Switzerland Laos Conference, 1962 (b/w photo)

The US-American delegation with head of its delegation Averell Harriman (left) and Dean Rusk (middle) at the final session of the Laos Conference. The Laos Conference convenes for its final session on July 21, 1962, and takes note of the documents, which are to be signed two days later. The signing of the neutrality treaty should mark the peaceful solution of the Laos conflict. After the three Laotian rival princes agreed upon a coalition government, the 14-powers conference on the settlement of the Laotian conflict was resumed on July 2, 1962, after a five-month interval