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Laos
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That Luang in Vientiane, the most important Laotian national
monument, has a golden stupa believed to contain a relic of the
Buddha.
Courtesy Gina Merris
At the urging of the United States, France took steps
to
normalize its relations with Laos. In June 1946, a joint
FrancoLaotian commission was established in Vientiane to discuss
future
relationships. This commission produced a document
confirming the
existence of a unified Laos under the sovereignty of the
king of
Louangphrabang. Major political, military, and economic
powers
remained in French hands. Elections for a Constituent
Assembly were
to be held within a year. A modus vivendi was signed on
August 27.
A Franco-Siamese agreement signed in Washington on
November 17,
1946, restored the right-bank provinces of Xaignabouri and
Champasak to Laos. The multinational conciliation
commission that
examined Thailand's claims to these territories found in
favor of
Laos in its report of June 27, 1947.
Data as of July 1994
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