Chapter Eleven
Preah Vihear Temple was located at the northernmost edge of Cambodia, close to Thailand. It was over an hour-long helicopter flight from where Air Force One was parked at Phnom Penh International. They could have parked much closer, Siem Reap airport by Angkor Wat was within thirty minutes flight. The shorter runway would limit the take-off weight of the plane, but that could be compensated for with partial fueling. However, Peter had deemed it more politically appropriate for them to land in the capital city.
There he’d had lunch with both the King and the Prime Minister as well as key members of the Cambodian Parliament. Then, with their U.N. Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister aboard, they had flown north on Marine One.
This trip was vastly different from the flight t
