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yererats i in + Vietnam have threatened that military actiommungle. At the border » we. had t to use a fallen log +0-S-461 against Cambodia may be undertaken. . co . the river, as the bridge was bombed by the Japanese. in In an effort to check on these allegations and to indi- _1941 and never has been rebuilt. in this region, too, care: tate to the Cambodians that, despite the break in diplo- ‘ful examination from the air gave no evidence of troop ‘Matic relations since-May of 196%, some Americans are al supply movement or of buildings in the border area. concerhed about their country’s falé, a seven-person team.| Our conclusion was that the charges about the “Sihanouk wasrsent’ there by “Americans Want ‘to Know” at the” Trail and the “Ho Chi'Minh Trail™ are untrue, as far end of this past July. The mission spent almost two weeks as Cambodia is concerned. Prince Sihanouk admits that in Cambodia, visting the frontier at half-a-dozen key undetected movement of small numbers of persons across points, travelling by plane, jeep, and Land Rover and on the border is possible, This is surely the case, but the foot. I was a member of the mission, as were Kay Boyle, allegations against Cambodia charge large-scale opera- writer; Donald Duncan, former master sezgeant in the -tions. The Cambodians have limited gartisons on the Special Forces; Rabbi Israel Dresner of Springfield, New frontier and have asked for z larger border patrol from “Jersey; Floyd McKissick, national director of G.O.R.E.; .the International Control Commission, bur this has not ; Norman Eisner, New York businessman: and Marc Stone, ‘been approved. ©" Crp ae Ry publicist. We set up our own itinerary and were able to In the east near Snoul, where Highway 15 enters Viet- travel where we desired and see what we wanted to see- nam; in the southeast near Svay Rieng, where Highway Cambodian officials were helpful with transport but 1 enters Vietnam; in the south in the “seven mountain” wade no effort to direct’our inquiry, = area near Phnom Penh; and on the islands of Kep we ; In the north, on the: herder facing Laos, mission lcoked ‘or evidence, but could find nothing to support members explored the region where Highway 13 enters the charges against Cambodia. But we did sce the sind Laos. They checked sezied rrucks at the frontier and results of attacks that have been made against Cambodia found only food products. They tried to go to Siera Pang people and property since 1961, Near the village o oa the “Sihanouk Trail,” and their Land Rover broke an Chantrea in the south, atiacced vy U. 3. and Souta Vier axle because the road was impassable, At a 60% {oct namece forces in 1954, with seventeen Cambodians killed, height they few aver die jungle, looking iur evidence of we met a young girl whose back had been horribly “movement of troops and supplies, ‘sat hey cuuld ces burned cy Rapaim at ‘hat ime. We saw bomb craters full nothing moving but wild anima!s Other members uray. of waesr, oo Soseeccrs mom the ‘rontier] in ivery orov- led on Highway i9 to the Vietnaca frenuer sppesite the ince we visited we taw fhe evidence of such atracks “antral Highlands. Ducing much cf this cletance the “fidwee te cur visit we boarded our plane at the air- was only two tricks cf red acd “Broach phe strip at Mette ore sa atory iv recurning to Phnom Penn, - SR a a ne : - . the onemin’ ot “ya Were roycy tg tase of, word ; poms : Aaa stink ua iaypiagesas: Phlok Trach some” [fe laqmeitrn awry, oem reached: tan wijlace ey | aeer valet ct. ACP aNe - = a oat -arailies, a theswaad 7 Ward pMtier. Tice villagers othe al sf described tong uber tet hy Sened: owo acmed American : oe oe Baer sans iid dee. on ike vitisge from about 350 feet ; a hi in the aiz. We found rocket fragments j in the paddy field, Feanined iy acu thai nad been destroyed, saw e dead ' water buffaic in a paddy fteld ang the body of a dead” Woman, pregnant, who: had sought cover under a trce | : behind. her hume ard had been killed by machine-gun. ullets, Later we vitited sowe of the wounded in the hos- |