(31 Oct 1980) RR8044 KAMPUCHEA REPORT
Background to Story: The United Nations General Assembly again voted in October
against allowing the Kampuchea government led by Heng Samrin to take over
Kampuchea’s UN seat, still occupied by the Pol Pot faction. Pol Pot and his
Communist Khmer Rouge forces were driven out early in 1979 when the Vietnamese
pushed into Kampuchea and installed Heng Samrin. The positive aspects of the
intervention included an end to the mass killings of Pol Pot’s opponents, and an
end to the mass starvation that was threatening the entire population. Social and
economic progress have also been achieved. But the UN vote reflects the
disapproval of China, the United States and conservative south-east Asian states of
alleged Vietnamese expansionism. Vietnam, has the backing of the Soviet Union in
its action.
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