“One can make concessions to the enemy in relation, for instance, to the number of people in the government, as well as to the specific posts, qualifications and certain organisational forms accepted both by the enemy and ourselves.”

— Kaysone Phomvihane

Revolution in Laos: Practice and Prospects (1981) (excerpts)

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first General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary P… 1920–1992

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