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...many of the Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees who fled to the U.S. when their governments collapsed last April, the problems are just beginning. According to the Federal Government, 23,768 refugees are on welfare and another 4,374 have applied for public assistance of some sort...
There was an air of unreality to much of the episode. The Cambodians giggled and cavorted and had a habit of carelessly leaving their weapons about. They gnawed at apples and oranges but balked at drinking Kool-Aid until Miller downed some to show that it was not poison. Nevertheless, the men on the Mayaguez feared that they might be beheaded or shot-or, at a minimum, held hostage for years like the crew of the Pueblo, captured by the North Koreans. The greatest immediate danger came from American airmen who were bombing and strafing Cambodian gunboats in an effort...
Even though he rated the Soviet Union as more of a Cambodian friend than the U.S., Sihanouk rejected Russian and North Vietnamese proposals to set up a collective security system for Southeast Asia. "We want to be very neutral, very independent and non-aligned," he said. "We do not want to be associated with our neighbors in a regional or Indochinese federation. Each Asian country should alone assume the responsibility to safeguard its security. The security of Asia must be achieved by Asians, not by Europe. The Soviet Union for us is in Europe...
...forgotten-at least temporarily. After more than five years of exile in China, Sihanouk and his wife, Princess Monique, made a triumphal return to Phnom-Penh. Traveling from Peking with the royal family was Deputy Premier Khieu Samphan, who is believed to be the real power in the new Cambodian regime...
Stronger Links. In Laos, Hanoi is already dominant, since it controls the Pathet Lao, which recently abolished the last vestiges of coalition government. In Cambodia, almost completely closed to the scrutiny of outsiders, it seems that Hanoi is not doing as well. While two Cambodian officials with strong ties to North Viet Nam were recently raised to high positions, an aid agreement be tween the Cambodians and the Chinese characterized the two countries as "comrades in arms." This could indicate that Cambodia is re-enforcing its links with Peking. That and Prince Norodom Sihanouk's visit to Phnom-Penh...