12 January 1979

The Khmer Rouge call all male & female combatants and cadres to “strengthen the stance of constant and absolute fight against the Yuon [Vietnamese] enemy who is invading and swallowing Kampuchean (Cambodian) land and attempting to exterminate the Kampuchean race”

The Salvation Front annuls the categorisation of Cambodians into “old” & “new” people, abolishes the local administrative structures of the Khmer Rouge, offers an amnesty to Khmer Rouge soldiers & admins and promises that Cambodians would have sufficient food.

The United States and the People’s Republic of China establish diplomatic relations. The United States recognizes the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal Government of China. Both promise to not seek hegemony in the region.