17 December 1978

“”toward regimes which persist in wholesale violations of human rights, we will not hesitate to convey our outrage, nor will we pretend that our relations are unaffected,” says US President Carter in his speech on human rights, citing Cambodia as an example.

Speaking at a banquet at the Chinese embassy in PhnomPenh, Khmer Rouge Commerce Chief Rith says Cambodia’s army is well prepared. Vietnam is isolated diplomatically as it is seen as the aggressor & that the Salvation Front uses a Khmer name to conceal🇻🇳 agression. https://t.co/9LX1BhvdY3