CIA operations in Laos

GPTKB entity

Properties (65)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf covert operations
gptkbp:aimsTo counter_North_Vietnamese_influence
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Thailand
gptkbp:conducted gptkb:Vietnam_War
air operations
gptkbp:criticism human rights violations
lack of transparency
gptkbp:documentedIn journalists
historical analyses
various books and films
gptkbp:established safe havens
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label CIA operations in Laos
gptkbp:impact domestic politics
gptkbp:includes intelligence gathering
logistical support
strategic partnerships
psychological operations
covert funding
Operation Barrel Roll
covert funding of operations
gptkbp:influenced regional geopolitics
international relations.
U.S.-Laos relations
Cold_War_dynamics
U.S._foreign_policy
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Laotian_Civil_War
intelligence sharing
drug trafficking
supply routes
surveillance activities
propaganda efforts
cross-border operations
military advisors
local informants
covert communications
training local militias
covert airstrikes
gptkbp:is_characterized_by secrecy
high levels of funding
intense secrecy
gptkbp:is_part_of Operation Phoenix
Cold_War_strategy
CIA's_global_operations
Southeast_Asia_strategy
U.S._counterinsurgency_efforts
U.S._intelligence_community_efforts
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:U.S._Congress
gptkbp:led_to military alliances
increased military presence
military training programs
long-term regional instability
regional power shifts
secret bombing campaigns
increased_anti-American_sentiment
gptkbp:performedBy 1960s and 1970s
limited oversight
President_Lyndon_B._Johnson
communist_expansion
gptkbp:resultedIn displacement of civilians
Laotian_conflict_escalation
gptkbp:supported gptkb:Royal_Lao_Government
gptkbp:uses reconnaissance missions
gptkbp:utilizes air support
Hmong forces
gptkbp:was_marked_by gptkb:Pentagon_Papers