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...French naturalist Henri Mouhot came upon an enchanting temple buried in the jungle of western Cambodia. It thrust spires of finely carved sandstone into the sky, and its open galleries held an artistic treasure: more than a mile of delicate bas-relief stone panels. "It is grander than anything left us by Greece and Rome," wrote Mouhot in his diary...
...giant swamp. While preservation efforts have focused on the facades, the foundations have been eroding. New restoration proposals by countries from Japan to Poland have raised hopes that the temples will be saved, but progress is hampered by a lack of coordinated planning and by corruption in Cambodia...
...blue helmets must also verify the removal of all Vietnamese troops from Cambodia. Just how many might remain is hotly contested, but the Khmer Rouge, eager to see even indigenous ethnic Vietnamese expelled, are likely to press the issue. As the U.N. troops search for foreign forces, they are supposed to locate and confiscate weapons caches as well. And they must deactivate hundreds of thousands of mines that poison the country's rugged terrain before the 370,000 refugees living in camps along the Thai border can be repatriated. The U.N. mission is also expected to make adequate preparations...
...outcome may not be happy. Warns Prince Norodom Sihanouk, who heads the interim Supreme National Council: "There is a true danger after the elections that the losing parties could decide to use their guns against rivals to exact revenge." The U.N. may be needed to hold the line in Cambodia far longer than is now envisioned -- and it is an open question whether the patience and generosity of the international community will endure...
Against long odds, the blue helmets will try to pacify Cambodia and Yugoslavia...