▁to ▁see ▁him ▁enough , ▁and ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁feel ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁any ▁impact ... ▁. ▁" ▁ ▁Hel ms ' ▁institution al ▁memory ▁evident ▁here ▁probably ▁cont ested ▁for ▁influence ▁over ▁his ▁own ▁dec isions ▁as ▁D CI ▁when ▁he ▁later ▁served ▁under ▁Johnson . ▁According ▁to ▁C IA ▁intelligence ▁officer ▁Ray ▁C line , ▁" Up ▁to ▁about ▁ 1 9 6 5 / 6 6 , ▁estimates ▁were ▁not ▁seriously ▁bi ased ▁in ▁any ▁direction ." ▁As ▁American ▁political ▁commit ment ▁to ▁Vietnam ▁sur ged ▁under ▁Johnson , ▁however , ▁" the ▁pressure ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁right ▁answer ▁came ▁along ," ▁stated ▁C line . ▁" I ▁felt ▁increasing ▁pressure ▁to ▁say ▁the ▁war ▁was ▁w inn able ." ▁ ▁La os : ▁" secret ▁war " ▁ ▁The ▁" second ▁Gene va ▁Convention " ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁settled ▁de ▁j ure ▁the ▁neutral ity ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁La os , ▁obtain ing ▁commit ments ▁from ▁both ▁the ▁S ovi ets ▁and ▁the ▁Americans . ▁Non eth eless , ▁such ▁a ▁neutral ▁status ▁qu o ▁in ▁La os ▁soon ▁became ▁threatened ▁de ▁fact o , ▁e . g ., ▁by ▁North ▁Vietnam ese ▁( N V N ) ▁armed ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁commun ist ▁Path et ▁La o . ▁The ▁C IA ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁was ▁task ed ▁to ▁mount ▁an ▁armed ▁defense ▁of ▁the ▁" neut ral ity " ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom . ▁Hel ms ▁then ▁served ▁as ▁D DP