302. Editorial Note
On July 5 Minister Yost presented the Lao Government a check for $12 million for support of the Lao Army bringing the total United States aid for maintenance of Lao armed forces in 1955 to $35 million. A text of the press release announcing this transaction is in telegram 12 from Vientiane, July 5. (Department of State, Central Files, 751J.5–MSP/7–555)