294. Editorial Note
On February 13, 1963, Assistant Secretary of State Harriman called in Ambassador Dobrynin to remind him of the Presidentʼs comments to Soviet First Deputy Chairman Mikoyan on Laos on November 29, 1962 (see Document 270). Viet Minh troops were still in Laos, and North Vietnam was still using Laotian territory as an infiltration route to South Vietnam, in violation of the Geneva agreements. For text of telegram 1697 to Moscow reporting on the meeting, February 14, see Foreign Relations, 1961–1963, volume XXIV, pages 933–934.