6 November 1976

.@BangkokPostNews reports that Cambodia is still a mystery to the west and that despite recent indications by the Khmer Rouge of seeking wider contacts – FM Ieng Sary visiting Romania and the UN in NY- Cambodia remains a “paranoid situation, one of the strangest on the globe”. https://t.co/LliZVL2lBj

As malaria is widespread, the US makes an exemption on humanitarian grounds of its trade embargo and permits the export of 4 tons of DDT worth some $450,000 to Cambodia.

Politically, the US wants to show it “looks to the future rather than the past in its relationship with 🇰🇭”