Word: cambodians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week it was Rogers who had to take a step back, this time over Indochina. Early last week, in an interview, he warned that the Cambodian invasion had brought the Indochina action no closer to a negotiated end. His view clashed with that of the President, who told a television audience that while "only time will tell," he believed that the invasion would speed productive talks...
...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 into action from a string of 20 or 30 helicopter pads that are now being built along the Thai-Cambodian border...
JULIAN FIFER is a gentle, soft-spoken 19-year-old cellist who is a Columbia College sophomore. Before the Cambodian invasion and the student deaths at Kent State University, he says, "I hadn't reached the state within myself to be involved in anything political. I had my music. The disruption of everything this spring forced me into a commitment." It is a strong commitment. Recently he and four other students walked onto a building site in lower Manhattan where they spent more than four hours discussing their differences with the construction...
Ruling Authority. Politically, the government has profited from a wave of Khmer nationalism that swept Cambodia after the overthrow of Sihanouk, who was put on trial in absentia last week on charges of "endangering the security of the Cambodian nation." But Lon Nol, whose regime came to power with the support of the urban middle class and intellectuals, has yet to win widespread loyalty in the countryside. Already the peasants in some contested areas reportedly have given food to the Communist guerrillas. Critics in the National Assembly charge that the government has been too slow in re-establishing its presence...
...will try to increase that to perhaps $25 million over the next six months by diverting unused funds from other aid programs so as to avoid having to request the money from a hostile Congress. The U.S. is also continuing to fly so-called interdiction bombing missions over Cambodian territory. Beyond these limited measures, Nixon endorsed a program of regional cooperation among Phnom-Penh's neighbors, who, he said, have "a stake in Cambodian neutrality and independence." Cambodia, in short, is destined to become the first test for the Nixon Doctrine, which encourages Asians to solve Asia...