Word: sihanouk
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Another Southeast Asian country where China and the Soviet Union are vying for influence is Cambodia. Peking has a clear advantage here. For one thing, it offered shelter and a home in exile to Prince Norodom Sihanouk after he had been ousted by Premier Lon Nol's 1970 coup. For another, Moscow continued to recognize the Lon Nol regime until a few days before the Khmer Rouge conquest of Cambodia...
Last week Sihanouk - who remains, in his words, Cambodia's royal "but not royalist" titular head of state - arrived in New York to address the United Na tions General Assembly. In his 45-minute speech, he ritually denounced "United States imperialism" but also praised those Americans who had opposed the U.S. involvement in Indochina. Later he discussed the problems of postwar Cambodia with TIME Diplomatic Editor Jerrold L. Schecter...
Threatening Demigod. The palace, which was officially reopened for the first time since Lon Nol's 1970 military takeover from Sihanouk, may not be occupied for long. Though the Prince is formally Chief of State of the Royal Government of the National Union of Cambodia, his function within the Khmer Rouge government will probably be very limited. Revered in the countryside not merely as a monarch but as a Buddhist demigod, Sihanouk could become a serious political threat to the newly entrenched Communist leadership. His return was brokered by the Chinese, who are vying with North Viet...
...years ago in Peking, Sihanouk said: "I do not like the Khmer Rouge, and they probably do not like me. But they are pure patriots, not puppets of the Soviet Union, China or North Viet Nam, and they are honest and able." The Khmer Rouge appear to feel roughly the same way about Sihanouk...
...Cambodian officials with strong ties to North Viet Nam were recently raised to high positions, an aid agreement be tween the Cambodians and the Chinese characterized the two countries as "comrades in arms." This could indicate that Cambodia is re-enforcing its links with Peking. That and Prince Norodom Sihanouk's visit to Phnom-Penh (see story page 38) bring cheer to most Southeast Asian capitals, where the hope is that a Chinese-Cambodian alliance will be able to neutralize North Vietnamese-Soviet influence and thus keep Indochina divided...