News Special Reports - Politics Updated: 4:01 UTC Sunday 18 April 2010

In 1974 and 1975, a US ambassador battled Washington to support a negotiated solution to Cambodia's worsening conflict. Ambassador John Gunther Dean's document donation this April to the US National Archives paints a picture of failed diplomacy and holds lessons for today's statesmen. In this six-part series, VOA Khmer takes a detailed look at the final year of the Khmer Republic.

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The Year Before Zero: Dean's Controlled Solution - Failure of Control

By February 1975, the situation in Phnom Penh was dire. Communist insurgents controlled nearly all the Cambodian countryside.

The Year Before Zero: Dean's Controlled Solution - Assessment on Arrival

As soon as he arrived in Phnom Penh in 1974, John Gunther Dean began assessing the Khmer Republic’s military situation.

The Year Before Zero: Dean’s Controlled Solution - ‘Internationalization’

In the summer of 1974 John Gunther Dean pushed for the “internationalization” of Cambodia’s crisis.

The Year Before Zero: Dean's Controlled Solution - Mekong Convoy

By Jan. 19, US and Cambodian planners had decided to run a supply convoy up the river.

The Year Before Zero: Dean's Controlled Solution - The Death of Throes of Diplomacy

Ambassador John Gunther Dean, began to feel the intense heat of his unenviable position, he cabled Washington a status report.

The Year Before Zero: Dean’s Controlled Solution - Reflections on the Future

More than 30 years later, the ambassador told VOA Khmer, leaders should learn from the “uncontrolled solution” to Cambodia’s crisis.

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