Word: lons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lon Nol also asked Long Boret, who has served as his reasonably capable Premier since December 1973, to form a new government. This task, however, did not go quite so smoothly as the long overdue sacking of Fernandez. The problem was that Lon Nol's younger brother, Lon Non, was back on the scene trying to regain a position in the government. Two years ago, under pressure from the U.S., Lon Nol sent his ruthless brother, who had become an extremely powerful palace figure, overseas as a roving good-will ambassador. The rivalry between Lon Non and Premier Boret...
...still insisted that the Khmer Rouge had no intention of making a direct assault on Phnom-Penh. He maintained that the city would fall before the end of the year and perhaps "much sooner." That is probably an accurate prediction. If U.S. ammunition and food are cut off, the Lon Nol government will be lucky to last until mid-April...
...republican regime headed by Marshal-President Lon Nol, a leader of the 1970 coup. Cambodia has a one-party Senate, National Assembly and Cabinet; the Premier is Long Boret. Although partially paralyzed from a 1971 stroke, Lon Nol wields nearly absolute power as head of the government. The 80,000 combat and 145,000 support troops under Phnom-Penh's command control approximately 25% of the country's land, about 60% of its 7.6 million inhabitants and all but two of its major cities and towns...
After the 1970 coup, more than 5,000 Cambodian rebels who had been training in North Viet Nam returned to their native country and recruited a like number of local Communists. They today form the core of the 60,000 Khmer insurgents (commonly known as the Khmer Rouge) fighting Lon Nol's forces. The non-Communists are primarily conscripted peasants, who Western military observers believe are serving under duress. Prince Sihanouk, who has been living in Peking since 1970, is the nominal head of the insurgents, although little is known about the rebels' real leaders. It is assumed...
...supporting the Lon Nol regime...