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...Thomson, who specializes in East Asian-American relations, agreed with Woodside's assessment of Sihanouk's importance. "The only guy who can pull a Cambodian government together is Sihanouk," he said...
...Thomson speculated that the United States "may try rather desperately to get a face-saving agreement" by attempting to enlist the aid of the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union...
Woodside and Thomson agreed that the Lon Nol government will eventually fall, giving way in all likelihood to a left-wing government headed by Sihanouk that will adopt an independent stance in foreign affairs...
...Communist or Communist-leaning government will eventually come to power," Thomson predicted...
Both men disputed the Nixon assertion that the Khmer Rouge are led by North Vietnamese. "The Khmer Rouge are Asian Communists who were well-trained by their more disciplined neighbors, the Vietnamese," Thomson said. "But they are Cambodian--and they would never accept control from outside their country...