History Turns on One Sentence

Arnaud de Borchgrave explains his role as one link in a chain of events where a single sentence in Newsweek 42 years ago changed the course of history.

{He writes:] Had I double-checked it with our correspondent in Phnom Penh, who spoke impeccable French, we might have discovered in time that the bordellos were on land the queen mother owned, but she had nothing to do with leases, let alone being the madam.

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