November 12 The Other Press Page 15

TRUE AMER Ic a es
ATROCITIES

FOR YEARS, CAMBODIA, UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF PRINCE NORODUM
SIHANOUK, HAD MANAGED 10 STAY OUT
OF THE NIGHTMARISH WAR IN NEIGH-
SAYING THE SUPERPOWERS OFF ONE
PLAYING THE SU JE Be ee
ANOTHER, AS THE WAR DRAGGED ON, THE aa IN THE NEUTRA
NORTH VIETNAMESE USED THE FAR oe
EASTERN PART OF CAMBODIA TO TRANSPORT | ‘==ae=a Te
AND STORE SUPPLIES. THE U.S. DEMAND- | [ g ;
ED THAT SIHANOUK USE MILITARY
FORCE TO REMOVE THEM. SIHANOUK,
UNWILLING TO EMBROIL HiS PEOPLE

(1, oy) IN THE WAR, REFUSED.
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THE NEW NIXON ADMINISTRATION
DECIDED TO PLAY TOUGH. iN THE
EARLY HOURS OF MARCH 18, Hod,
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is CfA 23(0)[D)|| fay oS THE BOMBINGS ARE IN JULATON
CAMBODIA OF BOTH sa AND INTERNATIONAL LAW. I=
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] TO THE > RET SIX WEEKS LATER, NIXON APPEARS
[ THE US CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT ONLY Fe eee trance | PONS TELEVISION

CONGRESS MAY DECLARE WAR, CONGRESS WERE STARTED, ‘A COUP ANAT WAT WAV AMI

LET ALONE APPROVED IT. MOST PRIME MINISTER, LON NOL, THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL

OTATE AND DEFENSE -OFFICIALS HAD
NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE BOMBINGS.
ELABORATE DOCTORING OF FLIGHT

HEADS THE NEW GOVERNMENT, | | NATION, THE UNITED STATES OF
WHICH THE U.S. IMMEDIATELY | | AMERICA, ACTS LIKE PITIFUL,
RECOGNIZES. UNLIKE SIHANOUK | HELPLESS GIANT, THE FORCES OF

PLANS AND OTHER STATISTICS WERE Z:

MADE DAILY TO PROTECT THE LON BOE EAGER (Doe en pect aaa ne ae

SECRET. TWO OF THE CAMBODIA cane a eine AND FREE INSTITUTIONS. THROUGH
POLICY'S BIGGEST SUPPORTERS AND “BEGINS 10 CONSTRUCT

 

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WERE THEN-NIXON AIDES, HENRY A CAMBODIAN ARMY TO QUT TH wer L

 

 

   
 
  
  
 
   

 

KISSINGER AND ALEXANDER HAIG. See in SM acces
HAIG WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED sae MEANWHILE, THE KHMER
IN’ PLANNING. THE BOMBINGS, ROUGE, A MARXIST EXTREMIST

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AS, Re GROWING RAPIDLY.
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oS THE JOINT CHIEFS WARNED NIXON + WITH THOSE WORDS - AND a

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mmpemnt THAT CIVILIANS WERE VULNERABLE ae | WITH TWO WHITE HOUSE
IN THE BOMBINGS. THE WHITE | SHOWINGS OF THE MOVIE
: ves HOUSE APPARENTLY FELT THE CIV- | PATTON” ~12000 US.
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ILIAN CASUALTIES DIDN'T OUTWIEGH 1: TROOPS WERE UNLEASHED
THE BENEFITS OF BOMBING THE Hi ON CAMBODIA.

VIETNAMESE. ABOUT 10,000 KHMER ;
(CAMBODIAN) CIVILIANS WERE KILLED. -! THE DAY AFTER NIXON'S

-, ADDRESS, DOZENS OF U.S.
' CAMPUSES SHUT DOWN IN
PROTEST. AT OHIO'S KENT JF.
STATE, THE NATIONAL GUARD
FIRED ON UNARMED STUDENTS, |-
», KILLING FOUR AND WOUNDING
LY THIRTEEN, TWO STUDENTS
| WERE ALSO KILLED AT MiSS-
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THE INVASION DOES NOTHING
TO IMPROVE THE U.S. MILITARY
— SITUATION. IT MERELY DRIVES
THE VIETNAMESE DEEPER

INTO CAMBODIA.

FIVE-YEAR CIVIL WAR | en . READING THAT YOU CAN
; CR’ C HAI 3N 3 1

FOLLOWS, THE US. eee ae VW. A BERG GET ON THIS SUBJECT

POURS MILLIONS OF IS “SIDESHOW: KISSINGER,

DOLLARS AND MILITARY NIXON AND THE

CORRUPTED COULD NEVER
BE REHABILITATED AND
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HARDWARE INTO LON : s~ fet] | DESTRUCTION OF CAMBODIA”
THREE MILLION KHMERS DIE

NOL'S CORRUPT ADMIN- IN THE PURGES AND BLOC BY WILLIAM SHAWCROSS.

ISTRATION. AND ARMY, By ATION, OUT OF AN. ORIGINAL

HAPPY READING. on
1974 THE KHMER ROUGE 4 EIGHT MILLION. ie
ARE WINNING. ON APRIL Ko ss
1, 1975, THEY CAPTURE — | [pal non ae U om
PHNOM PEHN, THE il i i all qe lt |

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CAPITAL. LED BY POL
POT, THEY EMBARK ONA
PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE
THE MORAL DECAY AND
CORRUPTNESS OF THE
LON NOL REGIME, THE
CITIES ARE EVACUATED,

 

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IT ALSO PUSHES THOUSANDS
OF ENRAGED CAMBODIAN
PLASANTS INTO. THE

RANKS OF THE KHMER ROUGE,

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