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...Khmer Republic enters its second year, two overriding problems face the regime of Premier Lon Nol: a war that has claimed 5,000 Cambodian lives and a rising chorus of domestic critics upset by Phnom-Penh's sluggish response to inflation and corruption...
...elections. Cambodians are still not happy with the large presence of Vietnamese-from both the North (60,000 troops) and the South (10,000)-on their soil. There have been widespread reports of terrorism, rape, murder and pillaging by South Vietnamese. In an interview with TIME Correspondent Stanley Cloud, Lon Nol acknowledged that his government is negotiating with Saigon for the removal of South Vietnamese troops...
...class, civil servants, students and intellectuals has not on the whole been directed against him personally. But his response has been harsh. He fired First Vice Premier In Tam and stripped him of his brigadier general's rank. In Tam is widely respected as an incorruptible politician, but Lon Nol apparently feared that he would be an eventual rival...
What do Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands, Premier Lon Nol of Cambodia and Columnist James Reston of the New York Times have in common with uncounted, unknown Asians? All have recently undergone acupuncture, the ancient Chinese practice of inserting needles into various parts of the body to treat a catalogue of ills from arthritis to impotence. The prominence of these patients, and displays of acupuncture for the benefit of American visitors to mainland China, have increased interest in the treatment without diminishing its mystery...
...Lon Nol had a massive stroke last winter and was flown to Honolulu, where he got the best treatment that Western medicine can offer. He made a good but partial recovery. Back in Phnom-Penh, he asked for acupuncture. For a month a Taiwanese doctor inserted needles as deep as three inches in Lon Nol's muscles and joints; the patient improved further. Of course, a stroke victim who is fortunate enough to have a good initial recovery usually will continue to progress for a year or two; added benefit from treatment cannot be assessed...