Word: sihanouk
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Prince Norodom Sihanouk, former Cambodian head of state, told a news conference in Peking yesterday that leaders of the deposed regime were alive and prepared to fight a protracted "people...
China, the fallen government's only ally, is in radio contact with Pol Pot and will provide his forces with weapons and financial aid but no troops, Sihanouk added...
...ousted regime has sent Sihanouk to the United Nations to charge Vietnam with aggression against Cambodia...
Whether or not the resignation was voluntary-and there were widespread doubts that it was-Sihanouk seemed to accept his fate. Shortly after Samphan's broadcast, the prince declared: "I request the representatives of the people to allow me to retire, while remaining to the end of my life an ardent supporter of the Khmer revolution, the democratic people and the government." There were subsequent but unverified reports that Sihanouk had left the country for China...
Frequently Wept. Forced into exile in Peking by the U.S.-backed Lon Nol regime that ousted him in 1970, Sihanouk had backed the Communist Khmer rebels. But since their capture of Phnom-Penh, the prince has reportedly been unhappy about the new regime's ruthless campaign of intimidation and reprisals against everyone with any connection to Cambodia's past. On a world tour last year, friends say, Sihanouk frequently wept over the course of events...