11 February 1978

Refugess that fled to Vietnam say that the Khmer Rouge allow women in Cambodia to breast-feed their babies only for a month. Afterwards the baby is given to older women and it lives in another community. “When he is weaned, he never sees his parents again.”

A report from East Germany says Vietnam “is striving for a solution that would enable the remaining Patriotic Forces of Kampuchea to seize the initiative and wrest power from Pol Pot and his
followers” Nuon Chea is seen as “possibly being sympathetic to Vietnam”.

The Khmer Rouge launch a big diplomatic offensive aimed at ambassadors in Beijing who wish to visit Cambodia February 11-18. The one-week trip will include a stay in provinces bordering on Vietnam. The trip is open to all Asian, African & European ambassadors.