Archive Report
Archive Report
Communist Threat to South Viet Nam
Laos as Red Stepping Stone to South Viet Nam
Whatever is done or not done about Laos by the conferees now struggling with the problem at Geneva, increased Communist pressure on the adjoining Republic of [South] Viet Nam seems in store. If a strictly neutral status should be achieved for Laos, the Communist drive to penetrate more deeply into Southeast Asia would still go on. If Laos sooner or later falls completely under Communist domination, the southward push will simply be facilitated. Either way, South Viet Nam is the logical next target for Red expansion in that area.
This situation was foreseen when the Council of Ministers of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization met at Bangkok at the end of March ...