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...seems to me that the American invasion of Cambodia without consulting its government demonstrates that Cambodian sovereignty is at most problematic. Therefore the negotiators in Paris could redraw the map so that the area now designated South Viet Nam would be called Cambodia...
Bipartisan Chorus. The President's step was not easy. His address was conceived in uncertainty, born out of compromise. The White House had announced last April that Nixon would soon talk to the nation about the economy. It delayed the speech after the President ordered U.S. troops into Cambodia, put it off again in the tumultuous weeks following his decision. Then the stock market plummeted, and a chorus of U.S. businessmen, economists and Congressmen from both sides of the aisle joined in urging the President to talk to the people about inflation...
...streets. Then, at the first sign of light, the soldiers picked up work where they had left off the afternoon before: at the airport, around banks and government buildings, and on major street corners, they unrolled coils of American-made barbed wire and stacked up new walls of sandbags. Cambodia's capital was girding for attack...
Such spirit, half nationalism and half naivete, is what keeps Cambodia going these days. But it is not going to work for long against experienced North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. In both Laos and Cambodia, the suddenly widening war in Indochina is placing pressure on the two governments, which in turn are appealing to the U.S. for help. But so far, the U.S. has been unwilling to respond with any real force...
...Communist diplomat, speaking privately in Paris recently, declared: "First the Americans invaded the Plain of Jars in Laos, then they invaded Cambodia. Such recklessness invites reprisals." Reckless or not, the U.S. foray is not the only reason that the Communists are on the move in Cambodia. The overthrow of Sihanouk was bound to provoke some countermeasures from the Communists, and Lon Nol's government might not have lasted even this long if the U.S. had stayed out of the sanctuaries. But one consequence...