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Souvanna Phouma

American  
[soo-vahn-nah poo-mah] / suˈvɑn nɑ ˈpu mɑ /

noun

  1. Prince, 1901–84, Laotian statesman: premier 1951–54, 1956–58, 1960, and 1962–75.


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And, once again, the Laotian government of neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma seemed on the verge of toppling.

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The North Vietnamese, whom Prince Souvanna Phouma of Laos once called "the Prussians of Southeast Asia," have imposed a grim, repressive regime throughout the country, but most forcibly upon the South.

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After two months of fitful negotiations in Vientiane, there has been scant progress in the talks between the Pathet Lao and the U.S.-backed but nominally "neutralist" government of Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma.

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Souvanna Phouma, 82, courtly former Prime Minister of Laos, whose neutralist regime was toppled by the Communist Pathet Lao in 1975; in Vientiane.

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In an intriguing and unexpected diplomatic move, Prince Souphanouvong, the Pathet Lao leader, last week offered his half brother Prince Souvanna Phouma, head of the neutralist government, a peace proposal.

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