Angkor Wat
Sir, —The fact that Prince Sihanouk was removed by an army pressure group and now supports the pro-Communist side does not convince Mr Kirk that Cambodia is in the grip of civil war, but it would any reasonable man. Why, then, should “Praeses” assume a divine right for Phnom Penh to control Angkor Wat? They could make a deal only to use hand-to-hand fighting to hold or regain the area. But unfortunately these puppets will not even retake a village without first reducing it to rubble with their United States-supplied air and artillery support. Without this one-sided prop—certainly the most unfair and barbarous feature of the war—the side with the most spirit and grass roots support would quickly win.—Yours, etc., B. P. LILBURN. June 15, 1970.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32324, 16 June 1970, Page 16
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