New York, Mar. 17—In January, Mr. Leo Cherne of the International Rescue Committee brought together an impressive congregation of men and women concerned about the awful ravages of the diverse Communist victories in Southeast Asia, and, with William J. Casey, former Under Secretary of State, headed out for Thailand. The investigators were of varied political inclinations, including John Richardson, the head of Freedom House; Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers; James Michener; Rabbi Tanenbaum; and others. What they found, and reported at a press conference in Bangkok, turns the blood cold. Cambodia leads the list of the criminal states, that is if you don’t count the countries, the United States primarily, that have let it all happen.
About Cambodia, Mr. Cherne could only think to say: “The events which have taken place in Cambodia and which continue to make of that country a land so inhuman tempts one to wonder whether here, finally, is a place where the living envy the dead.”
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