The World - News from Aug. 2, 1985
A congressional panel agreed to delete Laos from the U.S. list of “enemy” countries in an effort to encourage Laotian cooperation in the search for servicemen missing in action in the Vietnam War. However, the House Appropriations Committee action--taken at the request of families of American MIAs--was intended merely as a gesture, since the designation, which mandates a ban on U.S. aid, remains in an authorization bill already approved by Congress.
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