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Approved for Release: 2020/08/11 C02000170 SECRET military personnel from North Vietnam to Pathet Lao forces was "imperialist propaganda" and that the US was unable to convince SEATO allies of the validity of this accusation. In Phnom Penh, Souvanna Phouma does not appear disposed to accept King Savang's offer of an early audience in Luang Prabang. Although he has as yet not given a final answer, Souvanna's initial reaction was that he would not return to Laos until a coalition government was possible. He has long believed that the only solution to Laos' problems is a reconciliation between the Pathet Lao, centrist, and rightist forces. (Souvanna is reported to have told one of his fellow exiles in Phnom Penh that he would not tender his formal resignation as premier, since the installation of the Boun Oum government automatically removed him from that office. Although this position is technically correct, Souvanna's failure to resign formally facilitates the bloc's maintenance of the fiction that his government remains the "lawful government of Laos," as does a statement attributed to him by the press that the Boun Oum regime was imposed by force.) SECRET 9 Jan 61 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 2 Approved for Release: 2020/08/11 C02000170

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