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...congressional critics, the President's message appeared to be an attempt to shift to Congress the blame and responsibility if the Cambodian government of President Lon Nol should fall to the Khmer rebel forces some time after Aug. 15 (see THE WORLD). Many Congressmen were also upset about the Administration's recently revealed secret bombing of Cambodia in 1969 and 1970 (TIME, July 30). General Earle G. Wheeler, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defended the policy before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week, arguing: "Secrecy has been in vogue in the military for centuries...
While peace in South Viet Nam remains as distant as it was six months ago, a different kind of settlement appears possible for Cambodia. There the Khmer insurgents have gained the initiative and now possess the ability to capture Phnom-Penh if they want-thus winning the war. The militarily and psychologically weakened Lon Nol regime has little chance of gaining any compromises from the victorious insurgents, especially with all American air support due to halt...
...death watch in Cambodia has begun. With signs of its vitality fast fading, the Phnom-Penh regime last week resembled a terminal patient approaching the end. As many as 12,000 Khmer insurgent troops had massed within a 20-mile radius of the capital. Some crept so close that they were within two-mile mortar range, from where they shelled the city, killing 20 civilians and wounding 75. TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand was in Phnom-Penh to measure the life expectancy of the regime. His report...
...Cambodia, which will fall to the revolutionary Khmer Rouge shortly after the American bombing stops August 15, American foreign policy--even by its own inhumane logic--has failed once again...
Cambodia. Counting today, Lon Nol has little more than 16 days left in power. Both the American bomber pilots and Prince Sihanouk and the Khmer Rouge will be back home very very soon...