Word: sihanouk
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there is another word, insurgent, which you use to describe the opponents of Lon Nol in Cambodia, who was himself surely an "insurgent," with American aid, against the neutral Prince Sihanouk. Perhaps it is time that Lon Nol was "toppled...
...been to try to strengthen the Lon Nol government in advance of negotiations with the Khmer insurgents. But at the moment the insurgents do not seem to have much interest in negotiating anyway. One unresolved question was whether or not they would accept the titular leadership of deposed Prince Sihanouk, who is strongly backed by both Hanoi and Peking. Although Communist elements among the insurgents have little use for Sihanouk, there was a possibility that they might try to use his popularity with the peasantry to broaden their own movement. One Eastern European diplomat in Phnom-Penh suggested half seriously...
...achieves an effective cease-fire. Such a tactic, Hummel added, was "vindicated" in Laos. But according to Defense and State Department officials, the situation in Cambodia has greatly complicated the problem of working out a cease-fire because "the Khmer insurgent groups" are divided into factions: for and against Sihanouk and pro-Hanoi, pro-Moscow and pro-Peking...
...only banner of the National United Front of Kampuchia (FUNK). FUNK has helped liberate about 90 per cent of the country, and the areas liberated have been under the sole administration of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia (GRUNC). GRUNC has been led by Prince Norodom Sihanouk and is recognized by 33 governments around the world and last summer it was admitted to the conference of over 60 non-aligned nations in the world--convened at Georgetown, Guyana--as the sole legitimate government of Cambodia...
Moreover, as reported in the April 11, 13 and 14 issues of the Christian Science Monitor, Prince Sihanouk has recently emerged from a long extended tour of his country and has said that all the Khmer forces are united behind him. North Vietnam and China have also given Sihanouk full support. For these reasons the Prince has said many times that he is ready to talk with American representatives in Peking or at any other mutually agreeable location...