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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 2015
Page
3
In Paris at 89, former ambassador recalls the U.S. evacuation of Americans from Cambodia and the fall of Phnom Penh to Khmer Rouge. He describes guilt, the loss of countless Cambodians, and Washington’s controversial actions, amid reflections on decades of war.
Timothy M. Carney recalls organizing the helicopter evacuation of nearly 300 people in Cambodia and urging leaders to flee, only to see most stay and be executed by the Khmer Rouge. He criticizes U.S. policy failures and warns that lessons were forgotten in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Long Botta, a Cambodian former minister of culture in the U.S. backed government, was among two leaders evacuated from Phnom Penh. He was given 45 minutes to gather his wife, two children, one suitcase and $50 before helicopter extraction. He later felt betrayed by the United States as he watched compatriots executed and reflected on Cambodia’s corruption.
U S involvement in Cambodia wavers as Lon Nol receive WWII aircraft and limited arms while Khmer Rouge tighten grip. Dean laments lack of support for Sihanouk coalition. embassy cables warn no miracle remain. Evacuation proceeds amid antiwar sentiment and Congress curtailing aid, ending with Sirik Matak’s defiant letter and a dawn closure of the mission.
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