Since he was deposed in 1970 by Marshal Lon Not, Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk has lived in exile in China but has never surrendered his claim to be his country's rightful chief of state. At 50, Sihanouk is still ebullient, charming and volatileĀand increasingly bitter against the U.S., which he thinks is destroying his country. Last week, before flying off on a month-long visit to nine African and Eastern European countries, Sihanouk sat down in Peking for an interview with TIME'S diplomatic editor Jerrold Schecter. His main points:
ON THE WAR IN CAMBODIA. Sihanouk...
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