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Prince Norodom Sihanouk, neutralist Cambodia's chief of state, is not only plagued by the threat of Communism and the problem of providing for his five million people, but also by far more personal cares. "This is to inform all dear citizens," Sihanouk told his subjects in a recent communiqué, "that a number of families lately came to tell me of their sufferings. They complained that His Royal Highness. Prince Norodom Yuvanath, who is my eldest son, had gone to bed with their daughters. On learning this I was sorry for the honor and future of these girls...
Feeling rose between the two countries, aggravated by the fact that Thailand is always accusing Cambodia of providing jungle bases for Communist guerrillas. Last fall the two nations severed diplomatic relations after Thailand's Soldier Premier Sarit Thanarit likened Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk to a pig. In a speech, Sihanouk retorted that though he might look like a pig, Sarit was a fatter pig. If soup were made of the two leaders, sneered Sihanouk, the soup made from Sarit would taste better...
Buddhist Bliss. Undismayed, the Hague judges plowed through the transcript for 2½ months after formal arguments ended, finally found (by 9 to 3) for Cambodia. When Prince Sihanouk heard the good news, he announced that he would shave his head and maintain a thanksgiving vigil for seven days and nights. But Thailand's Marshal Sarit summoned his military commanders, ordered reinforcements to the area of the temple, which at the moment is under Thai control. Thailand even ordered its diplomats to boycott the meetings of SEATO...
...last week, in which both nations agree in general to complete disarmament but do not see eye to eye on how to achieve it. Again the snag is inspection; the U.S. insists on it, Russia says talk about it later. At the U.N., Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk threw his weight behind the idea of inspectors from neutral nations...
...Emperor: Ethiopia's Haile Selassie. Kings: Nepal's Mahendra and Morocco's Hassan II. Princes: Cambodia's Norodom Sihanouk and Yemen's Seif el Islam el Hassan. Foreign Ministers: Guinea's Beavogui Lansana, Saudi Arabia's Ibraham Sowail and Iraq's Hashim Jawad. Prime Ministers: Afghanistan's Sardar Mohammed Baud, the Algerian F.L.N.'s Youssef Ben Khedda, Burma's U Nu, Ceylon's Mme. Bandaranaike, India's Nehru and Lebanon's Saeb Salaam. Presidents: Cuba's Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado, Cyprus' Archbishop Makarios, Ghana...