3 February 1978

Newsweek reports on the conditions inside Cambodia. “Nobody expects the Khmer Rouge to discard its ruthless policies. The brutalities do not seem to be a temporary tactic designed to build a better society.” https://t.co/ulEpvV9Azq

Jan. 23, 1978:”Khmer Rouge leaders are intellectuals, trained in🇫🇷.They acknowledged that therefore they have individualist tendencies that could come out. If they let up, they could be accused of revisionism & called traitors. They’re caught in their own trap, a refugee says @AP

Radio PhnomPenh rules out negotiations to end the border war with Vietnam:

“The current conflict between Cambodia and Vietnam
is not a border dispute between two neighbouring countries. It is not a dispute which can be solved through compromise and negotiation.”