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(SAIGON)--A CAMBODIAN SPOKESMAN SAYS GOVERNMENT FORCES HAVE
DRIVEN NORTH VIETNAMESE AND VIET CONG TROOPS FROM THE CENTER
CF A PROVINCE CAPITAL IN CENTRAL CAMBODIA. HE GAVE NO FURTHER
INFORMATION ON THE SITUATION IN THE TOWN, KOMPONG THOM (KAWM
PAWNG' TAWM), WHICH HAS BEEN BESIEGED FOR FIVE DAYS.
EARLIER THE SPOKESMAN SAID COMMUNIST FORCES HAD BEEN DRIVEN
AWAY FROM A VITAL AIRPORT THEY CAPTURED YESTERDAY NEAR THE PROVINCE
CAPITAL OF SIEM REAP (SYEM RYAHP) IN NORTHERN CAMBODIA. SIEM
REAP IS 80 MILES NORTHWEST OF kOMPONG THOM. KOMPONG THOM IS
ON THE MAIN HIGHWAY FROM PHNOM PENH (NAHM PEN) TO SIEM REAP.
(SAIGON)--TWO MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT NIXON'S INDOCHINA
FACT-FINDING TEAM HAVE MET WITH CAMBODIAN PREMIER LON NOL (LAHN
NAHL). WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR HERB KLEIN SAYS HE
AND PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR RAYMOND SHAFER ATTENDED THE MEETING
IN PHNOM PENH. HE WOULD NOT SAY WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.
THE 13-MAN TEAM LEFT VIETNAM TODAY FOLLOWING A FOUR-DAY VISIT.
KLEIN SAYS THEY WILL BEGIN PUTTING TOGETHER A REPORT IN HAWAII
WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED TO NIXON LATER THIS WEEK.
BESIDE SHAFER, KLEIN AND WHITE HOUSE COUNSELOR BRYCE HARLOW,
THE GROUP WAS EVENLY DIVIDED AMONG DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
IT INCLUDED FOUR SENATORS, FOUR REPRESENTATIVES. AND TWO GOVERNORS.
(VENICE)--DEFENSE SECRETARY MELVIN LAIRD MEETS TODAY WITH THE
OTHER SIX MEMBERS OF THE NATO NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP IN VENICE.
AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES SAY LAIRD WOULD GIVE AN UP-TO-DATE ACCOUNT
CF SOVIET NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES ON LAND, AIR AND SEA.
THE SOURCES ALSO SAY LAIRD WILL MAKE A PROGRESS REPORT OF THE
CONTROVERSIAL SAFEGUARD ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEM. THE NUCLEAR
PLANNING GROUP WAS SET UP TO GIVE NON-NUCLEAR NATO MEMBERS
A VOICE IN PLANNING WARTIME USE OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN NUCLEAR
WEAPONS. BESIDES THE U-S AND BRITAIN, THE MEMBERS ARE WEST GERMANY,
ITALY, BELGIUM, DENMARK AND TURKEY.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: News in Vietnam and Venice], script, June 8, 1970, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1270583/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.