AGREEMENT OF COUP GROUP TO POSTPONE ACTION UNTIL AFTER ELECTIONS

Created: 7/9/1965

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INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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AGREEMENT OF COUP GROLP TO POSTPONE ACTION UNTIL AFTER ELECTIONS

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DATE ACQ. LAOS, VIENTIANE C9

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I. 5 GENERAL VANG PAO SAID THAT THE PREVIOUS DAY TRUSTED REPRESENTATIVES-OF THE SOUTHERN PACTION OF THE COUP GROUP HAD ARRIVED AT SAM THONG AND CONVEYED TO HIM THE DECISION OF THEIR LEADERS TO ACCEDE TO VANG PAO'S REQUEST NOT TO MCVri UNTIL AFTER ELECTIONS AND UNTIL AFTER THE CHARACTER OF THE NEWENT HAS SEEN CLEARLY ESTABLISHED. THE SOUTHERN GROUP HAD AGREED TO VANG PAO'S REQUESTOSTPONEMENT OF ACTION BECAUSE IT NEEDED HIS SUPPORT TO SUCCEED.LD COMMENT: CONTAINED COMMENTS 5Y

ITS PLANS TO MOVE .BEFORE ELECTIONS.)

VANG PAO CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE GROUP WOULD NOT BE ASLE TO

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SOUTHERN GROUP HAD AGREED NOT TO MOVE AT THE PRESENTTO TWO CONDITIONS. THE FIRST WAS THAT THE UNITEDTRY TO PREVENT ATTEMPTS BY THE OUDONE SANANIKONE -FACTION TO ASSASSINATE OR TO USE ANY OTHER METHOD TO ELIMINATE

ITS MEMBERS. IF THE OPPOSING VIENTIANE GROUP SHOULD MAKE ANY MOVE WITHIN THE COOLING OFF PERIOD THE AGREEMENT NOT TO ACT WOULD BECOME VOID. THE SECOND CONDITION WAS THAT NEITHER THE NEUTRALISTS, WHO HAVE BEEN SLOWLY INFILTRATING INTO VIENTIANE, NOR THE SANANIKONES WOULDEVOLUTION. VANG PAO SAID THE COUP GROUP WOULD NOT LET EITHER THEONE GROUP OR THE NEUTRALISTS GAIN CONTROL OF THE CITY.

PAO AND THE CURRENT COUP GROUP BELIEVED THATSTATES GOVERNMENT WASERIOUS MISTAKE IN THINKINGCOULD CONTROL AND FORCE THE VIENTIANE POWER GROUPS INTO ATHAT IT COULD KEEP THE LIO ON VIENTIANE UNTIL AFTERANO THAT IT COULD GIVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION TO THEOF VIENTIANE WHO WERE TRYING TO FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY

BUT WHO WERE BEING SAPPED OF THEIR STRENGTH AND CONTINUOUSLY ATTACKEDEN WHOSE ONLY INTERESTS WERE SELFISH.

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