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...Optimism. A few days before Vice President Agnew's visit to Phnom-Penh, the U.S. announced an estimated $40 million program of military aid to Premier Lon Nol's government. Described by the State Department as "modest but meaningful," the program actually quadruples the present amount of U.S. aid. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, confirming what had long been accomplished fact, defined the use of American airpower in Cambodia well beyond its original limitation of hitting only at supply lines. The U.S. air mission there, he said, was "to destroy supplies and buildups, buildups of personnel as well...
...both relieved and delighted that Correspondent Robert Anson has been released after 21 days as a captive of anti-government forces in Cambodia. Fifteen pounds lighter, thanks to the largely rice diet, but none the worse for wear, Anson arrived early last week in Phnom-Penh, where he was soon reunited with his wife Diane. From there, the couple flew to Saigon for a festive gathering with members of the Saigon bureau and Time-Life News Service Chief Murray Gart, who flew in from Europe via Tashkent. Gart arrived with champagne, a tin of caviar and a bottle of vodka...
...even after Vietnamization is complete. CAMBODIA: Protected by U.S. helicopter gunships in the air and by Secret Service men on the ground, Agnew made an unannounced, though scheduled visit to a capital city less than ten miles away from the fighting. His 4-hr. 50-min. stopover in Phnom-Penh was explicity intended to demonstrate, both to the Lon Nol government and the Communists attacking it, that "we are not going to stand idly by in the sense of rendering economic and material assistance when free countries are invaded." Agnew repeated to newsmen what he said he had told...
...TIME Correspondent Robert Anson drove out of Phnom-Penh to cover a battle at Skoun, 45 miles to the northeast. He never made it. At 3:55 in the afternoon, he was captured by anti-government forces. On Aug. 23, Anson drove back into Phnom-Penh with a release order in his pocket, unharmed and in good health. What follows is Anson's own account of his 21 days behind the lines...
...seldom moved from my bed the next day. I lay on my back, smoking cigarette after cigarette, thinking about what I had seen. Weeks before in Phnom-Penh, around the swimming pool at the Hotel Royal, we correspondents had told each other that Premier Lon Nol's regime was in trouble. But we had never guessed how deeply the trouble ran. Now I had seen the beginnings of a Khmer liberation army, and it seemed to be growing stronger, fed both by volunteers and prisoners. In less than three weeks, I had seen scores of Khmer soldiers with Sihanouk...