After weeks of deliberate Russian stalling, word came last week that Nikita Khrushchev had finally agreed to a ceasefire. Laos' peripatetic Prince Souvanna Phouma, after a daylong talk with Khrushchev himself, happily flew back toward Laos, proclaiming that the cease-fire would become effective as soon as he arrived.
If the Russians did not back away again, the decision would bring a sigh of relief in the U.S. For the Cuba fiasco had seriously damaged the U.S.'s bargaining position and its implied threat to get tough in Laos if its patience was tried too...
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