6 June 1976

Former Cambodian President Lon Nol estimates 1.5 million people were killed since the Khmer Rouge (“Communist puppets”) took over Cambodia, which he partly attributes to a Vietnamese plot. Meanwhile his own coup against Sihanouk in 1970 was a “reflection of popular will” https://t.co/iarnunJwTZ

The St Louis Jewish Light writes “The world must not remain silent in the face of the Cambodian blood bath”. For its part, the very least the US should do is “forcefully express its concern in the halls of @UN and urge China & the Soviets to press for moderation in Cambodia”.