Claim: Kong Le displaced Phoumi with a coup on 10 August 1960; then on April 19, 1964, Phoumi, just like how he displaced Kong Le, was displaced by Siho Lamphouthacoul with another coup.
Evidence: On 18 April 1964, General Siho Lamphouthicoul, who had aided Phoumi's return to power in December 1960, sent his Directorate of National Coordination police to secure the streets of Vientiane.