European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 13 daily Magazine National geographic Cambodia a Soldier of vietnamese backed Peoples Republic of Khmer Rouge atrocities unpunished vietnamese installed cambodian regime maintains exhibition of skulls and Bones outside phenom penh to demonstrate the cruelty of the Khmer who were ousted in up photo by George Gedda associated press the search for Josef Ming Csc appears to have ended with the conclusion of forensic scientists that a grave near Sao contained remains of the most hunted German War criminal of world War men Csc was a lethal cog in the uniquely murder of millions known As the there arc other mass murderers of differing but none has produced the level of worldwide indignation that Mengeac the Public attention was a reflection of the continuing outcry resulting from his ghoulish experiments on dwarfs and children at the death he was held responsible for the murder of there has no visible International Campaign for retribution against the Khmer Rouge leadership that presided Over Cambodia a decade even though virtually All Are believed to be up to 2 million cambodians died from and massacres or the conditions of life imposed on them forced forced labor or induced says David an authority on Khmer Rouge Rule in that the Khmer a marxist seized Power from a military regime in the Spring of 1975 and were ousted in Early 1979 following an inva Sion by troops from neighbouring no one really knows How Many cambodians died during the Khmer Rouge in contrast to Hawks estimate of up to 2 the current phenom penh government says million a state department official puts the figure at Between 1 million and 2 assuming Hawks estimate is the most the Khmer Rouge killed of their countrymen a week during those an average of 60 every hour one a there Are several explanations As to Why these atrocities have produced less indignation than Mengeler a even though the cambodian episode is far More the work of Mengele and other nazi War criminals has been amply while details on much of the Khmer Rouge excesses has yet to reach the the victimize is and victims of the nazi Era included germans and with whom westerners had some before few americans had Ever met a another Factor is the relative remoteness of a former executive director of amnesty inter National says during the Khmer Rouge the soviet bloc thwarted Western efforts to have the human rights situation in Cambodia put on the Agenda of the United nations human rights commis at the the soviets were competing with China for influence in As for the United both under the Carter and Reagan the East West aspects of the cambodian situation invariably have received a higher priority than the genocide this has been evident in the votes of both administrations on who is entitled to represent Cambodia at the United the View is that the current government in phenom penh was imposed by a soviet and therefore cannot be considered the legitimate representative of the cambodian the United states voted for years to seat the Khmer Rouge delegation at the United nations because of the absence of a Superior claimant to that while forcefully condemning Khmer Rouge the United with its has become tacitly identified with that in recent the cambodian seat has been occupied by a coalition of two no communist rebel groups As Well As the Khmer the Khmer Rouge is struggling to regain boasting an estimated combatants who Are fighting the Hanoi backed the Princi pal Patron of the Khmer Rouge is the Khmer Rouge leadership remains essentially unchanged from the years it was in unlike who eluded an International Man Hunt for More than three decades before his alleged death in the whereabouts of the top Khmer Rouge officials is less of a most Are believed to be in Cambodia directing the struggle against the phenom penh no million Dollar rewards Are being offered for information leading to their