After securing a large part of Kong Le’s defectors, the Pathet Lao and the North Vietnamese ejected remnants of Kong Le’s forces from the previous combined Pathet Lao–neutralist headquarters at Khang Khay and other key positions on the PDJ.
Furthermore, to conceal the movements of the North Vietnamese, the ICC was barred from visiting Pathet Lao-held areas. Any ICC helicopters trying to enter the areas were fired at.47 The Pathet Lao brazenly violated the Geneva Accords.