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Publicly at least, the Cambodians insist that they do not want the South Vietnamese roaming around their country indefinitely. Cambodia's Deputy Premier Prince Sirik Matak, who with Premier Lon Nol and Foreign Minister Yem Sambour formed the troika that ousted Prince Norodom Sihanouk, told TIME Correspondent Louis Kraar: "After the sanctuaries are destroyed and after the end of June, we do not want foreign troops on our soil. It will be our task to chase the Communists away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Cambodia: Now It's 'Operation Buy Time' | 5/25/1970 | See Source »

Though Washington has not formally answered the Lon Nol regime's requests for arms, a few items have been reaching

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Cambodia: Now It's 'Operation Buy Time' | 5/25/1970 | See Source »

...encounter any "guerrillas" in Cambodia. As Sirik Matak told TIME'S Kraar: "There are no signs of a civil war in Cambodia, no signs at all." There is some question, besides, about the genuine enthusiasm in Peking and Hanoi for setting up and supporting a puppet government. Lon Nol disclosed last week that secret Chinese emissaries tried to strike a deal with him for renewal of the old sanctuary arrangement. Only when he rejected the proposal three weeks ago, the Premier said, did Peking support the deposed Prince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Cambodia: Now It's 'Operation Buy Time' | 5/25/1970 | See Source »

Pink Prince. In the political struggle for the loyalties of the nation's 7,000,000 people, Lon Nol is at least holding his own; at best, he is solidifying his position. He has, in fact, received an unexpected assist from Sihanouk. In Peking last week, the deposed Prince formally set up his own Cambodian government in exile, complete with a twelve-member Cabinet and a platform ineluding items like abolition of polygamy. His self-styled New Royal Government of National Union won instant recognition from several Communist countries, prompting Sihanouk to quip that, as a French-educated aristocrat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Ten Days--or Ten Years | 5/18/1970 | See Source »

Playing on this sentiment, Lon Nol's government is continuing its strident campaign against the 500,000-member Vietnamese community. The drive has proved to be the new government's strongest-if crudest-rallying point. At present, Vietnamese residents of the capital are allowed to leave their homes only between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Ten Days--or Ten Years | 5/18/1970 | See Source »

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