Word: kampuchea
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cloud's assignments have been tempestuous. In 1970 he was kicked out of the U.S.S.R. after the magazine published an unflattering portrait of Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev. Cloud then made his way to the war in Southeast Asia. In Kampuchea, he was helicoptered into a town only to discover that a North Vietnamese siege he thought had been lifted was still going on. Under heavy fire, Cloud was trapped for two and a half days. Says Cloud: "I must admit that there's a certain thrill in being in dangerous situations -- and surviving...
...Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and North Viet Nam's Le Duc Tho for "negotiating an end to the war in Viet Nam." The pair had only signed a cease-fire, and a feeble one at that; word of the truce had ignited new fighting in Laos and Kampuchea. Tho refused to accept the award. Brotherhood did not even prevail on the Nobel Committee: two of its five members resigned in protest. Though the Kissinger- Tho pact removed American troops from combat, the war did not end until...
...Viet Nam's occupation of Kampuchea. I don't think it was a mistake for us to go in there. Even in the worst hours of the war with America, there was no such brutal massacre of Vietnamese civilians as occurred when ((Khmer Rouge Leader)) Pol Pot invaded our land ((in 1978)). We had no choice but to fight back. China gave the Pol Pot forces support, weapons and money. After we got them out and they went into Thailand, I should add, they received assistance from the CIA. Under such circumstances, the people of Kampuchea asked us to remain...
...China. Relations are difficult, not just because of the Kampuchea problem. China wanted Viet Nam to be its satellite, and through Viet Nam, Kampuchea and Laos expand China's power into Southeast Asia...
...Reagan Administration accused the Soviet Union of engaging in biochemical warfare against rebel groups in Laos and Kampuchea. Citing eyewitness reports and physical evidence, the State Department said that Soviet-backed forces had dropped a "yellow rain" of fungal poisons from the skies in Southeast Asia, killing and injuring thousands of civilians and insurgent troops. The charge was vehemently denied by the Soviets, and now an article in the autumn issue of Foreign Policy accuses the Administration of ignoring evidence that refuted its stunning claim...