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Operation Booster Shot
Part of 1960 Laotian elections, Laotian Civil War
TypeRural aid program
Location
Laos
Planned byJ. Graham Parsons
Commanded byRufus C. Phillips, Horace H. Smith
ObjectiveConvince rural populace to support US-backed politicians
DateMarch 1958 – April 27, 1958 (1958-04-27)
Executed by483d Troop Carrier Wing, Air America
OutcomeLogistic success; however, electoral gains made by Communist candidates

Operation Booster Shot was a rural aid program run by the United States in the Kingdom of Laos between March and April 1958. Its purpose was to influence Lao peasantry to vote during May National Assembly elections for those politicians the U.S. favored. Because of the lack of roads in Laos, Booster Shot became an air delivery operation. It proceeded somewhat haphazardly due to rushed planning. Although logistically successful, the result was an electoral victory by the communist candidates opposed to the U.S..

Subsequently, right wing Assembly members organized against the newly elected communists. Also, the Programs Evaluation Office in the American embassy gained an aerial delivery section; this was the beginning of extensive air operations in Laos.

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