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...plump, 29-year-old King Norodom Sihanouk, who sits more easily on a horse than on a throne. The Cambodians answered with a couple of questions: If things are so bad, why doesn't the Commissioner himself take more precautions, especially since the assassination of South Viet Nam Commissioner Chanson (TIME, Aug. 13)? And why did the Commissioner keep a house full of Vietnamese servants? Said De Raymond: "I am so good to my servants that they cannot betray me." He refused guards...
...Indo-China, like all Gaul, is divided into three parts: Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos. Cambodia, the smallest, is about the size of Oklahoma...
...Minh; they doubted whether that struggle had much to do with their own freedom. The Communist record in China and Korea shook their doubts, but still it seemed to them that the French cause in Indo-China was, at best, the lesser of two evils; proud Viet Nam nationalism could not forget the arrogant French colonialism of the past. Some of the bitterest criticism of France came from the native intelligentsia who spoke the purest French. Many joined Ho Chi Minh's camp. Many more played the game the French called attentisme-fence-sitting-waiting to see which side...
Victory by '52? In July, impelled by De Lattre's drive, the Viet Nam government decreed total mobilization. All men between 20 and 45 were subject to military draft. The machinery to train a national army was already in operation. De Lattre proposed to use the 60,000 Vietnamese who have been fighting in the French army, as a seasoned nucleus. He set up schools for Viet Nam officers (good Vietnamese officers are rare). By year's end, he hopes the Viet Nam army will be 120,000 strong; how good it will be is another question...
...Indo-China is now divided into the three Associated States of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia, of which Viet Nam is the largest (its 23 million people comprise more than 80% of all Indo-Chinese...