PLAIN OF JARS
Patliet Lao Gains
(N.Z Press Assn.—Copyright) NEW YORK. June 9
The neutralist Laotian commander, General Kong Lae, reported today that Pathet Lao troops led by Communist North. Vietnamese officers had turned his southern flank on the Plain m Jars and gravely menaced hit headquarters. United Press International reported from Vientiane
General Kong Lae. who flew to Vientiane for a weekend report to the Prime Minister (Prince Souvanna Phoumai said the Pathet Lao troops skirted his artillery •nits and pushed to a pom* five miles due south of his headquarters at Muong Phanh
It was the deepes: penetra nor by the Pathet Lao troops since the- captured Dong Dane from the outnumbered neutraFsts ?arly last week said U Pl The neutralists alsc were eported under attack on Phou Phong mountain dominating the strategic position •ai Lat Boua in the north-east sector The Communists brieflv seized the mountain it.9t week but were driven ifl again bv m'xed neutralist inc R ght-w:ng forces
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30154, 11 June 1963, Page 13
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