Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Pakanga o Korea, ko ngā whakapae tuatahi mō te hokohoko tarukino a te CIA i puta i muri i te tau 1949, i ahu mai i tētahi kirimana i tukuna ai ngā patu ki ngā hōia i hinga i a Chiang Kai-shek hei utu mō ngā mōhiohio. I muri mai i taua rohe ano, i te wā e tautoko ana te CIA i tētahi "Whawhai Tūmataiti"
i Laos mai i te tau 1961 ki te tau 1975, i whakapae tuwheratia mo te hokohoko heroin i te rohe o Golden Triangle.