Word: cambodia
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...Nixon Administration would be pleased if the Cambodians, South Vietnamese and possibly the Thais do whatever ground fighting has to be done on that score. Apparently the highflying U.S. bombing raids will continue to hit any Communist buildups in the sanctuaries. The ban against U.S. advisers operating in Cambodia seems firm, and thus close U.S. combat air support seems unlikely -though if a large South Vietnamese unit were threatened with defeat, the U.S. could hardly fail to come to its relief with fighter-bombers, helicopters and cargo flights...
...sign that Thieu is going to be a real problem. He has his eye on the ball-in South Viet Nam." Nevertheless, war has its own inner dynamics. It is still only a matter of speculation if. or how severely, the other side will ultimately respond in Cambodia-and what counteraction that response may demand...
...does the U.S. public regard the Nixon Administration's decision to intervene across the borders of Cambodia? After nearly a month of listening to criticism and defense, the nation seems to be sharply divided. Pollster Louis Harris reports that 50% of the public believe that the decision was a correct one, while 43% say that they have "serious doubts." He also finds that 54% of the people think that it was not "proper and constitutional for the President to order troops into Cambodia without the consent of Congress." Forty-nine percent regard the move as having "divided" Americans more...
...Army of the Republic of Viet Nam. Now Pentagon press officers are no longer apologizing. Instead, they are speaking delightedly of a "new" ARVN, joking about its resemblance to the rugged Koreans or even Israelis, reassuring reporters that, no, Saigon was not about to annex Cambodia. Perhaps not, but Saigon's newly ferocious forces were exulting in their unaccustomed role of conquering heroes...
...officers were pleasantly startled by the soaring spirits of ARVN units in Cambodia. "It was something," reported an American who watched the ARVN 21st Division roll into Can Tho after three weeks across the border. "They were throwing handfuls of Viet Cong money to the people from their trucks and armored personnel carriers as they came through town. They were sky-high." ARVN armored columns were blithely plunging 50 or more miles into Cambodia. Streaking across the Cambodian flatlands like so many pocket Pattons, they liberated towns and hurtled far beyond the range of their U.S. advisers, artillery and helicopter...