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myko used glowing language
to express his satisfaction with
the Laos agreement.
He told the delegates they
had made it possible to diSpel
the clouds Of war in yet
another corner Of our planet,
to arrest blodshed in Laos"
THE main thing today" he
said. sis that yet another hot
I beed of war danger in South
east Asia has been removed
and that an important step has
been taken along the road OF
strengthening the peace in this
area"
Prince Souva ma himself
found the accords not perfect
The agreement, he said. is mot
utopian but rather based or
the realistic view of the situa
ton in my country"
He pledged that Laos woulC
strictly adhere to the treat!
and carry out q promise tt
integrate the rival armies.
South Wet Mans Foreign
Minister WI Van Mau registered
some reservations to this view
He said "the balance in Laos
will be constantly menaced by
the presence in the Laotiar
coalition government of repre-
sentatives of a political faction
whose theology is in all points
incompatible with the require
ments of neutrality"
Canadian Foreign Secretary
Howard Green, whose country
is represented on the three
power control commission
charged with seeing that the
accords are carried out, also
warned that ANY violation of
the provisions of these agree
ments could destroy" the pact.
Britain's Foreign Secretary
Lord Home expressed pleasure
at what he called a complete
accord"
The agreements approved to-
day were the fruits of IA
months of negotiations here,
in Laos and other places.
The delegates included the
foreign ministers of II nations.
Good Omen Seen
The speech-making ceremony
preceding Mondays actu a !
signing brought the United
States and the Soviet Union to-
gether on a point OF agreement
which smaller nations viewed
as a good omen for other East
West disputes.
The pact called for a free.
independent and neutral Laos
and pledged the coalition gov
eminent of Prince Souvanna
Phouma to remain neutral.
The treaty not only had a
strong impact in Washington
and Moscow but was of prime
interest to divided Wet Nam.
neighboring Thailand, Red
China and India. 1t calls for
withdrawal of all foreign troops
from Laos within IS days of
the signing, except for a small
French contingent training the
Laotian Army.
The United States has Sev-
eral hundred military advisers
in Laos and Communist North
Viet Nam has an estimated
10000 troops there.
Withdrawal viii be super
vised by the international Laos
Control Commission composed
Of Canada, India and Poland.
The commission, which has
no power to enforce the treaty
terms. was expected to have
trouble carrying out its task
and policing the rugged border
area against re-entry of foreign
troops.
The body can only report
violations to the Laotian con-
ference chairmen, Britain and
the Soviet Union.
Prince Souvanna Phouma's
coalition already has stirred
some doubts in the West by
deciding to open diplomatic
relations at ambassadorial level
with the Communist govern
ments Of North Wet Nam, Red
China, East Germany and
Czechoslovakia.
South Wet Nam and Ma
tionalist China have protested
the decision, which Prince Sou
wanna Phouma says is in con-
formity with his regimes "neu-
trality policy"