Delegation led by Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma (being photographed), accompanied by (left to right) Chao Saykham Southakakoumane (Governor, Xieng Khouang Province; white suit, a Phuan), Gen. Ouan Rattikone (Commander-in-chief, Royal Lao Armed Forces), and Gen. Vang Pao (Vaj Pov) (Commander, Military Region II; red tassels), arriving at the local airstrip on a visit to, in particular, Sam Thong's San Sook Hospital. (The planes are Dornier Do 28s.) Sam Thong was the USAID refugee operations center for northeastern Laos from 1962 until its fall on March 20, 1970.