Word: cambodians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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TENSION ON THE Thai-Cambodian border can only continue to mount because of an increase in Thai activity in Cambodia. Nevertheless, in the joint U.S.-China communique signed in Shanghai on February 27, the U.S. side stipulated that it will "progressively reduce its forces and military installations on Taiwan as the tension in the area diminishes." Last week Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird emphasized that Vietnam is a focal point of tension in the area...
...future of Thailand, of U.S.-Chinese relations, and the outlook for the solution of the Southeast Asian war are integrally related to the kind of policy the U.S. adopts in the next few months. The increased presence of Thai troops in Cambodia after the severe defeats suffered by the Cambodian army during December and January as well as those undergone by the Thai army in Laos during the same months are bad omens. Extensive participation by Thai forces in the Indochinese war, in addition to the presence of five airbases used by U.S. bombers in Thailand, will not solve...
Stray Rounds. The Communists, however, were on the losing side in another respect-a national furor over the desecration of the ruins. Last month the Communists abruptly expelled Bernard Groslier, the imperious, Cambodian-born Frenchman who had tried to carry on his restoration work under the occupation, and jailed some 40 local villagers who had been helping him. According to Viet Cong defectors-some of whom brought out snapshots of themselves taken in the temple area-several stray Communist and government mortar rounds had also fallen on historical buildings. A former V.C. captain, Tran Van Ky, has conceded that...
...night, according to the defectors, the Communists stole pieces of ancient Khmer art to finance their occupation. Such art finds ready markets abroad. Complains one Cambodian cultural official: "In Thailand, dealers usually say the Angkor statues are 'from private collections'; in Hong Kong, merchants don't even bother to give an explanation. They just say take it or leave...
Blowing Sand. Phony objects "from Angkor" are not unknown on the international art market, where almost any piece of ancient Cambodian art is peddled under that label. Moreover, none of the defectors claimed that they actually saw the Communists carry off Angkor's treasures. But experts familiar with the art of Angkor have seen apparently authentic pieces on sale in Bangkok. Recently, in the back room of a reputable Bangkok art store, the curator of Cambodia's National Museum was shown an exquisite, small Bakheng statue from the Angkor complex. Price...