PEACE IN LAOS
“Very Slim Chances” (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) NEW YORK, May 0 The Prime Minister of Laos (Prince Souvanna Pho tuna) said today chances for restoring peace in Laos were “very slim,” the Associated Press reported from Vientiane. “I have no confidence in anybody, including the Paihet Lao,” the neutralist leader said. “Promises given me have too frequently not been honoured.” Prince Souvenna’s comments to AJP. were his first on the new and major crisis facing Laos since he returned on Saturday night from the Plain of Jars after a Puthe* Lao attack on two International Control Onmmtesinn helicopters. His remarks came not long after the pn>-Communist Pathet Lao threatened to resume fighting in lens unless Righf-wingforces left territory under Pethet Lao eon-
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30126, 9 May 1963, Page 21
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