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There has been no evidence of the massive bloodbath that many Americans predicted would follow the collapse of the Thieu regime, and no tales to match the stories of mass executions being brought out of Cambodia by refugees from the Khmer Rouge in Phnom-Penh. Nonetheless, the new Communist government has taken some tough measures to discourage resistance. A few wealthy Chinese-traditional scapegoats of the Vietnamese-have been executed. Summary executions of petty criminals and looters have served as warnings that disorder will not be tolerated, though thievery and muggings still take place. Attacks on North Vietnamese troops continued...
Recalling the mass expulsions from the cities, Sihanouk defends them. "When we took Phnom-Penh, there were 3 million people and we had a terrible problem feeding them. The solution for us was to distribute the population of the capital to each of the provinces. The rice is growing well now and next year we will have enough for export...
...Cambodia closed to outsiders? "We have nobody to welcome foreigners in the appropriate way. We cannot provide foreign people with enough food or meat and we have the problem of electricity and running water in Phnom-Penh. There is enough for the royal palace and the small houses for the ministers but suppose we have 20 embassies? That would force us to buy new machines...
...monarch but as a Buddhist demigod, Sihanouk could become a serious political threat to the newly entrenched Communist leadership. His return was brokered by the Chinese, who are vying with North Viet Nam (and indirectly with the Soviet Union) for leverage in Cambodia. But the new regime in Phnom-Penh is likely to limit Sihanouk to a largely ceremonial-and remote-role as roving ambassador. He is already scheduled to make a brief October visit to the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City. The best indications are that he will be kept traveling at least half...
...North Viet Nam were recently raised to high positions, an aid agreement be tween the Cambodians and the Chinese characterized the two countries as "comrades in arms." This could indicate that Cambodia is re-enforcing its links with Peking. That and Prince Norodom Sihanouk's visit to Phnom-Penh (see story page 38) bring cheer to most Southeast Asian capitals, where the hope is that a Chinese-Cambodian alliance will be able to neutralize North Vietnamese-Soviet influence and thus keep Indochina divided...