Sihanouk, in a press conference, denounces US…

Sihanouk, in a press conference, denounces US military incursions into Cambodia, accusing them of sponsoring countless “accidental” bombings and numerous incursions by Thai, South Vietnamese and US troops.

In March, the US-backed Lon Nol seizes power in Cambodia and abolishes the monarchy; Sihanouk forms a government-in-exile in Beijing.

Lon Nol immediately begins committing Cambodian troops to the war in Vietnam.

Colston Westbrook is among the US advisers to the new regime.

The US invades Cambodia on April 30, 1970, intensifying bombing near the Vietnamese border and driving NLF and North Vietnamese troops deeper into Cambodian territory.