14 March 1979

@UN’s Human Rights Commission continues to monitor the situation in Cambodia, despite a change in political leadership. The US said it would veto proposals to send observer missions to🇰🇭, as it “would further the appearance of legitimacy of the Heng Samrin regime.”

Khmer Rouge ambassador Thiounn Prasith states Vietnam’s losses inflicted by the Khmer Rouge from Feburary 27 to March 2:

– more than 1,500 soldiers & 5 Soviet advisers killed;
– 14 soldiers captured;
– 2 tanks, 1 warship, 2 guns and 12 military vehicles destroyed https://t.co/LkbzZwUqVs