United States Support for the Royal Lao Government and Attempts to Prevent Coalition with the Pathet Lao1

1. For previous documentation on Laos, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, volumes XIII and XVI.


469. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.13/8–957. Secret. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Phnom Penh and Bangkok.


470. National Intelligence Estimate

Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. According to notes on the cover sheet, NIE 68–57 superseded NIE 63.3/1-55 (Document 328), and the following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: CIA and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Joint Staff. All members of the IAC concurred with this estimate on August 20 with the exception of the AEC and the FBI who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside their jurisdiction.


471. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.13/8–2057. Secret. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Ottawa, and New Delhi.


472. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/9–357. Secret. Repeated to Paris, London, Bangkok, Saigon, and Phnom Penh.


473. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/9–2757. Top Secret. Repeated to Paris, London, Bangkok, Saigon, and Phnom Penh.


474. Memorandum of a Conversation, Secretary Dulles’ Residence, Washington, October 6, 1957, 6 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–657. Confidential. Drafted by Young and approved by Robertson.


475. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, October 7, 1957, 3:30 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–757. Secret. Drafted by Byrne on October 10 and cleared by Young, Jones, and Robertson. Briefing material for Robertson in preparation for the meeting is in a memorandum from Young to Robertson, October 7, not printed. (Ibid., 751J.13/10–757)


476. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–1657. Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution.


477. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–1757. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh.


478. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Laos

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–1157. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Byrne; cleared by Kocher, Young, and Jones; and approved by Robertson. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD, Saigon, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, Paris, and London.


479. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–2057. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris, London, Bangkok, Saigon, and Phnom Penh


480. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Laos

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–1757. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Byrne and James B. Engle of WE; cleared by Young, Bayard King of the Office of Middle American Affairs (in draft), and Robertson (in substance); and approved by Jones. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD, Saigon, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, London, and Paris.


481. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Laos

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–2157. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Byrne; cleared by Young, Kocher, and Jones; and approved by Robertson. Repeated to Saigon, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Paris, London, and CINCPAC for POLAD.


482. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–2357. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh,


483. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–2357. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh.


484. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–2457. Secret; Priority. Repeated priority to Paris, London, and Saigon, and to Bangkok and Phnom Penh,


485. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–2557. Secret. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh.


486. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–2557. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh.


487. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Laos

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751].00/10–2557. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Byrne and cleared by Kocher and by Young and Robertson in draft. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, and CINCPAC for POLAD.


488. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–2657. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh. Robertson’s initials appear on the source text.


489. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Laos

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 715J.00/10–2657. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Byrne, cleared in substance by Robertson, and approved by Young. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, and CINCPAC for POLAD.


490. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–2957. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh.


491. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–157. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh.


492. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Laos

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–157. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Kocher and approved by Robertson. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, and CINCPAC for POLAD.


493. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–157. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh.


494. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–257. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh.


495. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–257. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh,


496. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–357. Official Use Only. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh.


497. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–357. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh,


498. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–557. Secret. Repeated to Paris, London, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh.