What the records say
- When
- 29 Jul 1967 – 1 Aug 1967
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 18.20° N, 102.63° E
- Description
- war between Laos and China in 1967
Placed at the middle of related events.
1967 Opium War
1967 conflict in Laos
The 1967 Opium War took place in northwestern Laos between February and August 1967; actual fighting took place from 29 July to 1 August 1967. A mule train, led by Burmese militia, carrying 16 tons of opium crossed into Laos to Ban Khwan, where they were attacked by rival drug smugglers from the Chinese Nationalists' Third and Fifth Armies.
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