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Landon Chronicles (1950): Kenneth on Meeting with Lao Cabinet (hour 76, clip 7)

 Digital Record
Identifier: LC76-07

Dates

  • Digitized: 1950

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Summary Note

Kenneth took off in a plane to meet with the Lao cabinet in Vientiane, Laos. The pilot was nervous about the airport in Laos, which had a very short runway. They made the landing successfully, but it was scary. Kenneth wasw the first American diplomat that the Lao cabinet had met, and to their astonishment, he addressed them in Thai. (Length 2:46)

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