Word: cambodia
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...involved in Cambodia...
...March 1970, a coalition of military officers, students, urban intellectuals and businessmen mounted a successful coup against Cambodia's neutralist chief of state, Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Until then, the U.S. had limited (and sometimes severed) ties with Cambodia. A month after the coup, Phnom-Penh's new regime appealed to the U.S. for help in fighting the Khmer Rouge, which was then a ragtag Communist-led insurgency movement. Washington refused. On April 29,1970, U.S. forces invaded Cambodia to destroy "sanctuaries" used by North Vietnamese troops. The move, said Washington, was partly designed to help Phnom-Penh...
What is the present government of Cambodia...
...republican regime headed by Marshal-President Lon Nol, a leader of the 1970 coup. Cambodia has a one-party Senate, National Assembly and Cabinet; the Premier is Long Boret. Although partially paralyzed from a 1971 stroke, Lon Nol wields nearly absolute power as head of the government. The 80,000 combat and 145,000 support troops under Phnom-Penh's command control approximately 25% of the country's land, about 60% of its 7.6 million inhabitants and all but two of its major cities and towns...
China provides most of their weapons, North Viet Nam transports them to Cambodia and food is confiscated from peasants in "liberated" areas. Although North Vietnamese troops at first fought alongside the Khmer insurgents, Hanoi's forces since 1972 have served only as advisers. Soviet aid has been minimal...