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Te Pakanga Tūmataiti i Laos i te tau 1975. Whai muri i tana wehenga mai i te CIA, ka noho ia hei hoia whakahee-komaniti i roto i te Pakanga Tangata o Angola, ahakoa ka mahi huna pea ia. I mate ia i te mahi i a ia e ngana ana ki te whakaheke i te piriti nui o te huarahi nui hei aukati i te anga whakamua o te hoariri.