13 January 1979
@UPI reports that Vietnam’s army moved into a position which could besiege and strangle PhnomPenh.
“The ruthless, savage international enemies are certainly causing us a difficult time” says Khmer Rouge Head of State Khieu Samphan. https://t.co/s4TYbSRidM
The Khmer Rouge tell Chinese diplomats & advisors to leave Cambodia.
One will later say: “We did not have the slightest clue that the situation would suddenly turn upside down. On Jan. 2, the day we left, there was no possibility that Phnom Penh could be captured”
One will later say: “We did not have the slightest clue that the situation would suddenly turn upside down. On Jan. 2, the day we left, there was no possibility that Phnom Penh could be captured”