It had the effect of drawing the small country into the larger Indochina war.
During the Indochina wars, the two states were enemies.
Torture had also been used during the Indochina War (1947-54).
The Indochina War "appeared to me to be a mistake," he said.
The historical record of the Indochina war is voluminous, and the resulting controversy no less so.
Cambodia was once the sideshow to the second Indochina war and suffered the consequences.
Ulevich witnessed the last two weeks of the Indochina war in April, 1975.
At the end of the Indochina War, investment by foreign businesses helped alleviate poor infrastructure and social problems.
France had developed the role of the commando frogmen further in the Indochina war, to the modern single fighter.
But relief workers and refugee experts say they know exactly who most of them are: the last wandering group of refugees from the Indochina war.