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=== Laotian Việt Minh ===
{{main|Lao Issara|Pathet Lao}}{{See also|Lao Front for National Development|Lao People's Revolutionary Party}}
[[Lao Issara]] (''Free Laos'') was a political and military organization of Laotian communists, led by [[Phetsarath]], [[Souphanouvong]], [[Kaysone Phomvihane]], [[Phoumi Vongvichit]]. Lao Issara received training and support from [[Việt Minh]]. Under French intervention, Lao Issara was split into non-communists and communists. Laotian non-communists under leadership of Pretsarath later established the [[Kingdom of Laos]] which was part of the [[French Union]].

However Laotian communists rejected the French offer and fought side by side with Vietnamese communists during the [[First Indochina War]]. In 1950, Lao Issara was renamed to [[Pathet Lao]] (''Laos Nation'') under leadership of [[Souphanouvong]], [[Kaysone Phomvihane]], [[Phoumi Vongvichit]], etc.