Part 2 — Chapter 7 The Laotian Crisis, 1962

Unless otherwise noted, the material in this chapter is derived from: 3d Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Report, 16May–7Aug 1962, hereafter 3d MEU Special Report; CinCPac Operations Plan 32-59 Phase II (Laos), hereafter OpPlan 32-59; Weller Interview; Croizat Interview; MCC Items, May, Jun, Jul62; Schlesinger, A Thousand Days; Cooper, The Lost Crusade; Paul F. Langer and Joseph J. Zasloff, North Vietnam and The Pathet Lao: Partners in The Struggle For Laos (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1970), hereafter Langer and Zasloff, North Vietnam and The Pathet Lao; LtGen Ormond R. Simpson, USMC (Ret.) Comments on 2d Draft MS, Whitlow, “U.S. Marine Activities In Vietnam, 1954–1963,” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter Simpson Comments; Foster Rhea Dulles, American Policy Toward Communist China: The Historical Record (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1972), hereafter Dulles, American Policy Toward Communist China; Taylor, Swords and Plowshares.