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\ “getrerais in Vietnam have threatened that military actiow=—=juegle. At the border we had to use a fallen log 2o-s-d6: against Cambodia may be undertaken. - 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: | cate to the Cambodians that, despite the break in diplo- ‘ful examination from the air gave no evidence of troop “Matic relations since-May of 1963, some Americans are ‘or Supply movement or of buildings in the border area. concerhed about their country's fal¢, a seven-person team. { Our conclusion was that the charges about the “Sihanouk { wasrsent” there by “Americans Want’to Know*‘at the’ Traifand 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 sergeant in the -tions. The Cambodians have limited gartisons on the Special Forces; Rabbi Israel Dresner of Springfield, New frontier and have asked for 2 larger border patrol from | “Jersey; Floyd McKissick, national director of C.O.R.E.; the International Control Commission, but this has not + Norman Eisner, New York businessman; and Marc Stone, been approved. | “ Tete ae ee , . | publicist. We set up our own itinerary and were able to In the east near Snoul, where Highway 13 enters Viet- travel where we desired and see what we wanted to see. nam; in the southeast near Svay Rieng, where Highway 1yCambodian officials were helpful with transport but } enters Vietnam: in the south in the “seven mountain” j Tadeo eort to direci‘our inquiry, area near Phnom Penh; and on the islands of Kep we , In the north, on the border faci ig Laos, mission looked ‘cr evidence, but could find nothing :o support members explored the region where Highway 13 enters the charges against Cambodia. But we did sce th¢ = Laos. They checked sealed trucks at the frontier and results of attacks that have been made against Cambodia found only food products. They tried to go to Siem Pang people and property since 1961, Near the village oa the “Sihanouk Trail,” and thew Land Rover broke an Chantrea in the somth, atiacaed by U.S. and South View axle because the road was impassable, Ata 60%foct mamece forces in 1254, with seventeen Cambodians killed, keight they Sew over che jungle, looking ior evidence 2i we met a young girl whose back had been horribly “novement of troops and supplies, vat chey could cee i Gy napai E Ve saw bomb craters iuil nothing moving but wild anima!s. members erie af SES trontierl in very prov- eied on Highway i9 to the Vietnam iconuer cppesite the ince we visited we saw the evidence of such atiacks. Sentral Highlands, During much cf this distance the tae i¢ “2 boarced our plane at the air- ef md a ‘ atory iv mecurning w Phnom Penh, . to tase 0 i 7 |e aed ie aces chat nad Leen destroyed, tw 2 dead ° | wazer buffaic in a paddy field and the body of a dead ., Woman, pregnant, who: had sought cover under a tree ! ; behind ber home ard had been killed by machine-gun - “bullets. Later we vitited sowe of the wounded in the how |