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Laos
Index
Since the mid-1980s, relations between the United
States and
Laos have been largely based on accounting for those
persons
classified as prisoner of war/missing in action (POW/MIA)
in Laos
from the Indochina wars (1946-75) and on counternarcotics
issues
(see Narcotics and Counternarcotics Issues
, this ch.;
The Origins of the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Question
, ch. 1;
Bilateral Relations
, ch. 4). In February 1985, a Laotian-United
States team
conducted the first joint excavation of a plane crash
site,
resulting in the identification of the remains of thirteen
missing
servicemen. Progress in Laos-United States relations
accelerated
after 1988, with Laos agreeing to expand POW/MIA
activities. The
two countries have conducted numerous site surveys and
recovery
operations since January 1989.
Data as of July 1994
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