Word: angkor
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...joint session of the Cambodian Parliament, the President of Cambodia's National Assembly declared: "I, In Tam, officially proclaim the Khmer republic. Our country is indivisible." The fabled Khmer empire-begun in 802, conqueror of much of Southeast Asia a millennium ago, creator of the glories of Angkor Wat-was no more. In the newly named Place de la République near the former Royal Palace, Premier Lon Nol raised the banner of the new republic: a square blue flag with a smaller red square in the upper left-hand corner overlaid with the three main towers...
Anson reported the fight for Saang, the first sizable engagement of the war, and was the first newsman to reach Siem Reap when the Communists were overrunning the temples at nearby Angkor. Anson's and TIME Stringer T.D. Allman's account of the massacre of more than 150 Vietnamese-born civilians in a schoolyard at Takeo last spring exposed the dark side of the government's campaign against the Vietnamese-and helped persuade the Phnom-Penh regime to take steps to prevent future atrocities...
...less than two weeks, continued to uncover rich veins of buried Communist supplies in the sanctuary areas. But the U.S. sweep seemed only to push the Communist forces deeper into Cambodia. Roving forces of Communist troops kept pressure on three provincial capitals, including Siem Reap. the gateway to Angkor, and Kompong Speu, only 24 miles southwest of the capital, Phnom-Penh. The widening Communist attacks spread Premier Lon Nol's forces so thin that his strategists were seriously discussing a kind of grand enclave plan for the country. The Cambodian army would pull back to a corridor stretching from...
This plan would leave the government of Lon Nol with roughly half the country to defend, including the fish-and rice-producing region around the Tonle Sap and the Angkor area. The regions given over to the Communists would include the northeast, where they already dominate, the eastern border regions and the rugged Cardamom Mountains in the southwest...
...modern airport four miles to the northwest, the government committed nine battalions, including a full brigade of paratroopers, one of the few elite military units in Cambodia. The Cambodians managed to secure the city and airport. But the Communists continued to roam at will throughout the countryside, including the Angkor ruins, which the government declared an "open city" to prevent any battle damage. From art lovers around the world came messages appealing for both sides to consider the priceless ruins neutral. At week's end a convoy evacuated Angkor's French caretakers, including Curator Bernard Groslier. Scattered fighting...