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Nixon administration acknowledges secret army in Laos - Aug 02, 1971 - HISTORY.com
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The Nixon administration officially acknowledges that the CIA is maintaining a force of 30,000 ‘irregulars’ fighting the Communist Pathet Lao in Laos. The CIA trained and equipped this force of mountain tribesman, mostly from the Hmong tribe, to fight a secret war against the Communists and to sever the Ho Chi Minh Trail into South Vietnam. According to a once top-secret report released this date by the U.S. Defense and State Departments, U.S. financial involvement in Laos had totaled $284,200,000 in 1970.
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Nixon administration acknowledges secret army in Laos - Aug 02, 1971 - HISTORY.com
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Thanks for reminding us SP5 Mark Kuzinski of the days when the USA, the USSR and the Cubans waged war through foreign armies which were trained and advised by cover activity.
Kennedy's vision of US Special Forces was to train foreign indigenous people to defend themselves and wage war if necessary once they were sufficiently or adequately trained.
In the case of Laos, US Special Forces and Agency assets were used to train the Hmong tribe.
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Kennedy's vision of US Special Forces was to train foreign indigenous people to defend themselves and wage war if necessary once they were sufficiently or adequately trained.
In the case of Laos, US Special Forces and Agency assets were used to train the Hmong tribe.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. CW5 (Join to see) CW5 Charlie Poulton SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Forrest Stewart SGT Robert Hawks SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright
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And that doesn't cover the cross border incursions! One of Sam Walton's sons was a medic on some of those ops!
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That's definitely the CIA for you, sneaky beggars that they are.
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