Word: lon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When he returned to Cambodia two weeks ago from Honolulu, where he had been under treatment for the stroke that immobilized him last February, Premier Lon Nol was still a long way from complete recovery. He seemed weak in body and in spirit, had only limited use of his left arm. dragged his left leg as he walked, and occasionally slurred his words as he spoke. Even so, there was little to foreshadow the crisis that beset Phnom-Penh last week, leaving the government-like Lon Nol himself-in a state of partial paralysis...
...Cambodian attorney said the trial was one more effort on the part of the Lon Nol regime "to get at Sihanouk [in exile in Peking] by getting at his children." All things considered, however, the outcome was not so tragic as it might have been. The military jury freed the princess and nine of the other defendants but sentenced her brother to five years at hard labor. Still to be tried is another Sihanouk son, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who is charged with espionage...
...Pnomh Penh, Gen. Lon Nol was reported in fair condition after suffering a heart attack Tuesday. One half of his body is reportedly paralyzed, and he will be inactive for at least one month...
...after skirmish, the Cambodian regime's 160,000-man army has proved unable to hold its own against Communist forces without American support in the air and help from the South Vietnamese on the ground. After the spectacular raids on Pochentong airport and targets in Phnom-Penh, Premier Lon Nol was described by his aides as "depressed." He could not have been particularly heartened either by exiled Prince Norodom Sihanouk's remark that in a year or two Cambodia will "fall by itself like a ripe fruit...
Despite White House assertions that there is no U.S. commitment to ensure the survival of the Lon Nol government, the Administration seems determined to prove Sihanouk wrong. Soon after the Pochentong disaster, the Pentagon sent two new UH-1 ("Huey") helicopters to Phnom-Penh-a start at rebuilding the broken Cambodian air force. Within the limits imposed by Congress, the Administration is sending in military specialists. An American demolition team has arrived in Phnom-Penh, much to the relief of Cambodian demolition men, who have been sighted in the capital, standing over unexploded terrorist grenades and bombs while puzzling through...