Articles by T J S George

PHNOM PENH Two Cambodias?
T J S George THERE is a noble boulevard in this city which is already named March 18, after the day Norodom Sihanouk was toppled. There is no street yet named April 30, the day American troops inarched into Cambodia. Howevei, every street in this capital is a memorial to the war that has finally caught up with Cambodia and its gentle people. Every other man wears a uniform. Even working girls go to their offices in military greens because after half a day's work they must attend army drills. Armed soldiers stand guard behind sandbags in front of every public building. Vehicles are stopped in mid- road to be checked for Vietcong infiltrators. Cartoons against Sihanouk 'dog' and posters against the Victcong Virus' are pinned on every wall and every tree in the city. And fear and rumours fill the air.

KATHMANDU Release that Misfired MUC H publicity was given in the Nepali Press recently to the story of Nahkiil Kazi who had been detained by the Varanasi police in India lor allegedly attempting to murder Bisheshwar Prasad Koirala, leader of the Nepalese Congress and Prime Minister of the first elected government in Nepal (1959-1960). Koirala, imprisoned since 1960 because of his differences with the King over Panchayati Raj, has been staying at Varanasi for medical treatment since his release from Nahlcu jail in October 1968. Since the royal takeover in December 1960, when the uncomfortable alliance between King Mahendra and Koirala's popularly elected government was unceremoniously terminated, Koirala has spent about eight years in various Nepalese jails where treatment of political prisoners is by no means exemplary. Koirala's health deteriorated rapidly, a ground which was used for his release. But there were indications that it was the King's anxiety about the upsurge of popular movements in the country, and especially in poverty-stricken agrarian areas, that had persuaded the King to took to Koirala's Congress as a political counter-weight. Koirala had therefore lieen released and allowed to go to India for medical treatment. During the past 12 months of his freedom there have been several attempts on his life

December 13, 1969 evaluation of his academic progress, on objective criteria, by a committee of experts, should enable him to reach the highest rung of the ladder faster if his merit is proved.

Living without Ho HONG KONG THE death of Ho Chi Minh was primarily a human event for Asians, but China and Russia did their best to politicalise it. As it turned out, the Soviet leaders showed much more finesse. The initial advantage went to the Chinese who despatched Chou En-lai himself on what appeared to be a spontaneous gesture of sympathetic grief. But two subsequent events neutralised what advantage Peking had gained. First, Chou En-lai returned to Peking as soon as it was known that Soviet Premier Kosygin was going to Hanoi; the official announcement made it out that he had in fact returned to Peking earlier, but few outside observers believed this. Second, the Russians scored a fine propaganda point by criticising the Chinese for "mourning in a hurry".


ed question is : if they wanted to strengthen the forces of integration, what prevented them from pursuing that objective during the last six months? They obviously wanted to have the best of all worlds