1962 Press Photo Soviet Pushkin and Laos Souphanouvong greet in Geneva

The Soviet Union's Georghe Pushkin, right, chairman of the 14-nation Geneva conference on the Laos situation, greets pro-Communist prince Souphanouvong, left, on latter's arrival tonight in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference invited Souphanouvong, pro-western Laos premier Prince Boun Oum and neutralist Souvanna Phouma to Geneva to address the 14-nation body in an effort to decide the future of the Asian kingdom. Conference spokesman said Boun Oum refused to speak because the other two feuding princes had been invited to do the same.

Photo is dated 1962.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.