Word: riel
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Captured Matériel...
...shaky state of the economy has much to do with the unrest. During the past year, prices of many commodities have jumped 100% or more. The black-market rate for the riel is triple the official rate of 55 to a dollar. Another concern is the apparent affluence being enjoyed by the military. "Corruption has changed its address-from the government to the army," goes a popular saying in Phnom-Penh...
These commodities and funds to purchase them will be made available to the Lon Nol regime, which by selling them on the local market will hopefully acquire enough of its local currency, the riel, to finance its military activities...
...from more than half a dozen points in Laos and Cambodia. There is also the Cambodian port of Sihanoukville, through which, according to some estimates, the Communists get fully 80% of their supplies for the war in the lower half of South Viet Nam. Much of the matériel is brought in aboard Chinese and Soviet freighters and moved north over first-class roads (including one built with U.S. aid) by a fleet of some 500 canvas-covered lorries operated by the Chinese firm...
Trying Hard. The speed and scope of the allied response underlined the crucial importance of keeping the Long Tau open. Though airlift supply has achieved remarkable results, 98% of all allied war matériel still enters Viet Nam by sea, and a third of this total is unloaded at Saigon by ships that must run the Long Tau gauntlet...