...command seemed to feel that his career was now finished. (90) But Vang...the paratroopers, Vang Pao told a crowd of about three hundred to four...opening of these landing strips produced changes in northeastern Laos's opium traffic...at Phong Savan, the Snow Leopard Inn, was renamed "Friendship Hotel." It became...seriously ill. The low elevation and crowded conditions make opium cultivation almost ...