Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kamar yadda yakin basasa na Laos
ya tashi daga 1961 zuwa gaba, CIA ta aiwatar da shirin soji 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.