Laos sends troops to border dispute
NZPA-Reuter Bangkok Thousands of Laotian troops backed by Vietnamese forces and heavy weapons are massing along the Thai border near three villages claimed by both Thailand and Laos, a senior police officer said today. The officer said in a telephone interview from the border that several Laotian battalions and about 200
Vietnamese soldiers, supported by artillery and antiaircraft guns, had been trucked towards the Laotian town of Paklai, in Sayaboury province. Laos claims the three disputed villages are in Paklai district on its side of the border. Thailand says that they are in its northeastern Uttaradit province, about 530 km from Bangkok.
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Press, 26 June 1984, Page 8
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