Hanois goal in this cruel war of aggression has remained constant: to destroy the neutral. independent Government of Laos and to replace it with a puppet regime of Pathet Lao Communists. reinforced. of course. with North Vietnamese military might and political cadres. The cost of the war to the Lao people has been truly staggering. Tens of thousands of Lao have been killed or wounded. Hundreds of thousands have fled their homes as refugees from the brutal yoke of North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao control. The war has devastated the Lao economy and frustrated the Governments hopes for economic and social development. Already a poor and underdeveloped nation.
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