1 January 1979

Two Vietnamese divisions move towards the town of Kratie, while other support divisions are deployed along local routes to cut off the logistical tail of Khmer Rouge units.

“Vietnam’s heavy involvement in Cambodia unsettles the region and is of concern to us,” advises US Secretary of State Christopher his diplomats go point out when meeting the Russian Foreign Minister.

RT @Elizbeckerwrite: December 1978 – official dinner in Phnom Penh with Ieng Sary, Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister. My photo of him with Prof.…

RT @Elizbeckerwrite: The empty Central Market in Phnom Penh – December 1978 in Pol Pot’s Cambodia Khmer Rouge. https://t.co/YqcNYNZELn

RT @Elizbeckerwrite: Our visit to the frontlines during our two-weeks in Pol Pot’s Cambodia. Vietnam invaded just days after we left. https…

RT @Elizbeckerwrite: Forty five years ago I visited Cambodia under Pol Pot. Khmer Rouge Cambodia with Richard Dudman and Malcolm Caldwell.…

Leo Cherne, Chairman of the Citizens Commission on Indochinese Refugees recommends re-opening the refugee camps in the United States and the acceptance of 100,000 Indochinese refugees annually. Else “a great human tragedy will occur with virtual certainty.”