Rebuilding Roads in Cambodia: The Fall of the Khmer Rouge

After he attended a conference in Tokyo on economic assistance, Amb. Quinn met with U.S. Representative Charles Twining to discuss America’s next step in helping secure Cambodia. In a small café, Amb. Quinn wrote out the plan on the back of a placemat to use the $13 million loan to rent road paving equipment. Helping rebuild, de-mine and create new roads across Cambodia would eventually drive out the remaining Khmer Rouge soldiers, and finally bring an end to the worst terrorist organization of the 20^th century. This would be one of the greatest accomplishments of Amb. Quinn’s diplomatic career and his personal life.