Battle of Vientiane
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The <entity_0> was the decisive action of the <entity_1>. Fought between 13 December 1960 and 16 December 1960, the <entity_4> ended with General Phoumi Nosavan winning control of the Kingdom of <entity_5> with the aid of the Royal Thai Government and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Banned by treaty from stationing an overt Military Assistance Advisory Group in <entity_5>, in December 1955 the U.S instead chose to establish a "civilian" military aid office within the U.S. embassy in <entity_3>. The <entity_4> for <entity_3> began at 13:20 on 13 December 1960 with an advance by Phoumi's forces. Not knowing that FAN had departed from the Route 7/13 junction, Phoumi planned to have columns closing in on it from all three directions: from Luang Prabang to the north; from <entity_3> on the south; from the <entity_2> to the east. Royalist battalions residing near Route 7 on the <entity_2> drifted south out of FAN's path, avoiding <entity_4>. The central position of the <entity_2> in northeastern <entity_5> granted Kong Le effective control of the countryside from Vang Vieng to Xam Neua.
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