Bounleuth Saycocie

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Colonel Bounleuth Saycocie (born September 1, 1931) was a Lao military and political figure of the Vietnam War, which is also known as the Second Indochina War.[1]

Biography

He was born in Muang Hinboune, Khammouan Province and attended the Lycée Pavie in Vientiane followed by the Lao Military Academy (Army Officers School) at Dong Hene, Savannakhet Province. He also studied at the French Army Staff College (Ecole d'Etat-Major) in Paris and at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

From 1960-1962 he was a lieutenant colonel and served as Military Attache to the Royal Lao Embassy in Washington D.C. He was promoted to colonel in 1962 and served as Chief of Special Cabinet (Military Affairs) of the Ministry of Defense until 1964. From 1964-1966, he was Chief Logistics Officer of the Royal Lao Army in Vientiane.

A loyal support of Phoumi Nosavan, he conspired with him[2] [3][4] to attempt a coup in February 1965.[5] U.S. The coup failed and Bounleut took refuge in Thailand[6][7] where he remained until 1968, when he moved to France[citation needed].

Along with Phoumi, he is said to have assisted in drafting the plan for Thao Ma's attempted coup in August 1973.[8]

After the Lao People's Democratic Republic was established by the communist Pathet Lao in 1975, Col. Bounleuth became a leader of the anti-communist political and military resistance against the communist Lao government and their Vietnamese mentors.[9]

Col. Bounleuth finally immigrated to the USA in 2000 as a political refugee. He had a stroke a few years later and is presently paralyzed and bed ridden. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://touxoua.lyfoung.free.fr/InterwHVM_An.htm
  2. ↑ The Indochinese experience of the French and the Americans: nationalism and ... Arthur J. Dommen (2001) Indiana University Press, Page 605
  3. ↑ Spymaster: my life in the CIA Theodore Shackley, Richard A. Finney (2005) Page 127
  4. ↑ Laos: la redéfinition des stratégies politiques et économiques. 1975-2006 Kham Vorapheth (2007) - Laos - Page 44 (in French)
  5. ↑ See note at talk page
  6. ↑ Økonomi og Politik 1972 Volumes 46-47 Page 290 (in Danish)
  7. ↑ Letters to the Editor from Khamking Souvanlasy, Ambassador of Laos. The New York Times. March 31, 1970
  8. ↑ http://www.hmongnet.org/hmong-au/refugee.htm
  9. ↑ Exclusive Interview with Touxoua LYFOUNG, Lao Nation Party President 1996 Given to Hmoob Vam Meej. Published in the Paj Tshiab Review ]
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