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...Chou En-lai eight months before). After a day in Burma, he traded his big Constellation for a lighter C-47, so he could land in the Indo-China kingdom of Laos. Cambodia came next day; there he listened attentively to complaints against French interference by young, popular King Norodom Sihanouk.* In the afternoon, back in his Constellation, Dulles took off for the intrigue-ridden South Viet Nam capital of Saigon to promise U.S. support to doughty little Premier Ngo Dinh Diem. From Saigon he flew to Manila for a round of diplomatic calls and a two-hour...
...read your Feb. 21 article, "Royal Popularity," with great interest. The article is done accurately, shows comprehension, and gives a clear and exact picture of the political situation in Cambodia, and an impartial description of the personality of our venerated sovereign, King Norodom Sihanouk . . . Would you allow me an annotation concerning the general elections in Cambodia? . . . His Majesty decided to hold the elections (in April) of his own free will because he thinks internal order and security is re-established now that the Viet Minh troops have withdrawn...
Unlike other frolicsome Asian monarchs, however, King Norodom has a sense of duty and a flair for politics. In his 13 years on the throne, King Norodom pressured the French for independence. In June 1953 he fled with fanfare to neighboring Thailand, where he swore he would remain until the French gave way. King Norodom subsequently returned, started training an army of 100,000 volunteers, as the French decided to quit Cambodia. "A young man with a wise head," commented Jawaharlal Nehru admiringly...
...April 1954, King Norodom defended Cambodia's new freedom against a determined Viet Minh invasion; in July he instructed his delegation at Geneva to hold out for his right to seek alliance with the U.S. and to rearm. After the treaty signing was delayed for five hours, Chou En-lai and Molotov gave...
Favor at the Polls. Under the terms of Geneva, the King is required to hold a general election in 1955. Last week King Norodom began to move against his outstanding unsolved problem-a wiry, older nationalist called Son Ngoc Thanh, who is holed up in the jungle. Thanh's People's Movement Party stands to do well against the royalist Union Party in the general elections scheduled for next April, and Norodom was anxious to steal a march on him. The King called a sudden, nationwide referendum. Question put by monarch to people: "Have I kept my promise...