Bon Ouin Seeks Aid to Fill Gap U.S. Left: U.S. to Help Thailand Set Up Radar Post
VIENTIANE, Laos, April 19 (UPI)ÛÓThe Royal Government of Laos intends to ask other anti-Communist Asian nations for help in the economic crisis brought on by suspension of American financial aid, informed sources said today.</br></br>The report coincided wth a disclosure that Royal Laotian army troops were trying to track down pro-Communist guerillas who struck in a bold surprise attack only seven miles from the Vientiane airport Monday.</br></br>Informed sources said Prince Boun Oum, the Premier, wil leave here next week to plead personally with the governments of Thailand and South Viet-Nam for financial aid. They said the Government wants technical and economic assistance, not military aid.</br></br>come to terms on a coalition government headed by ÛÏneutralistÛ Prince Souvanna Phou-ha and including the pro-Communist Patthet Lao rebels.</br></br>The war between the Government forces and the rebels appears to have settled into a guerilla pattern of small skirmishes.