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...army of the Khmer Republic has made no serious attempt to expel the Communists since its troops were dealt a disastrous defeat last December at Rumlong, 50 miles north of Phnom-Penh. That defeat led to mounting criticism of the leadership of then Prime Minister Lon Nol. He responded by canceling the constitution, dissolving the National Assembly and proclaiming himself the first President of the Republic-actions since ratified by a series of blatantly rigged elections...
...lift ; 15-month siege of Kompong Thorn, 78 miles north of the capital on Route 6. By October, the main force had reached that objective, but in the meantime had left troops strung out in perilously thin numbers along the road. The North Vietnamese counterattacked at the town of Rumlong, 30 miles south of Kompong Thorn on Route 6, an important crossroads for the eastward flow of supplies on which the Communist forces in eastern Cambodia depend...
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