1.
GV PRINCE SOUVANNA PHOUMA ADDRESSES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
0.06

2.
CU DITTO
0.14

3.
GV ASSEMBLY LISTENING
0.20

4.
SV MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY (3 SHOTS)
0.33

5.
LV STATUE OF BUDDHA
0.35

6.
SCU PRINCE SOUVANNA PHOUMA CONTINUES
0.44

7.
LV ASSEMBLY LISTENING
0.49

8.
SV ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT
1.00

9.
SV NEWSMEN, PAN TO COLONEL SPEAKING
1.13

10.
SCU COLONEL POINTING TO MAP (2 SHOTS)
1.30

11.
CU & LV ARMS AND WEAPONS ON DISPLAY (2 SHOTS)
1.42



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Background: PRINCE SOUVANNA PHOUMA, THE LAOTIAN PRIME MINISTER, ACCUSED NORTH VIETNAM OF WAGING "A WAR OF AGGRESSION AGAINST LAOS" WHEN HE ADDRESSED THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN VIENTIANE ON THURSDAY.

THE SAME DAY, NEWSMEN IN VIENTIANE WERE SHOWN A COLLECTION OF WEAPONS WHICH THE LAOTIANS CLAIM TO HAVE CAPTURED FROM NORTH VIETNAMESE INFILTRATORS SINCE 1962. IN RECENT MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF CLASHED BETWEEN NORTH VIETNAMESE INFILTRATORS AND THE LAOTIAN ARMY.