, 733-735, 764
- Trueheart, William C., 38 n, 65 n, 68 n, 194 n, 200 n, 233 n, 237 n, 246 n, 252 n, 262 n, 271 n, 277 n, 291-293, 309, 316 n, 320 n, 328 n, 340 n, 352 n, 358 n, 364 n, 397-399, 451 n, 459 n, 464 n, 468 n
- Ttoglith, Col., 326
- Tyler, Willianl, 300
- Tyrell, Robert L. F., 255
- Unger, Leonard, 40
n, 68
n, 121, 137, 300, 316
n, 320
n, 340
n, 350
n/ 352
n, 368, 397
n, 399
n, 401, 413
n, 451, 464
n, 470, 472, 511, 515
n, 530, 573
- Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle), 268-269, 284
- Communists, assessing the, 22, 84-86
- Conference on Laos, another international, 99-103
- Coup d'etat in laos, 64, 67 n
- Eastern Laos, views on operations in, 72-74
- Forces Armees du Royaume, 40 n, 269-271
- Graduated military pressure, controlled program of, 245-246
- Helicopter incident in Laos, 253-254
- Neutralist ground forces employed in Laos, 269-271
- Reconnaissance flights over Laos, photographic, 79, 144 n, 150-152
- Royal Lao Air Force, 28-31, 459
- South Vietnamese covert operations in Laos, 34-37
- Souvanna Phouma assessing, 25-26, 251
- Souvanna Phouma, meeting with, 86-87, 506-508
- Triangle Operation, 205, 211, 213, 214, 230, 248-250
- Tripartite Government of National Union, restoration of, 250
- U.S. military actions in Laos, 196-199
- U.S. military aid to Laos, 26
- U.S. objectives, determing, 24-25
- United Kingdom (U.K.), 18, 51, 53, 63, 126, 151, 161, 215, 227, 396, 416
- United Nations, 103, 110, 113, 124, 137, 502 n, 691
- U.S. Intelligence Board, 88
- Valenti, Jack, 78, 83, 120, 441 n
- Vance, Cyrus R., 83, 147, 148, 186, 218, 254, 254 n, 308 n, 309, 590
- Vang Pao, Gen., 3, 5, 32, 377, 443, 488, 544, 607, 651
- Viet Cong/Minh. See Vietnam, Democratic Republic of.
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of (see
also
Communists; Pathet Lao (PL)), 51, 82, 126,
179, 190, 192, 303, 305, 312, 406, 435, 519, 610, 774
- Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle), 245-246
- Amphibious invasion of, 425-426, 436
- Bombing pause, U.S., 627-628, 649, 723-725, 739, 743-744
- Bureau of Intelligence and Research assessment, 222, 224
- CIA psychological warfare, 97-98
- Contigency planning for enemy action in Laos, 768-771, 786-787
- Contingency study on Laos/Thailand, 682-693, 719, 720
- Covert vs. overt military actions in Laos, U.S., 338-339
- Dry season gains, 599, 600, 639-640
- Graduated military pressure, controlled program of, 307-309
- Highway project on Route 9, 10, 294-296
- International Control Conmission, 26, 428
- Johnson-Souvanna Phouma meeting, 511-515
- Kitty Hawk offshore near Hanoi, 89 n, 90
- Laos, military actions in Laos, 443-444, 446-447, 449-450, 454-455, 482-483, 489-491
- Laos, objectives in, 777, 778
- Peace offensive, U.S., 438-439
- Phou Pha Thi, 659, 665-669, 693-694
- Poland's proposal on Laos, 120, 122
- Popeye Operation, 492, 545-553
- Reconnaissance flights over, U.S., 92-93
- Road development in Laos, 422-424, 713-714, 726-727
- Route 12-a from North Vietnam to Muong Phine area, 76-77
- Rusk-Dobrynin talks, 63-64
- Rusk-Souvanna Phouma 509, 510 n
- Situation report on Laos, 750-754
- Southeast Asian objectives, U.S. concerns about, 62-63
- South Vietnamese military actions against, 113
- Souvanna Phouma, 35-36, 40-41, 506, 544 n
- Soviet-U.S. relations, 343, 345-346
- Special National Intelligence Estimates, 330-334, 383
- Thai troops in, 439-441
- Trucks danlaged/destroyed, 632-633, 635, 637-638
- United Nations, 113, 302
- U.S. military action against, 106-113, 192
- U.S. military action in Laos, 393-394, 487-489
- Vietnam, Republic of, 109, 126, 179, 227, 228
n, 244, 298, 311, 440, 520
- Air war in Laos {North/Northeast and Panhandle}, 255, 256
- CIA program for, 95-98
- Coup d'etat in Laos, 54-55, 66
- Covert operations in Laos, 32-37, 42
- Cross-border operations, 360-361
- Forces Armes du Royaume, 270-271
- Laos, South Vietnamese troops in, 32-37, 256, 573, 596, 611-612, 617, 619-621, 708-709, 713-714
- Morale in, U.S. concerns about, 110, 186
- Neutralist ground forces employed in Laos, 270-271
- North Vietnam, U.S. military action against, 113
- Oudone's request for military aid, 553-555
- Rusk-Dobrynin talks, 63-64
- Souvanna Phouma-Harriman meeting, 376
- Special National Intelligence Estimate 10-65, 332-334
- Vietnam War (see also Vietnam, Democratic Republic of; Vietnam, Republic of), 190, 619, 672
- Vo Giap, Gen., 40-41, 407, 512, 514
- Walsh, John P, 563 n
- Walston, Lord, 472
- Warner, F. A., 532
- Warnke, Paul C., 616-617, 618 n, 695, 748-749, 768-771
- Weisner, Jerry, 518
- Weiss, Seymour, 464 n, 468 n
- Westmoreland, Gen. William C., 194, 271, 356, 360, 385, 425, 434 n, 464, 581, 632, 635, 671, 715
- Wheeler, Gen. Earle G., 81, 141, 143, 152, 154, 218, 493
n, 632-634, 647, 702, 786
- Air war in Laos (North/Northeast and Panhandle), 160, 284-286, 710 n
- Cross-border operations.. 384-386
- Forces Armees du Royaullle, 269-271
- Graduated 111ilitary pressure, controlled program of 244-245
- Neutralist ground forces in Laos, 269-271
- Prairie Fire Operation, 567-568, 584-586, 590-591
- Reassessment of U.S. for Laos, 697-698
- Rules of engagement, 265-266
- Wilson, Donald M., 21, 139, 186, 322
- World Bank, 475
- Marshalt, 681, 744-745
- Yao, 3, 5
- Zhukov, Dmitriy A., 467
- Zinchuk, Alexander I., 342