Last Days of The Kingdom of Laos (1974-1975)

Vientiane Falls to Communist forces despite the North Vietnamese knowing the Pathet Lao are weak and the US knowing the Royal Lao Army is also weak, only Hmong are strong (generalization). Overview of clips in order: The first exchange of prisoners of war, held by the pro-communist Pathet Lao and the Vientians faction, marked another step in the political reconciliation of Laos. In an anti-rightwing revolt, about one thousand airmen at Vientiane in Laos have ousted their commander in support of the Pathet Lao. Many people in Laos fear that the present coalition government, made up of “Vientiane side“ and Pathet Lao members, will not survive now that Cambodia and South Vietnam have fallen. In the week since the pro-Communist Lao took over the reins of government in Laos, the capital Vientiane has undergone a rapid transformation. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is to assist the Laotian Government is resettling and rehabilitating hundreds o