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Evident Failure. The Cambodian defeat came as a shattering blow to the country's fledgling army, which has been built up perhaps too swiftly since the invasion by South Vietnamese and U.S. troops in May-1970. In an operation dubbed Chenla 11 (named after a Khmer kingdom that existed from the sixth to the eighth century), 20,000 Cambodian troops set out last August to lift ; 15-month siege of Kompong Thorn, 78 miles north of the capital on Route 6. By October, the main force had reached that objective, but in the meantime had left troops strung...
Scores of South Vietnamese were reportedly massing Sunday on both sides of the Cambodian Border. B-52 bombing raids across the frontier has led to speculation that they may soon invade Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base camps...
...operations, which may involve as many as 10,000 South Vietnamese troops, will start Monday according to military sources. The troops are expected to concentrate on base areas near Krek and Chup, two towns 60 miles northeast of the capital. The North Vietnamese inflicted heavy casualties on the Cambodian army near highway six last week. The South Vietnamese operation should ameliorate the Cambodian position...
...meaning remains clear--the United States government is determined to use whatever means are necessary to safeguard its interests. When the cost in American troop casualties proved too high, commensurate with the benefits received, the American game plan changed, to replace American bodies with Asian corpses. Thai, Korean, Laotian, Cambodian, Meo, and Vietnamese mercenaries are employed to preserve America's pre-eminent position in Southeast Asia...
Slap in the Face. The U.S. command has tried with only limited success to protect Pace and similar bases strung along the Cambodian border by means of B-52 raids and assaults by helicopter gunships. As a result, despite orders to keep casualties down, U.S. officers have been compelled to send Americans out on patrols to protect some bases themselves. Few G.I.s in Viet Nam these days are unaffected by the "I don't want to be the last man shot" syndrome. Thus, when such a patrol was ordered at Fire Base Pace last week, five...