Word: phnom-penh
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...Mekong in northern Cambodia, Communist troops have captured Kratie and Chhlong; last week they attacked Stung Treng, a key town at the confluence of the Se Kong and the Mekong, and sent a full regiment against Kompong Cham, Cambodia's third largest city, only 50 miles northeast of Phnom-Penh...
...Phnom-Penh, including 7,200 World War II-vintage M-2 carbines, 6,000 captured Soviet-designed AK-47 rifles and communications gear. In Washington last week, Secretary of State William Rogers made the first public admission that "we had air activity over Cambodia before the change of government," and he indicated that it could continue after June 30; yet Rogers stated flatly that the U.S. would not "become involved militarily in support of any Cambodian government." Evidently, Saigon intends to take on that task. Vice President Ky said last week that South Viet Nam is building a string...
Communist bands are still troubling towns and highways south of Phnom-Penh, but the allied quarantine of the coast may have foreclosed Hanoi's hopes of staking out new sanctuaries in the lower half of Cambodia. Attacks on the Mekong towns above Phnom-Penh confirm that most of the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong are spilling into the northeast and northwest quadrants of the country. Their temporary destination may be the quiet shores of Tonle Sap Lake, 70 miles north of Phnom-Penh. There they would be near the Cambodian rice bowl and a rich supply of fish, while...
...east of the Mekong River. Last week they launched a major thrust west of the Mekong as well, when a force of up to 600 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese seized the ferry crossing at Neak Luong, then drove up densely forested Route 1 to within 30 miles of Phnom-Penh...
...Phnom-Penh, soldiers were installing Soviet-made 122-mm. artillery pieces to ward off any thrust from the south. Other troops, including elements of a 3,000-man contingent of Cambodian mercenaries who had fought with American Green Berets in Viet Nam, mounted a counterattack on Neak Luong. The tough, red-scarfed mercenaries, who were airlifted into Phnom-Penh last week to back up Lon Nol's weak 35,000-man army, expect to link up with South Vietnamese forces that were closing in on Neak Luong at week...