Laos: More Propaganda than Fighting
Photograph
Laos: More Propaganda than Fighting
1961: What a Year!
1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 7/16 × 9 7/16 in. (16.4 × 24 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0116
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: 12/61 4) LAOS: MORE PROPAGANDA THAN FIGHTING. An elderly Laotian \ listens for news in a village square. Persuading the peaceful Laotians to resist the Soviet-supplied Pathet Lao Communist guerillas was one of \ the New Frontier's first major headaches. In an effort to shore up the \ sagging Royal Laotian forces, President Kennedy put U.S. military \ advisors in uniform and sent U.S. helicopters and planes to transport \ and supply government troops. But as the years ends, the U.S. position \ is further weakened by the selection in Geneva of Souvanna Phouma, a \ "Neutralist", as the new premier of this geographically startegic country. \ Credit: Nicholas Tikhomiroff © MAGNUM \ Photos
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