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...afternoon last week, the U.S. Air Force provided the citizens of Phnom-Penh with a spectacular display of aeronautical fireworks. As Phantom jets bombed the east bank of the Mekong River scarcely two miles from the center of the Cambodian capital, throngs of strollers lined the west bank to watch the show, clapping and cheering when the planes made their dives...
...effort to end the Cambodian fighting and make the cease-fire work in South Viet Nam and Laos, the U.S. has been trying to get Hanoi's top negotiator, Le Due Tho, back to Paris for another meeting with Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger. The North Vietnamese originally agreed to such a meeting, according to the White House. But then they refused to cooperate until the U.S. promised to resume the clearing of Haiphong harbor and discuss postwar American economic aid for the North-both of which had been suspended by the U.S. in protest against Hanoi's cease...
...regime's power base (TIME, May 7). So far, however, the new council has not demonstrated much solidarity. When Lon Nol appeared at a May Day rally last week, Washington's favorite council member, Sirik Matak, remained conspicuously absent. "Perhaps he is a bit ill," suggested one Cambodian official. "Perhaps he does not like to celebrate May Day, which has Communist connotations," speculated another. Whatever the reason, it was not an encouraging sign. When asked to describe the alliances within the council, one Western diplomat replied tartly: "One, two, three, four-all against each other...
...continues in neighboring Cambodia. The Nixon government should follow its Vietnam initiative and end its criminal interference in the Cambodian revolution -- a struggle which, like its Vietnamese counterpart -- is yet another attempt to achieve the ideals May Day symbolizes...
...encourage the community to support the week's activities and attend as many of them as possible. We also urge people to contribute generously to fund raising conducted during the week on behalf of the Cambodian victims of the continuing American bombing...