By the middle of the year, Lao and Neutralists had begun to squabble with one another.
Shortly afterwards Quinim Pholsena and his deputy were also assassinated.
In the meantime, the United States re-established a Military Assistance Advisory Group to support its efforts in Laos
In August, the Royal Laotian Air Force received its first four T-28 Trojans that had been adapted for counter-insurgency warfare.