<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna May 1975, nokukurumidza pashure pokunge Saigon yawa uye Khmer Rouge yakunda Cambodia, vaCambodian vakatapa ngarava yokuAmerica inotengesa zvinhu Mayaguez mumvura yenyika dzakawanda, zvichikonzera chakazozivikanwa se  <response>: Chiitiko cheMayaguez. Ford akatumira maMarines kunonunura vashandi vacho, asi maMarines akasvika pachitsuwa chisina kururama ndokusangana nokuramba kwakasimba kusingatarisirwi panguva chaiyo apo, vasingazivikanwi neU.S., vafambisi vengarava veMayaguez vakanga vachisunungurwa. Mukuita uku, maherikoputa maviri ehondo aitakura maMarines achienda kuhondo akapfurwa, uye mauto eU.S. 41 akaurayiwa uye 50 vakakuvadzwa apo vanenge mauto eKhmer Rouge 60 vakaurayiwa. Pasinei nokurasikirwa kweAmerica, basa rokununura rakaratidza kuva chikomborero kuongororo dzeFord; Senator Barry Goldwater akataura kuti basa racho rinoratidza kuti tichine mabhora munyika ino. Vamwe vanyori venhau dzakaitika kare vakataura kuti hurumende yaFord yakanzwa kuti yaifanira kupindura zvakasimba chiitiko chacho nokuti chakanga chakanzwisiswa sechirongwa cheSoviet. Asi basa rakanyorwa naAndrew Gawthorpe, rakabudiswa muna 2009, rakavakirwa pakuongorora nhaurirano dzomukati mehurumende, rinoratidza kuti chikwata chekuchengetedzwa kwenyika chaFord chakanzwisisa kuti kutorwa kwechikepe kwaiva kwomunharaunda, uye zvichida kunyange netsaona, kwakakonzerwa nehurumende yeKhmer isina kukura. Kunyanguvezvo, vakanzwa kudikanwa kwokupindura zvine simba kudzivisa kumwe kunyandurwa nedzimwe nyika dzechiKomonisiti muAsia. 