Pointing the Finger at Laos

Pointing the Finger at Laos

Photograph

Cornell Capa

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1918–2008

Pointing the Finger at Laos

What Next in Laos?


1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (16 × 23.7 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0001
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso C: (Laos) 6-61 1) POINTING THE FINGER at Laos, President Kennedy in his March \ 22 press conference discussed one of the most pressing foreign policy \ problems of his administration: the offensive of the Communist-led Pathet \ Lao forces against the West-oriental government. Faced with the fact that \ negotiation is his only workable tool, the President is attempting establish- \ ment of a neutral and independent Laos across the conference tables in Geneva. \ Credit: CORNELL CAPA © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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