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WHEN President Nixon announced two weeks ago that he was sending U.S. combat troops into Cambodia, he hoped to achieve two major goals. One was to force Hanoi into meaningful negotiations. The other was to reassure America's allies that in a crisis the U.S. would not "be found wanting." On both counts, he not only failed but failed disastrously...
...value of international agreements, which the United States is or intends to be a party to," Kosygin asked, "if it so unceremoniously violates its obligations?" Kosygin was plainly referring to SALT, and though the sixth session of the talks went ahead as scheduled, Soviet delegates reportedly did cite Cambodia as an issue that undermined trust...
According to the promise made by President Nixon last week, the U.S. troops will penetrate no more than 21.7 miles into Cambodia and will be withdrawn no later than July 1. But the South Vietnamese ground forces are under no such restrictions, and may well drive deeper and stay longer. In fact, a South Vietnamese naval force was on its way toward the very heart of Cambodia at week's end. Accompanied by 30 U.S. craft, a flotilla of 70 South Vietnamese gunboats headed up the Mekong, bound for Phnom-Penh. Ostensibly, its mission is to evacuate South Vietnamese...
Partly Illusory. The chunky 56-year-old general, who led the group that ousted Norodom Sihanouk as Cambodia's chief of state two months ago, has grievous problems nonetheless. Outside the now embattled sanctuaries...
...abolition of polygamy. His self-styled New Royal Government of National Union won instant recognition from several Communist countries, prompting Sihanouk to quip that, as a French-educated aristocrat and heir to a 2,000-year-old monarchy, he could not be a Red but only a "pink Prince." Cambodia's predominantly rural people may not be all that amused. They are not so much anti-Communist as anti-Vietnamese, and Sihanouk's increasing dependence on Hanoi can only weaken his residual popularity...