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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...
...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...
...police will snatch him. All the police know how to do is eat money, money, money. It's never been this bad before," and he snaps his mouth like a dog nipping at the heels of a retreating intruder. People are shifting away from the Lon Nol regime. By the scores refugees are heading out of Phnom-Penh and into new havens on the other side. Others are waiting for the bombing to stop on Aug. 15 before they join the exodus. Many of the middle class now would seem to welcome the end of the corrupt government...
...diplomatic community has already abandoned the Lon Nol ship of state. One group after another has evacuated dependents and unnecessary personnel: the Japanese, the British, the Malaysians, the Australians and so on down the line. The U.S. embassy is still at its congressional limit of 200 staffers. Phnom-Penh has only about 65 other American residents, plus about 30 to 40 journalists. They all have been notified of evacuation stations and advised by the embassy that they will be allowed to bring only one small suitcase; the embassy notice suggested that the bag best be packed in advance...
...studded with government gun emplacements and fallback defensive positions. Not so. It is poorly defended. To the soldiers along Route 2, which cuts through Takhmau to Phnom-Penh, the situation looks bleak. They feel that the government has done little for them. They complain about the corruption of the Lon Nol regime. One soldier, a deep orange flower stuck in the band of his helmet, asks as he takes time out from battle to fix some rice for a meager lunch: "Where are all the medicines? We don't see them out here. They are on the black market...