The CIA's Forgotten Soldiers

Tomas van Houtryve

Freelance

The CIA's Forgotten Soldiers - Nou Chue Xiong, 68, one of the Secret War veterans that had previously served with the French Colonial Army, seemed resigned to die in the jungle. I guess you will leave here and try to help us, Xiong told his visitor. But if you can't, don't be sad, he said among his family hidden in the jungles in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or collaborated with the American CIA until communists took over the country in 1975 remain living hidden in the jungles of Laos

Tomas van Houtryve, "The CIA's Forgotten Soldiers," in POYi Archive, Item #41595, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/41595 (accessed April 21, 2025).