24 February 1979

Sihanouk, speaking on a stopover in Tokyo, on way to China (“my second homeland & best friend”) says he will not cooperate with the Pol Pot regime and “not share responsibility with any side for war in my country” but will be “available” for diplomatic solutions

A Thai reporter who slipped into Cambodia, says Khmer Rouge soldiers prepare to attack Ban Nimit, near the Thai border. The Khmer Rouge radio claims it killed 250 Vietnamese soldiers in various guerrilla attacks all over Cambodia – in Kratie & along Route 6 & 19.

We hope foreign embassies can return to Phnom Penh “in the not too distant future”, Heng Samrin, Chairman of the pro-Vietnamese Kampuchean People’s Revolutionary Council tells a Cuban journalist. He dismisses war reports from inside Cambodia as KR propaganda: https://t.co/vhCGVigd5n