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...resistance leaders also refused to participate in the so-called "cessation of offensive operations" proposed several days later by the U.S. backed regime of General Lon No1. No less a personage than Sirik Matak, former premier under Lon No1 and favorite of U.S. Embassy officials in Phnom Penh who was purged last year reportedly at the insistence of Lon No1's brother Lon Non, has said that Lon No1's January overtures were a "bluff." His former employer intended to force the Sihanoukist forces to surrender before the holding of elections, he stated in a March 23 interview with...
...Lon No1 certainly could not have attempted such a "bluff" without encouragement in the form of assurances of continued aid from Washington. As alluded to by Prince Sihanouk on February 27, although his Vietnamese allies had removed the bulk of their troops from Cambodian territory in accordance with the Paris agreement signed on January 27, the United States had not only continued its bombing and military assistance to Lon No1 but it had also maintained support personnel in Phnom Penh...
...WOULD APPEAR that through his threats against Prince Sihanouk's forces and his seemingly blanket assurances to Lon No1, President Nixon jeopardized chances that the Cambodians might come to a truce by their own efforts. At present, while the chances for some kind of a compromise must not be ruled out entirely, the Phnom Penh regime is in an even more disastrous military position than at the time of the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement...
...dialogue" in which no demands of any of the participants should be barred. Sirik Matak appears to recognize that it will be necessary to form a new government in Phnom Penh; he told The New York Times that when the United States supports a regime such as that of Lon No1 which lacks the people's confidence, "you help the Communists...
...Lon Nol-Lon Non team has been ineffective both against the insurgents, who now control more than half of the countryside, and against corruption and inflation. The result is a spreading disaffection among students, intellectuals and government workers. Indeed, some 45,000 teachers and students have been on strike for the past month in protest against soaring living costs. Shortly before the bombing of the palace, army goons loyal to Lon Non invaded a student meeting and killed two youths with hand grenades...