In Laos last week, almost nobody was left to mind the store.
On the Communist side, Red Prince Souphanouvong had been gone for a fortnight from his headquarters in Khang Khay to celebrate the Buddhist New Year festival with some villagers. Two Red military commanders stopped off in Peking on their way to Moscow. Soviet Ambassador Aleksandr Abramov was going on leave after three years in Southeast Asia, hoping for a new assignment.
"Neutralist" Prince Souvanna Phouma pleaded indigestion caused by eating fermented, raw deer livera Laotian delicacyand flew to Italy to...
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