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...give the truce a chance, at least for a time. With a cease-fire in Laos more or less in effect, that would leave only the Cambodian mess to be resolved. The U.S. hopes it can nudge Cambodia's former head of state, exiled Prince Norodom Sihanouk, and Khmer insurgent leaders into talks with members of the expanded regime of Marshal Lon Nol in Phnom-Penh...
...survival of the Lon Nol government is due in large measure to continued U.S. bombing of Khmer insurgent positions. The days of that kind of help may be numbered. In the U.S. Senate last week, a majority of Republicans and Democrats voted 63-19 in favor of an amendment that would shut off funds for further bombing of Cambodia. The House passed a similar though less sweeping measure in early May. When and if the two houses approve a compromise version, Congress will, for the first time, be united in formal opposition to continued U.S. fighting in Southeast Asia...
...South and a guaranteed political role for the Viet Cong.) Outside of Viet Nam, Kissinger's main goal was to stop the fighting in Cambodia. "We are trying for a Laos-type solution," said one top U.S. official, meaning direct talks between the government and the Communist-backed Khmer Rouge rebels...
...thousands of dissident intellectuals and professionals and at least ten battalions of Cambodian-born Vietnamese-a minority group that was massacred after the coup by Lon Nol's troops, who whipped up traditional anti-Vietnamese enmity to a frenzy. There are also battle-seasoned remnants of the old Khmer Viet Minh who fought against the French and went to North Viet Nam after the 1954 Geneva agreements. Intelligence sources estimate that 1,800 of these men have been put in command positions...
...many ways the present relationship of the North Vietnamese to the K.I. seems modeled on that of the Americans to the South Vietnamese. Though most units are commanded by Khmer officers, NVA advisers are never far away. In addition, the North shoulders much of the communications, planning and heavy weapons operations...