CAMBODIA GHOULISH GLEE THAILAND'S GRIEF OVER SARIT'S DEATH WAS IN STARK CONTRAST 
TO THE GHOULISH GLEE IT PROVOKED IN NEIGHBORING CAMBODIA . NEUTRALIST 
PRINCE NORODOM SIHANOUK LONG HATED SARIT, WHOM HE LABELED A WESTERN 
TOADY, TWO YEARS AGO BROKE OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THAILAND IN 
A FLURRY OF EPITHETS . ON RECEIVING NEWS OF THE DEATH, 
SPECIAL CONCERTS WERE SCHEDULED TO CELEBRATE THE OCCASION . PRINCE SIHANOUK 
ALLOWED CIVIL SERVANTS TO REPORT FOR WORK TWO HOURS LATER FOR 
A FORTNIGHT SO THAT THEY COULD " DANCE AND AMUSE THEMSELVES 
. " IN AN OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION, A GOVERNMENT BROADCAST SAID THAT 
" THANKS TO DIVINE PROTECTION, ALL CAMBODIA'S ENEMIES SUFFER COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
. NGO DINH DIEM AND NGO DINH NHU WERE KILLED BY 
BULLETS . THEIR FRIEND SARIT, WHO MISTREATED CAMBODIA INCESSANTLY, MET WITH 
SUDDEN DEATH . MOREOVER, THE GREAT BOSS OF THESE AGGRESSORS MET 
THE SAME FATE . " WHEN THE U.S . OFFICIALLY PROTESTED 
THESE WORDS, CAMBODIA DENIED ANY DEROGATORY INTENTIONS TOWARD PRESIDENT KENNEDY, BUT 
IT HUFFILY RECALLED ITS AMBASSADOR FROM WASHINGTON . AT THE SAME 
TIME, WITH CONSUMMATE GALL A GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT CLAIMED THAT THE U.S 
. HAD TAKEN " TOO LITERALLY " SIHANOUK'S RECENT DECISION AGAINST 
ACCEPTING FURTHER U.S . AID ; WASHINGTON, WENT THE NEW COMPLAINT, 
IMMEDIATELY STOPPED ALL PROJECTS IN PROGRESS INSTEAD OF LETTING THE PRINCE 
DECIDE THE CUTOFF DATES HIMSELF . ORDERING ALL U.S . MILITARY 
AND ECONOMIC MISSIONS OUT OF THE COUNTRY BY JAN . 15, 
SIHANOUK THREATENED : " WE WILL BE HAPPY TO BREAK OFF 
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE U.S . " THE STATE DEPARTMENT REPLIED 
BY ORDERING U.S . AMBASSADOR PHILIP SPROUSE BACK TO WASHINGTON FOR 
" CONSULATIONS . / 