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Cambodia.
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To many Westerners,it seemed a paradise.
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Another world, a secret world.
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But the war in neighboringVietnam burst its borders...
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...and the fighting soon spreadto neutral Cambodia.
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In 1973, I went to coverthis sideshow struggle...
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...as foreign correspondentof The New York Times.
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It was there, amidst the fighting...
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...between government troopsand the Khmer Rouge guerrillas...
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...that I met my guideand interpreter, Dith Pran...
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...a man who was to change my life...
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...in a country that I grew to loveand pity.
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So here we gowith Voice of America...
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...news for Southeast Asia.
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It's 6:45 and a partly cloudymorning here.
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Clouds too in Washington.
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President Nixon announced he'lladdress the nation on Watergate...
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...within the next few days.
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The speech will be Nixon'sfirst since May.
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The scandal has caused resignationsand paralyzed the White House staff.
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It has also led to intenseconfrontation and perhaps...
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...a constitutional crisiswith Senate investigators...
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...and a specialWatergate prosecutor.
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The speech was announcedafter the Gallup Poll disclosed...
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...that Mr. Nixon's popularityhad fallen to the lowest point...
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