The new republic was born amid a chorus of gongs and dancing in the streets. Last week Cambodia celebrated the first anniversary of that event. But despite a much improved military situation in the countryside, there were no festivities. They had been canceled in the wake of a new wave of guerrilla-style attacks on Phnom-Penh, the Cambodian capital. The most dramatic occurred late last month, when sappers struck the city's biggest fuel storage depot, burning 1,750,000 gals, of oil. Two weeks ago five persons were killed, including two Americans, when terrorists tossed two grenades during a U.S. embassy softball...
CAMBODIA: The Year One
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