*
*
Operation Mill Pond was a planned air strikes against*
Pathet Lao formations beginning April 1961 in support*
of Royal Lao forces.  An agreement between the United States*
and the Soviet Union about neutrality in Laos during*
the middle of 1961 led to the project being completely*
terminated by August.  The small number of missions that*
were actually conducted amounted mostly to armed reconaissance*
over the Plain of Jars in support of Royal Lao forces.*