<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-May 1975, ngokushesha ngemva kokuwa kweSaigon nokunqotshwa kweCambodia yiKhmer Rouge, abaseCambodia bathatha umkhumbi wezohwebo waseMelika i-Mayaguez emanzini omhlaba, okwabangela lokho okwaziwa ngokuthi yisigameko saseMayaguez  <response>: . futhi. UFord wathumela amasosha asemanzini ukuba ayohlenga iqembu elivela esiqhingini okwakukholelwa ukuthi iqembu libanjwe kuso, kodwa amasosha asemanzini ahlangabezana nokumelana okunzima okungalindelekile njengoba nje, i-U.S. ingazi, iqembu lalikhululwa. Kulo msebenzi, kudutshulwe izindiza ezinophephela emhlane ezintathu zezempi futhi kwabulawa amasosha aseMelika angama-41 kwalimala angu-50 ngenkathi kubulawa amasosha angama-60 aseKhmer Rouge. Naphezu kokulahlekelwa kwamaMelika, umsebenzi wokutakula waba yisibusiso ezinombolweni zokuvota zikaFord; uSenator Barry Goldwater wamemezela ukuthi lo msebenzi ukhombisa ukuthi sisenazo izinhlamvu kuleli zwe. Ezinye izazi-mlando ziye zathi uhulumeni kaFord waba nomuzwa wokuthi kwakudingeka ukuba uphendule ngenkani kuleso senzakalo ngoba sasibhekwa njengesakhiwo seSoviet. Kodwa umsebenzi ka-Andrew Gawthorpe, owanyatheliswa ngo-2009, osekelwe ekuhlaziyweni kwezingxoxo zangaphakathi zokuphatha, ubonisa ukuthi ithimba lezokuphepha likaFord laqonda ukuthi ukuthunjwa komkhumbi kwakuyisenzo sendawo, futhi mhlawumbe ngisho nangengozi, sokucasula uhulumeni waseKhmer ongavuthiwe. Noma kunjalo, bazizwa benesidingo sokusabela ngokuqinile ukuze banqande ezinye izenzo zokucasula ezivela kwamanye amazwe obuKhomanisi aseAsia. 