Word: cambodians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first, Richard Nixon described the Cambodian venture in apocalyptic terms-as a test of "our will and character" and a measure to win "a just peace in Viet Nam and in the Pacific." Last week, the billing was scaled down considerably. During a meeting with state Governors at the White House, the President remarked almost offhandedly: "I suppose you could call this 'Operation Buy Time...
...that, Nixon meant buying time for Vietnamization to prove a success, a goal that becomes especially important in view of his promise to pull U.S. forces out of combat entirely by July 1971. Just as the President was scaling down his rhetoric, the Cambodian operation seemed to be developing into a struggle not just for the Cambodian border sanctuaries, but for a sizable piece of the nation of 7,000,000. And South Viet Nam, which has not been notably successful in fighting its own war, seemed determined to play the lead role...
...Viet Nam) troops launched Operation Pacify West Two, the tenth thrust to date against Communist base areas. Elsewhere, the new war reached far beyond the sanctuaries. In the Gulf of Siam, U.S. and South Vietnamese patrol craft extended their coastal quarantine to a 70-mile stretch of the Cambodian coastline. At Neak Luong, South Vietnamese Marines and heliborne troops recaptured the vital Mekong River ferry crossing in a battle that left 139 Communists dead. Farther up the Mekong, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops were making determined stands. And north of the border, the Communists were putting so much pressure...
Hanoi's evident determination to save its considerable investment along the Cambodian border presages months, not weeks, of heavy fighting. It also raises some serious questions...
...week, Secretary of State William Rogers made the first public admission that "we had air activity over Cambodia before the change of government," and he indicated that it could continue after June 30; yet Rogers stated flatly that the U.S. would not "become involved militarily in support of any Cambodian government." Evidently, Saigon intends to take on that task. Vice President Ky said last week that South Viet Nam is building a string of eleven airfields on the Cambodian border to provide ARVN with its own air support...