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...Cambodia of North Vietnamese and National Liberation Front troops. Yet observers in recent days have exposed the American-Lon Nol claims as lies. They have confirmed what was suspected all along: The continuing war in Cambodia is being joined not by Vietnamese invaders, but by indigenous guerrilla forces, the Khmer Rouge...
...American government were sincere about wanting peace in Cambodia, it would stop supporting a repressive dictatorship, and allow the people of Cambodia -- represented by the Khmer Rouge and the supporters of the deposed Prince Norodom Sihanouk -- to determine their own destiny...
...that the Nixon administration would continue to bomb until it achieves an effective cease-fire. Such a tactic, Hummel added, was "vindicated" in Laos. But according to Defense and State Department officials, the situation in Cambodia has greatly complicated the problem of working out a cease-fire because "the Khmer insurgent groups" are divided into factions: for and against Sihanouk and pro-Hanoi, pro-Moscow and pro-Peking...
Moreover, as reported in the April 11, 13 and 14 issues of the Christian Science Monitor, Prince Sihanouk has recently emerged from a long extended tour of his country and has said that all the Khmer forces are united behind him. North Vietnam and China have also given Sihanouk full support. For these reasons the Prince has said many times that he is ready to talk with American representatives in Peking or at any other mutually agreeable location...
Flexibility. Throughout the Communist offensive, the fighting spirit of the national army, FANK (for Forces Armees Nationales Kampochea), has steadily declined. On the other hand, the effectiveness of the 80,000-man Communist fighting force, composed of North Vietnamese, Viet Cong, Khmer Rouge and other local groups, has sharply improved. The U.S. expected that the bombing that it resumed on Feb. 9 would force the Communists to interrupt their offensive by mid-March in order to regroup. Instead they showed greater tactical flexibility than ever, cutting off the supply routes almost at will...