Pointing the Finger at Laos
Photograph
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
