B52 bombers cannot halt Cambodian liberation forces

THE LON NOL puppet regime in Cambodia is facing collapse under the hammer blows of the liberation forces who practically surround the capital, Phnom Penh, and the main provincial towns.

Heavy attacks by US B52 bombers based in Thailand have failed to halt the offensive. After General Alexander Haig's factfinding mission to the area, President Nixon is considering whether to give South Vietnam the go-ahead to invade Cambodia in support of Lon Nol.

Democratic Senator Mike Mansfield has warned that use of South Vietnamese and | Thai troops in Cambodia could be dangerous. The Cambodian government, he said, has almost SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE MEETINGS Make Scanlon retract! lo collaboration with th ndustrial Relations Act No acceptance of Phase Two!

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Cambodsan capital, Ponom the remains critical despite the arrival of a convoy of lorries. Its 1.5 million inhabitants have no water supply and heat and public transport has stopped running. Prices have soared so that a worker's daily pay will not buy a glass of beer.

The people of Phnom Penh celebrated the Cambodian New Year yesterday with dancing in the street in an atmosphere of almost feverish gaiety.

If Saigon forces enter Cambodia they will require US supplies and air support in order to fight their way through areas held by the National Liberation Front.

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SERIES The revolutionary party and the history of the British working class Washington is hesitating to authorize action in Cambodia which could mean the end not only of Lon Nol but also of the Saigon regime.

During the US attack on Cambodia in 1970 the Saigon troops were hated for their savagery and rapacity. Prince Norodom Sihanouk told the Australian journalist, William Burchett, that they 'helped forge our resistance movement from the start'. Many of Lon Nol's soldiers deserted and came over with their arms to the partisans.

There is no doubt that further Saigon intervention would provoke even fiercer resistance than in 1970. The Lon Nol regime has only survived for so long because of backing from the Americans and the South Vietnamese.

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Monday April 16 Lectures given by Cliff Slaughter (SLL Central Committee) The Socialist Revolution Britain:

3. The state and revolution. Reformism and revolution in Britain. The fight for democratic rights today means preparing for working-class power. Basic reading:

Perspectives for transforming the SLL into a Marxist Analysis Crisis. Problems of the British Revolution (Trotsky).

Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International, Communist Manifesto.

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