Reference : MM-1-18-217

Name of creator(s) : Michael Moerman

Scope and content : September 10, 1960. Border patrol police shared information about the situation in Laos. It was desperate and the country could become a communist country very soon. They were sent to serve two purposes: to patrol the areas and to firm relations with the minority groups in the mountains. This group of people would spy on the front-line movement of the Lao military or about the activites of the Guo Min Tang military, as potentially intrusive over the Thai border. Notwithstanding, opium elimination was very difficult. In fact, even though people were aware of the mastermind who was behind the smuggling of opium, the latter also gave bribes to the authorities.

Extent and medium : Punch card