Word: sihanouk
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...huge temple, Cambodia's national symbol, was occupied by forces sympathizing with ousted Prime Minister Norodom Sihanouk last June. At that time, government forces were ordered not to attack for fear that fighting would destroy the temple...
...frightened young man and woman on trial in Phnom-Penh last week were two of the eight children of deposed Premier Norodom Sihanouk. They were Prince Norodom Naradipo, 26, a quiet-living bachelor and connoisseur of traditional Khmer theater who was once thought to be a likely successor to his father; and his half sister Princess Botum Bopha, 20, who is the mother of a young child. They stood accused, along with 18 other defendants, of espionage and propaganda activities in behalf of the Communist and Sihanouk cause, an act punishable by death...
...Cambodian attorney said the trial was one more effort on the part of the Lon Nol regime "to get at Sihanouk [in exile in Peking] by getting at his children." All things considered, however, the outcome was not so tragic as it might have been. The military jury freed the princess and nine of the other defendants but sentenced her brother to five years at hard labor. Still to be tried is another Sihanouk son, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who is charged with espionage...
...without American support in the air and help from the South Vietnamese on the ground. After the spectacular raids on Pochentong airport and targets in Phnom-Penh, Premier Lon Nol was described by his aides as "depressed." He could not have been particularly heartened either by exiled Prince Norodom Sihanouk's remark that in a year or two Cambodia will "fall by itself like a ripe fruit...
Despite White House assertions that there is no U.S. commitment to ensure the survival of the Lon Nol government, the Administration seems determined to prove Sihanouk wrong. Soon after the Pochentong disaster, the Pentagon sent two new UH-1 ("Huey") helicopters to Phnom-Penh-a start at rebuilding the broken Cambodian air force. Within the limits imposed by Congress, the Administration is sending in military specialists. An American demolition team has arrived in Phnom-Penh, much to the relief of Cambodian demolition men, who have been sighted in the capital, standing over unexploded terrorist grenades and bombs while puzzling through...