The couple narrowly escape from their homeland
Tianethone and Viengxay Chantharasy, at a time when their country Laos had been taken over by Communists and Tianethone, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, narrowly escaped execution. He had been Charge d'Affaires in Washington D.C, ( 1960-64) and in Canberra ( 1967-71) , and Ambassador in New Delhi (1971-74) representing the Lao Royal Government.
