26 January 1979

Vietnamese PM Pham Van Dong reassures his Thai counterpart in a call that Vietnam will abide by all commitments made during Dong’s visit last October, where it pledged to respect Thailand’s territorial integrity & to refrain from supporting the Thai Communist Party

The @UN Security Council, votes 13:2 in favour of a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Cambodia & for the withdrawal of foreign forces. The Soviet Union used its veto to block its adoption. The UN still recognises the Khmer Rouge as🇰🇭’s government https://t.co/3Ea42vNDwO

“The prospects of a sustained guerrilla war within Cambodia are uncertain. Hatred of the Khmer Rouge will weigh against hatred of the Vietnamese. Much may depend on China. Thailand will remain cautious & maintain a healthy respect of Vietnam”, says US amb. to🇹🇭.

“Whatever is said about human rights in Cambodia, it cannot excuse Vietnam (whose own human rights record is deplorable) for violating the territorial integrity of Cambodia, an independent member state of the United Nations”, says the British representative to @UN

Vietnam’s PM Pham Van Dong reaffirms that🇻🇳would respect Thailand’s territorial integrity & give no support to local subversive movements. Gen. Kriangsak says Thailand intends to stay neutral & will take time to decide if it will recognise the new government in🇰🇭.

As Vietnamese forces advance towards the border town of Poipet, & having taken Pursat yesterday, Thai Foreign Minister Upadit says “Thailand will accept wounded Khmer Rouge soldiers on humanitarian grounds.”

“The Khmer Rouge spent last week calling for help from abroad to stop Vietnam. Coming from a regime that had shunned the outside world & had earned a reputation for ferocious brutality against its own people, the series of SOS’s sounds incongruous”, writes Newsweek https://t.co/q0ITnwNALj

As now Pol Pot is ready to return to guerrilla warfare, the Khmer Rouge never really rose above the shadowy underground insurgency that It had been before it overthrew the previous, US-supported government, writes Dudman on his visit to KR ruled Cambodia. https://t.co/BNh73uqSGe