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  Pathet Lao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pathet Lao (Laotian, "Land of Laos") was a communist, nationalist political movement and organization in Laos, formed in the mid-20th century.
In 1953, Pathet Lao fighters accompanied an invasion of Laos from Vietnam led by Viet Minh forces; they established a government at Samneua in northern Laos.
The Pathet Lao held numerous Americans as prisoners of war during and after the Vietnam war (1962-1973).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pathet_Lao   (437 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Pathet Lao   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pathet Lao, nationalist movement in Laos, founded in 1950 to advocate complete independence from France.
After Japan and its allies lost the war, a nationalist movement known as the Lao Issara (Free Laos) formed an independent government in Laos....
Late in 1957, after prolonged negotiations, an agreement was reached to bring the dissident Pathet Lao forces which controlled the two northern provinces of Phongsaly and...
ca.encarta.msn.com /Pathet_Lao.html   (136 words)

  
 Pathet Lao Uprising
The name "Pathet Lao" (Land of Laos) refers to the communist movement that occurred in Laos beginning in the 1950s and was the Laotian equivalent of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge and Vietnam's Viet Cong.
In 1953, the Pathet Lao guerrillas accompanied a Viet Minh invasion of Laos from Vietnam and established a government at Samneua in northern Laos.
Soon a three-way civil war was upon the country, between the Pathet Lao, the right-wing government who controlled the Royal Laotian Army (this was the force recognized by the United States and other western countries), and the Soviet-recognized neutralist forces of Souvanna Phouma, who had fled to Cambodia.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/laos.htm   (761 words)

  
 Laos - The Pathet Lao
In the second half of 1954, an important meeting of Pathet Lao leaders was held near the Houaphan Province border, where the need to establish this new party to ensure success of the struggle in the postwar period was explained.
In the spring of 1953, the Viet Minh overran almost all of Houaphan Province and portions of Phôngsali, Xiangkhoang, and Louangphrabang provinces.
Approximately 300 Pathet Lao accompanied the Viet Minh.
countrystudies.us /laos/18.htm   (793 words)

  
 AII POW-MIA Abandoned in Laos
Laos was in the North Vietnamese (DRV) theater of operations, where the North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao fought battles against the U.S.-supported noncommunist Laotians.
The Pathet Lao were under the direct military supervision of their communist North Vietnamese cadres, even more so than the South Vietnamese and the Royal laotian Government were under the influence of the United States.
The quick acceptance of the new Pathet Lao claim was in complete contradiction of the American embassy's stated 10-year position that the Pathet Lao could not be believed and would make political statements to suit their needs.
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 Phoumi Vongvichit
Phoumi was nominated both Secretary-General of the Front, and Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister in the Pathet Lao Resistance government that the Front established in opposition to the Royal Lao government in Vientiane.
After formation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in December 1975, Phoumi was named Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Sport and Religious Affairs.In the reorganization that followed the Third Congress of the LPRP in 1982, Phoumi became a member of the Inner Cabinet with overall responsibility for education, information and culture.
Much of what happened in the past, especially relations between the Pathet Lao and the Vietnamese during the "thirty-years struggle" from 1945 to 1975, is still considered too sensitive to reveal, even though the Vietnamese themselves have revealed the extent to which the Pathet Lao were dependent on Vietnamese advice and support.
home.vicnet.net.au /~lao/laostudy/phoumi.htm   (1955 words)

  
 Cold War At A Glance
In the meantime, talks are underway to include Pathet Lao in the formation of a coalition government.
The United States, afraid that an inclusion of Pathet Lao in the government would encourage the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, support a right-wing anti-Communist group in ousting the existing government.
An agreement is reached in September that provides for the formation of a third coalition government under Souvanna Phouma, and the stationing of an equal number of government and Pathet Lao troops in the two capitals.
www.geocities.com /cold_war_at_a_glance/Laos.htm   (367 words)

  
 WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA - Laos - Pathet Lao Influence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was confident the party would outpoll the Pathet Lao's LPF in a free election.
In villages under their control, the Pathet Lao installed their own personnel alongside the existing administration--for example, a khana muang (liberated district) alongside a chao muang (district chief), a khana seng (liberated subdistrict) alongside a pho tasseng (subdistrict chief), and a khana ban (liberated village) alongside a pho ban or nai ban (village chief).
All resources in villages under Pathet Lao control were mobilized into both a horizontal and a vertical structure that included organizations of women, youth, and monks.
encyclopaedic.net /world/laos/31.php   (515 words)

  
 Pathet Lao on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The name was first used in 1950 by Lao forces after the they joined the Viet Minh 's revolt against the French, and it became the generic term for the Lao Communists.
In the 1960s and early 70s, the Pathet Lao fought the U.S.-supported government and finally won control of Laos in 1975.
After an attack by the Pathet Lao a few months back, a village near Vientiane is left in ruins.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/PathetL1a.asp   (439 words)

  
 White Paper on Genocide in Laos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Wa Kou Vang and Nao Xue Vang in Phongsavang, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, and Mr.
Hmong and Lao refugees in the camps in Thailand oppose forced repatriation to return to Laos because there are no human rights methodologies and groups monitoring and stopping genocide and persecution against returnees and other people in Laos.
Forced repatriation of Hmong and Lao refugees in Thailand to return to death in Communist Laos in order to solve the problems of the refugee crisis and the genocide against the people and returnees in Laos are violations of the Charter of the United Nations and international law.
home.earthlink.net /~laohumrights/laowht02.html   (4821 words)

  
 Laos : Secret War Pilots Remembered
Thousands of pro-American Lao's were murdered, others were gathered up for arrest and entire families force marched for days to prisons, hard labor jungle prison camps and Reeducation Concentration Camps, some for many years, while others were escourted away into the jungle with guards and simply vanished forever.
There were thousands of Lao patriots who sought a better way of life in Laos, who were supported by Americans and others too......, but thousands of them have fled Laos, (along with others who were far less involved), and thousands more died in Laos after the war was officially over.
General Vang Pao alleged that between 1975 and 1980 some 50,000 Hmong civilians died from Pathet Lao chemical gas poisoning, from starvation and diseases or were shot by guards while trying to escape across the Mekhong River to reach Thailand.
www.angelfire.com /in/Laos/Pilots.html   (2456 words)

  
 A Visit to Laos, by Noam Chomsky
Asked whether the Pathet Lao were attempting to build a clandestine organization within Vientiane to exploit such grievances and plan for an ultimate take-over, he said that to his knowledge they were not, but that there was also no necessity to do so.
The Pathet Lao tended more to live among the people and recruited peasants from the area, while the intellectuals were, for the most part, with Kong Le and the neutralists.
The Pathet Lao taught them that the North Vietnamese were their friends who had come to give them technical assistance and help them to survive.
www.chomsky.info /articles/19700723.htm   (14083 words)

  
 Pathet Lao Aircraft
The An-24 was operated by Pathet Lao Airlines, of which nothing is known.
Of the nine Li-2s delivered to Laos in December 1962, three went to the Pathet Lao.
Ten of these pre-World War II era biplanes were delivered to the Pathet Lao in 1960.
www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/aa-eastasia/laos/laos-af4-aircraft.htm   (305 words)

  
 Bio, Matteson, Glenn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Four Lao sources stated that 7 of the 8 personnel on board died in the crash of the aircraft, and were buried in the vicinity.
He was immediately captured by the Pathet Lao, eventually transferred to Sam Neua, and was released by the Pathet Lao in August 1962.
In Feb 1986, JCRC reported that a Lao source had passed along dog tag reporting which correlated to this incident (Bankowski) and stated that associated remains (including three broken skulls) were being held in a private residence in Seno, Laos.
www.pownetwork.org /bios/m/m374.htm   (3142 words)

  
 U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Laos, Hmong Bill Condemns Pathet Lao Regime:..."   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Laos, Douglas Hartwick, opposed and repeatedly traveled to Washington, D.C., to lobby against passage of the legislation.
The Congressional ceremony and reception is cosponsored by the Lao Veterans of America Inc., the Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA) and Members of Congress.
Jointly released by the Center for Public Policy Analysis, the Lao Veterans of America Inc. and a coalition of Lao and Hmong organizations seeking political, economic and human rights reforms in Laos.
releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=128-05122004   (564 words)

  
 THE PATHET LAO, Laos Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
By early 1947, the Kingdom of Laos had begun to take shape as Laos - under French political, military and economic control - became unified under the royal house of Louang Phabang.
The Viet Minh were also active in Laos, participating in Lao Issara guerilla raids on French convoys and garrisons.
While the moderate members of the dissolved Lao Issara joined the new Royal Lao Government (RLG) in 1950, Souphanouvong (younger brother of Phetsarath) founded the resistance group " Pathet Lao ", literally "the Land of the Lao" which called for a truly independent Laos to be governed by a coalition government with the RLG.
www.infohub.com /Destinations/Asia/Laos/67845.htm   (196 words)

  
 Laos The Pathet Lao - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
Laos The Pathet Lao - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
The congress created the Free Laos Front (Neo Lao Issara--see Glossary).
Illustrative of this stance was the use henceforth of the name Pathet Lao (Lao Nation--see Glossary).
www.workmall.com /wfb2001/laos/laos_history_the_pathet_lao.html   (849 words)

  
 Pathet Lao
Pathet Lao, left-wing nationalist group that was ultimately victorious in the Laotian civil war that began in the mid-1950s.
Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic National name: Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao President:...
Plain of Jars - Plain of Jars, region, N Laos, at the northern end of the Annamese Cordillera.
www.factmonster.com /id/A0837850   (169 words)

  
 The New York Review of Books: A Special Supplement: A Visit to Laos
The American use of Thailand as a base for the bombardment of Northern Laos and later North Vietnam dates from early 1964, according to American Government sources (American troops were sent to Thailand at the time of the Nam Tha incident of 1962
Naturally, North Vietnam regards "the Lao territory bordering on North Vietnam, particularly in the provinces of Phong Saly, Luang Prabang, Sam Neua, and Xieng Khouang, as essential to its security and will strive to ensure that these areas are not controlled by hostile forces."
The Pathet Lao also taught them not to hate the American pilots, some of whom were captured and led through the town, but "only their leaders."
www.nybooks.com /articles/10894   (14214 words)

  
 Pathet Lao
Laos Dissidents Secretly Repatriated from Thailand, Rule of Law Undermined; Black List Agreement May Target Hmong, Says CPPA.
LACPC, CPPA: Laos War Crimes Rewarded, Emboldening Regime's Ethnic Cleansing of Hmong with U.S. Taxpayer Dollars.
Laos War Crimes Rewarded, Emboldening Regime's Ethnic Cleansing of Hmong with U.S. Taxpayer Dollars.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0837850.html   (280 words)

  
 Pathet Lao   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Pathet Lao was the name of the Laotian Communist movement from the 1950s to the 1970s and the Laotian equivalent of the Khmer Rouge, Viet Minh and Viet Cong.
After they successfully seized power in 1975, they renamed themselves the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.
Key figures of the Pathet Lao include Souphanouvong, Kaysone Phomvihane, Phoumi Vongvichit, Nouhak Phoumsavanh and Khamtay Siphandone.
www.asia-handicrafts.com /about_laos/pathet_lao.htm   (160 words)

  
 Vieng Xai/Pathet Lao Caves
To understand Lao history and culture I think it is a must for Americans to visit Vieng Xai and see the caves where the Pathet Lao Leaders ran th...
Pathet Lao cave at the base of the limestone karst
The leaders built houses after the end of the bombing.
homepage.mac.com /peterlaos/Peterlaos2/PhotoAlbum29.html   (199 words)

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