I asked the radio operator in Long Pot. Meo officers. he said. passorders over the radio. though sometimes he had to wait for decisions until these officers conferred with Americans. "Americans." he said. "are the bosses.") Fear motivates as well as hunger. Long Pots families had stripped their homes and fled south to the refugee settlements. The hungry Hill Lao refugees would not return to their villages and rice fields. a twohour walk to the north. even though the Pathet Lao had withdrawn. Gair Su Yang spoke about the fear breaking out in his own village. There were tears in his eyes and I noted that his hair. barely specked with gray when I had first met him in 1968. was now a silver color. "Its the bombs.
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