POW/MIA: LPDR VICE FOREIGN MINISTER SOUBANH'S COMMENTS REGARDING LPDR POLICY ON

Created: 11/9/1987

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alitthilat said in mid-septembh there seems tohange in united statesc thinking regarding the search for the remains. missing in action (mia) in laos.. now appear economic aid to requests to excavate additional crash if the amount. aid is sufficiently large, the

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u.s. to make additional searches. in this regard, after attending the united nations general assembly. ounkeut)) pdr ministry of foreign affairs director for department iii, which deals with nonaligned movement and capitalist countries, will return to the lpdr to make preparations fop a . technical search.

2. according to soubanh, it is difficult for the lpdr government to locate specific crash sites without the assistance of local inhabitants who witnessed the crashes. unfortunately, many of the page 4 0 secret

locals are not well disposed to help in such an endeavor, especially those in the south who actually. bombings. if the amount of financial aid offered by. is large enough, however, the lpdr government will be motivated to make an effort to deal with intransigent local inhabitants to locate additional crash sites. (headquarters comment: whether soubanh is referring to aid from non-

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