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...assault succeeds, he will change the view he now sees when he looks east from the White House to the Capitol: a Senate that is too liberal for his taste and his plans. It has handed him two humiliating defeats on Supreme Court nominations, challenged his prerogatives in Cambodia and permitted him a one-vote victory on the anti-ballistic missile issue...
Helsinki Club. Mindful of all this-and of Nikita Khrushchev's attacks on the Finns in 1959 for including anti-Soviet politicians in their Cabinet-Kekkonen does indeed go to great pains to avoid antagonizing the Russians. His government deplored the U.S. invasion of Cambodia but made no mention of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. It torpedoed Nordek, the proposed Scandinavian common market, mainly because the Soviets were suspicious of it. Even domestic politics reflects this concern. In Finland's March elections, the Conservatives finished in second place (out of eight parties). But when a five-party coalition...
When embattled Cambodia began casting around for a savior, Thailand, the pro-Western "Land of Smiles," seemed ideally cast. The Thai government, a military regime with parliamentary trappings, had sent its 11,000-man Black Leopard Division to South Viet Nam on a similar mission. General Praphas Charusathien, the country's Vice Premier and army chief, was forever saying: "It is better to fight Communists outside Thailand than at home." Cambodia, whose border is just a three-hour drive from Bangkok, seemed a likely place...
Something happened to the Thais on the way to the rescue. In May, when Cambodia's Premier Lon Nol began broadcasting SOS signals, the Thais intimated that substantial help would soon be on the way. So far Bangkok has supplied Cambodia with only five T-28 fighter-bombers, medical supplies, boots and uniforms. On a remote island base, however, the Thais are now training a mixed group of 10,000 Thai and 2,000 Cambodian recruits, and there is talk that this division-size force could be combat-ready some time this month. Presumably, the troops could be lifted...
Despite these moves, Thailand has stopped far short of a major commitment of men and arms. One reason is the slow progress of secret negotiations on just how much the U.S. should pay for Thai aid to Cambodia...