1.
LS PHNOM PENH (TWO SHOTS)
0.09

2.
LS (PAN) EXTERIOR STADIUM
0.14

3.
LS FLAGS OF PARTICIPATING NATIONS
0.22

4.
MLS (PAN) INTERIOR MAIN STADIUM
0.32

5.
LS AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING
0.34

6.
LS FOREIGN TEAM ARRIVES
0.36

7.
MS CAMBODIAN GIRLS WELCOME SAME TEAM
0.40

8.
MLS GIRLS CLAPPING AS TEAM MEMBERS WALK FAST (FOUR SHOTS)
0.55

9.
MS (PAN) INTERIOR AIRPORT
1.02



Initials CAR/VS/CA/YA/RBI



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Background: THIS IS PHNOM PENH, THE CAMBODIAN CAPITAL, NAMED AFTER A RICH OLD LADY IN 1372. TOMORROW (FRIDAY), THE FIRST GAMES OF THE EMERGING FORCES IN ASIA (GANEFO) IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN.

SEVEN NATIONS -- INCLUDING SOME COMMUNIST COUNTRIES -- ARE DUE TO COMPETE IN THE 21 EVENTS OF THE GAMES. TEAMS COMPETING HAVE BEEN BARRED FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE FORTHCOMING FIFTH ASIAN GAMES AT BANGKOK.

THE GIGANTIC ULTRA MODERN STADIUM CAN ACCOMMODATE 50,000 PEOPLE. IT HAS BEEN BUILT WITH AID FROM THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC. FROM TOMORROW TO DEC. 6TH. IT WILL BE THE SITE OF THE MAIN FIELD AND TRACK EVENTS.

IN DECEMBER 1963, CAMBODIA CANCELLED THE SOUTH-EAST ASIA PENINSULAR GAMES TO ALLOW INDONESIA AND CHINA TO HOLD THE GANEFO GAMES IN DJAKARTA. A BRAINCHILD OF PRESIDENT SUKARNO, THE GAMES DID NOT TAKE PLACE BECAUSE INDIA AND ISRAEL WITHDREW DUE TO A POLITICAL ROW. GANEFO GAMES WAS IN RETALIATION AGAINST THE ASIAN GAMES WHICH THE PRESIDENT TERMED AS AN IMPERIALIST-BACKED PROJECT.