Under the terms of last summer's 14-nation Geneva agreement establishing Laotian neutrality, all foreign troops were to be withdrawn from Laos under the supervision of the International Control Commission, a troikalike group composed of Indian. Polish and Canadian inspectors. Last week, just ahead of the withdrawal deadline, the last of 666 U.S. military advisers in Laos pulled out. With weeping Laotian girl friends .tugging at their arms, 78 officers and men climbed aboard four C46 transports heading for Bangkok.
It was a far different story with the estimated 10,000 North Vietnamese...
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