Foreign News: Princely Reception

Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, once his country's King, then its Premier, still its most influential citizen, was given a royal welcome in Moscow last week. He came away aglow at the "astonishing hospitality. As for the leaders of the Soviet government I have been privileged to meet, I am able to see their dynamism, clairvoyance, realism, charming simplicity of manner, remarkable comprehension of international relations and understanding of the aspirations of the Asian peoples." He gratefully accepted a Soviet offer to build and staff a hospital in the Cambodian capital, and invited the Soviet leaders to visit his...

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