Friday, February 28, .1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Rice airlifts commence] PHNOM PENH (.) - Three used to airlift rice were pre- settlement ,diplomats here say DC8 cargo jets flew a total of viously used to supplement the no amount of American aid can nine missions yesterday on the 12 C130s on loan to Bird Air, prevent the government's col first day of a month-long emer- the private firm contracted to lapse. And Congress itself is gency airlift of rice for be- fly the ammunition to Phnom resistant to administration leaguered Phnom Penh's two Penh. warnings that the Cambodia million residents. In Saigon a U . congres- government will fall "within Each flight brought 50 tons sional fact-finding delegation weeks without the aid. of rice - enough to feed 120,000 met with South Vietnamese "Even with ammunition and people a day - from Saigon to President Nguyen Van Thieu to fuel being flowne n, there is the Cambodian capital, whose discuss the Ford administration still no manpower, one diplo-i supply lines have been strang- request for $300 million of addi- mat said. What can this side led by Communist-led insur- tional military aid to South:d°? Nothing. gents. Vietnam. HE SAID of the 250,000 troops THE AIRLIFT will cst $5.5 THEEthe Cambodian army is suppos- million, paid from U. S. aid THE EIGHT-MEMBER d ed to have, 70,000 or more are funds previously appropriated, gation plans to fly to Phnom "ghost soldiers" who exist only! and will provide about 18,000 Penh tomorrow to discuss a re- the ayroll so that their tons of rice. quest for an extra $222 million m par While most people in Phnom in military aid to Cambodia canders an po eir j Pnh av enug toeat iter Iand return to Saigon to meet pay. The soldiers who do exist Penh have enough to eat, inter.-n eunt Sio ome "are taking heavy casualties,"