Souvanna Phouma
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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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Souvanna Phouma has occasionally denied that his half brother is a Communist at all, calling him a "misled patriot."
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He is certain to be neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma, 72, who has ruled Laos, if anyone can be said to have done so, for 17 of the past 20 years.
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"Important changes have taken place that some had not expected so suddenly, but they are here," Prince Souvanna Phouma told his countrymen during ceremonies on Constitution Day.
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Though a new Communist Pathet Lao peace plan was delivered to Prince Souvanna Phouma, the neutralist but Western-leaning Premier of Laos, he decided to defer a decision until the Cambodian situation settles down.
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