Word: viets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that Indonesian Reds had to cheer about last week was the state visit of aging Ho Chi Minh, President of Communist North Viet Nam. Wisp-bearded Ho kissed all the pretty girls in sight, thus scandalizing pious Moslems, who complained that his bussing of young women was "an overt violation of Moslem law." Sukarno, who always likes to say what visitors like to hear, called Ho "one of the greatest men in Asia." General Abdul Haris Nasution and his army kept order and their own counsel...
Neighboring Thailand and South Viet Nam strongly disapprove of Sihanouk's diplomatic recognition of Peking last July, but their differences really date back to ancient tribal feuds and jungle rivalries. South Viet Nam declares that Cambodia allows Communist Viet Minh guerrillas to cross its territory to stage raids in South Viet Nam; in retaliation, South Vietnamese troops picked up a border marker, moved it 1½ miles into Cambodia and threw a minefield around it. Thailand has given haven to opponents of Sihanouk. In a huff at these acts by his anti-Communist neighbors, Sihanouk accepted increased economic...
Something to Chew On. The most respected soldier in Cambodia was Dap Chhuon (pronounced Chew-on). As a reward for his brilliant rise from French army corporal-dap means corporal-to guerrilla leader, against first the French and then the Communist Viet Minh, Dap Chhuon had been named Royal Delegate and Governor of the Siemréap area, which includes the renowned ruins of the lost 12th century Khmer civilization of Angkor Wat. Slim, natty Dap Chhuon made Siemréap his personal fief with three battalions of Cambodia's 31,000-man army under his personal command...
...foreign diplomats into Siemréap to show them the "proof" of a plot-two captured Vietnamese radio operators, $4,000,000 worth of gold, and a purported message to Cambodian exiles in Thailand asking the strength of their forces. Brushing aside the denials from Thailand and South Viet Nam, Sihanouk thanked the Communists for tipping him off, and then turned on a "certain leading power" that furnishes arms to both Thailand and South Viet Nam. Demanding to know why the U.S., if not involved, had not told him of the plot, Sihanouk fired off a message to President Eisenhower...
When the cardinal celebrated Mass early one morning at Saigon's brown brick cathedral, the surrounding streets were jammed with curious onlookers who had slept all night on the pavements. As he held public prayers for Communist North Viet Nam's "church of silence" (430,000 Catholics under Red rule), refugees from the north streamed into the city for a look at the Pope's emissary. To kindle morale where it is under great stress-along the smoldering Chinese border-Agaganian tirelessly inspected Catholic schools, hospitals, refugee camps, convents, seminaries and nurseries. Said a Vietnamese priest...