Cika wannan jumla:
Yaƙin basasa na Laotian ya ɓarke daga 1961 zuwa gaba, CIA ta aiwatar da shirin sojoji wanda aka tsara don haɓaka sojojin guerrilla don tallafawa Gwamnatin Royal Lao (RLG). A daidai wannan lokacin, Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Amurka a asirce ta tallafawa Royal Lao Army da sauran sojojin Laos ta hanyar tsarin samar da kayayyaki na sub rosa, yayin da Amurka ta karbi dukkan kasafin kudin Laos. Annamese Cordillera a kudancin Laos ya zama mafaka ga cibiyar sadarwar kwaminisanci, Ho Chi Minh Trail. Yakin kwaminisanci a Kudancin Vietnam ya dogara ne akan wannan hanyar samar da kayayyaki.