Word: cambodians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, as a State Department expert put it, "SALT has survived the Cambodian invasion, the mining of Haiphong and the Middle East war." In spite of this week's serious setback, the Soviet cancellation of the trade agreement may well prove to be a tactical but not a strategic retreat from detente...
...week's end, though government forces seemed strong enough to hold the city, there was little rice or medicine available even for people with money to buy it. In a gruesome reminder that the Cambodian war was getting not only hotter but more savage, the insurgent Khmer Rouge last week wantonly slaughtered 50 villagers in Prek Phneou ten miles northwest of Phnom-Penh; newsmen arriving on the scene only hours after the atrocity discovered that all had died from stab wounds, not, as is more usual, from being caught accidentally in a crossfire...
...long history; 1975 will probably be worse. Although a general offensive is not expected, Saigon fears that because the Communist forces are stronger than ever, they will continue their "choking strategy" aimed at Hue and Danang in the North, the Central Highlands city of Kontum, Tay Ninh near the Cambodian border, the area around Saigon, and the heavily populated and agriculturally rich Mekong Delta. Saigon's troops, short of weapons and ammunition, will find themselves stretched thin and on the defensive throughout their country...
...proposal was defeated by two votes, largely because of Soviet ambivalence and heavy U.S. lobbying. Despite reports that some U.S. officials now want to end our support of Lon Nol, the current administration seems committed to propping up the regime without regard for the cost to the Cambodian people. Western journalists estimate that the annual rate of inflation in Cambodia is now between 250 and 300 per cent, a staggering figure by any standard. For the Cambodians this means no work and no food; it means that some Cambodian women are being forced to resort to prostitution to feed their...
...Money. As one of the many hubs of illicit trade between Communist and government zones, the dingy little town northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border provided extra earnings to the underpaid local soldiers (less than $30 a month for privates). They collected bribes whenever a merchant carrying such items as gasoline and medicine headed into the Communist zone, and again when he returned bringing back fruit or fowl...