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To: Robert Douglas who wrote (8665)	6/4/1999 7:21:00 AM
From: Liatris Spicata	Respond to of 9980

Robert- Thanks for the correction & update. I had forgotten that Schanberg was the one who worked closely with the photographer Dith Prawn (sp?) whose experience provided the basis for "The Killing Fields". I'd like to cite Schanberg's writing by quoting from an article in the May Commentary entitled "Was Kissinger Right?" by Gabriel Schoenfeld. Says Schoenfeld, "In one dispatch, its [the NY Times] correspondent Sydney Schanberg described a ranking Khmer Rouge leader as a 'French-educated intellectual' who wanted nothing more than to 'fight against feudal privileges and social inequities.' A bloodbath was unlikely, Schanberg reported: 'since all are Cambodians, an accommodation will be found.' As the last Americans were withdrawn, another upbeat article by Schanberg appeared under the headline, 'Indochina Without Americans: For Most, A Better Life.' One wonders how people so enormously wrong about the area they cover could be awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The article also quotes from volume three of Kissinger's memoirs. In it, Kissinger reprinted a letter he received from Sirik Matak, former Cambodian prime minister, who was responding to Kissinger's offer to allow him to escape Cambodia as the Khmer Rouge closed in on Phnom Penh. I repeat the letter in its entirety: <<Dear Excellency and Friend: I thank you very sincerely for your letter and for your offer to transport me towards freedom. I cannot, alas, leave in such a cowardly fashion. As for you, and in particular for your great country, I never believed for a moment that you would have this sentiment of abandoning a people which has chosen liberty. You have refused us your protection, and we can do nothing about it. You leave, and my wish is that you and your country will find happiness under this sky. But, mark it well, that if I shall die here on the spot and in my country that I love, it is no matter, because we are all born and must die. I have only committed this mistake of believing in you [the Americans]. Please accept, Excellency and dear friend, my faithful and friendly sentiments.>> The article went on to note that Matak was shot in the stomach and left to die over the course of three days from his untreated wounds. To tie this into a discussion I have been having over the course of some months on this thread: do I believe China is about to descend again into the depths of human depravity to which it and Communism so recently succumbed? No, I have no reason to think so, even though I am always distrustful of dictatorships. But do I think it absurd to suggest Chinese dictators could initiate a vengeful and bloody military attack? Nope. Larry

To: Robert Douglas who wrote (8665)	6/7/1999 5:57:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9980

OT Re: Speaking of Cambodia Robert, I was recently in Cambodia. Spent five days in Siem Reap to visit the ancient Khmer ruins of Angkor Wat. A SPECTACULAR ancient city (9 miles x 6 miles) of ruins. Looks like something right out of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Almost zero Americans know about it. All French and Japanese tourists only. If you enjoy this sort of thing, it's still unspoiled, but won't last long. If the five super hotels (Asian crisis brought construction to a DEAD halt) get completed, it may turn into Disneyland. The Killing Fields are a very short air hop away but I couldn't bring myself to fly Air Cambodge<G>. MikeM(From Florida)