Index
abramov, aleksandr n., 65–66, 74 addis, John M., 21, 79, 124, 131–32 agency for international development (aid), 155 ahern, Thomas, 217 air america, 178–80, 184, 191, 228– 29, 247 alphand, hervé, 22, 23, 222–23, 231, 246 american Friends of Vietnam, 13 amkha Soukhavong, 132, 133 anderson, George W., 117 ang cheng Guan, 51, 145–46 anti-infiltration programs, 188–89. See also cross-border operations asselin, Pierre, 58, 136 B-26 bombers, 16, 19 Bailey, Lawrence r., Jr., 20, 163–64 Ball, George, 112, 141, 142, 242 Ballenger, orville r., 164 Ban houei Sai, 122, 123 Bankowski, alfons, 20 Ban Pa dong, 26–27 Battalion 603 (PaVn), 51 Berlin Wall, 40 Bissell, richard M., Jr., 16 Bolovens Plateau, 138, 195 Bolshakov, Georgi, 140–41 Bounleut Sanichanh, 111, 123, 124 Boun oum: cia offers to promote acceptance of the “Souvanna solution,” 88–89; meeting with harriman in 1961, 44; opposition to a proposed government headed by Savang Vatthana, 65; refusal to accept the proposed “Souvanna solution,” 62; Savang Vatthana on, 66; Zurich communiqué and, 28 Bowles, chester B., 24–25, 56 Boyle, andrew J.: on Far military defeats in January 1962, 72, 74–75; on Far’s fear of the north Vietnamese, 77; on the military situation in Laos in spring 1961, 24; Phoumi and, 63, 84; on Phoumi’s appearance of accepting the “Souvanna solution” in 1962, 108; on Phoumi’s 1962 attempt to provoke communist action in Laos, 109; uS estimates of the military capabilities of Far, 71; uS plan to retake the Plaine des Jarres in 1961 and, 17 Brethès, Jean, 124 Bridle, Paul, 158, 182, 183, 190–92 Brown, rothwell h., 75 Brown, Winthrop G.: on the capture of Vang Vieng in 1961, 24; on Jack hasey’s recall from Laos, 104; meeting with Savang Vatthana, 65–67; negotiation of the Plaine des Jarres agreement and, 131, 132, 133; on Phoumi’s appearance of accepting the “Souvanna solution” in 1962, 108–9; Phoumi’s refusal to accept the proposed “Souvanna solution” and, 62, 63, 64, 67, index 324 index Brown, Winthrop G. (cont.) 80–81, 84–86; and Phoumi’s refusal to meet harriman in Bangkok, 95; proposal for military sanctions against Laos in 1962, 104; refuses Phoumi’s February 1962 request for c-46 transport planes, 81; response to the Far military defeats of January 1962, 78–79; on Sarit Thanarat’s unwillingness to sign the 1962 Geneva accords, 140; on the scheme to partition Laos in 1961, 33–34; on Souvanna, 37; State department orders to discredit Phoumi politically, 119– 20, 124 Bruce, david K. e., 222 Bundy, McGeorge: on the challenges of planning for military intervention in Laos, 218; conversation with Lyndon Johnson on Southeast asia in 1964, 248–49; Kennedy administration January 1962 discussions on Laos, 68–69; on the Kennedy-rostow relationship, 129; linking success in Laos to success in South Vietnam, 8; recommendation of graduated military pressure against north Vietnam in 1964, 248; signs nSaM 256, 231; on the Soviet union’s 1963 position on Laos, 227; on uS Vietnam policy and the cold war “state of mind,” 148; uS withdrawal of troops from Thailand and, 141; view of Laos in 1961, 25, 61 Bundy, William P., 139, 140, 242, 245, 247–48, 249 Bureau of intelligence and research (inr), 105–6, 212–13 Burke, arleigh, 19, 25, 33 Burnet, Frank n., 52 Butterworth, W. Walton, 190–91 c-46 transport planes, 81 c-47 transport planes, 20 c-123 transport shot down, 178–80 canada: the icc and, 182–83, 190–92 carter, Marshall S., 107, 118–19 central intelligence agency (cia): air america and, 179; analysis of infiltration through Laos into South Vietnam, 187–88; assessment of a proposed amphibious operation against north Vietnam, 127; assessment of Phoumi, 29; cold war views of communist countries and their interrelationships, 52; committee for the defense of national interests, 10; eastern construction company in Laos and, 140; estimates of the military capabilities of Far, 71; harriman’s mistrust of, 103; Jack hasey’s assessment of Phoumi, 103–4; Jack hasey’s recall from Laos, 103, 104; hmong cadre, 184; January 1963 analysis of the situation in Laos, 189–90; 1961 plan to retake the Plaine des Jarres, 16, 18, 19; 1962 assessment of proposed military sanctions against Laos, 97; 1963 report on covert operations in Laos, 206; 1963 “reunification of Laos” report, 236; offers to Boun oum to promote acceptance of the “Souvanna solution,” 88–89; offers...
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