15 January 1979

The Vietnamese army captures the provincial capital of Takeo, less than 50 miles from PhnomPenh, toward which it sends a column on Highway 3. It reportedly also controls the entire east of the Mekong.

MacNeil/Lehrer Report interviews @Elizbeckerwrite and R. Dudman on their recent trip to Cambodia and asks their judgement of Vietnam’s offensive and if the Khmer Rouge see it as a fight for survival:

https://t.co/jltEUqlf9q

@JimLaurie_Asia reports on Vietnamese airstrikes within thirty-five miles of PhnomPenh, that China is conditioning their citizens for war and that Pol Pot admits he might have to give up the east-part of the country:
https://t.co/aqfq5VGGx9

Jan.4 ,1979: After hurriedly evacuating Chinese embassy staff & advisors as well as Prince Sihanouk to Battambang yesterday, the Khmer Rouge return them to PhnomPenh, as they reassess the situation and decide they might hold the line against the Vietnamese after all: https://t.co/myaoojo15X