However. simple humanitarian instincts demand that we provide these people the opportunity through military aid to fight against sheer butchery at the hands of the Communists who receive military aid from China and Russia. The Cambodian people are deathly frightened by the Communists. and with good cause because the Communist record of atrocities in Cambodia Is unsurpassed. The Communist takeover of areas of Cambodia has created over a million refugees fleeing their vengeance. I personally interviewed numerous refugees who had fled from the Khmer Rouge through the perimeter to safety in Phnom Penh to avoid the savagery of the Cambodian Communists. Additional military. medicine. and food supplies will buy for Cambodia much needed time during which diplomatic talks can continue and. hopefully. would lead to a controlled political solution. President Lon Nols indication of a willingness to step down could have a decisive diplomatic impact if the Cambodian Communists are interested in negotiating a settlement.
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