CIA MAAG LAOS - Three Elephants - Black Ops - Vietnam War
US Special Operations - MAAG LAOS
MAAG / CIA Patch - Three Elephants
Covert CIA Operations - Laos - MAAG LAOS
Measures - 4 x 3.4 inches (10 x 8.5 cms)
MAAG LAOS – Military Assistance Advisory Group Laos – CIA LAOS
MAAG Laos was preceded by the Programs Evaluation Office, established on 15 December 1955.
Due to the limitations emplaced by international treaty, the PEO was set up with civilian personnel instead of a MAAG with a military staff.
When political changes superseded the treaty, MAAG Laos was established in 1961 to replace the Programs Evaluation Office in its support of the Royal Lao Army's fight against the communist Pathet Lao. On July 23, 1962, several interested countries agreed in Geneva to guarantee the neutrality and independence of Laos.
As such, the US removed the MAAG, replacing it with a Requirements Office, which served as a convenient cover for the CIA activities.
(The Programs Evaluation Office was a covert paramilitary mission to the Kingdom of Laos, established on 13 December 1955 by the United States Department of Defense. The 23 July 1962 International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos would cause it to be shut down in September 1962).
US Special Operations - MAAG LAOS
MAAG / CIA Patch - Three Elephants
Covert CIA Operations - Laos - MAAG LAOS
Measures - 4 x 3.4 inches (10 x 8.5 cms)
MAAG LAOS – Military Assistance Advisory Group Laos – CIA LAOS
MAAG Laos was preceded by the Programs Evaluation Office, established on 15 December 1955.
Due to the limitations emplaced by international treaty, the PEO was set up with civilian personnel instead of a MAAG with a military staff.
When political changes superseded the treaty, MAAG Laos was established in 1961 to replace the Programs Evaluation Office in its support of the Royal Lao Army's fight against the communist Pathet Lao. On July 23, 1962, several interested countries agreed in Geneva to guarantee the neutrality and independence of Laos.
As such, the US removed the MAAG, replacing it with a Requirements Office, which served as a convenient cover for the CIA activities.
(The Programs Evaluation Office was a covert paramilitary mission to the Kingdom of Laos, established on 13 December 1955 by the United States Department of Defense. The 23 July 1962 International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos would cause it to be shut down in September 1962).
US Special Operations - MAAG LAOS
MAAG / CIA Patch - Three Elephants
Covert CIA Operations - Laos - MAAG LAOS
Measures - 4 x 3.4 inches (10 x 8.5 cms)
MAAG LAOS – Military Assistance Advisory Group Laos – CIA LAOS
MAAG Laos was preceded by the Programs Evaluation Office, established on 15 December 1955.
Due to the limitations emplaced by international treaty, the PEO was set up with civilian personnel instead of a MAAG with a military staff.
When political changes superseded the treaty, MAAG Laos was established in 1961 to replace the Programs Evaluation Office in its support of the Royal Lao Army's fight against the communist Pathet Lao. On July 23, 1962, several interested countries agreed in Geneva to guarantee the neutrality and independence of Laos.
As such, the US removed the MAAG, replacing it with a Requirements Office, which served as a convenient cover for the CIA activities.
(The Programs Evaluation Office was a covert paramilitary mission to the Kingdom of Laos, established on 13 December 1955 by the United States Department of Defense. The 23 July 1962 International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos would cause it to be shut down in September 1962).