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9 August 1978
July 29, 1978: Khmer Rouge Defence Minister Son Sen arrives in Peking to seek China’s military commitment against Vietnam. The Chinese leaders advise him to begin preparations for a protracted guerrilla war by digging tunnels, setting up arms caches, and mobilizing the masses. July 29, 1978: More than 300 Cambodians flee to Thailand, taking advantage of laxer security by the Khmer Rouge due to IENG Sary’s visit. @Refugees says another reason is that the KR started purging the relatives of those who have already fled Cambodia.
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4 August 1978
July 24, 1978: @nytimes reports that Cambodian refugees in Thailand will face difficulties in beeing admitted to the US, as few can qualify under the priority given by the State Department to refugees with close kin the US or a record of service to the US Government.
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1 August 1978
July 21, 1978: Indonesia envisions normal relations with Cambodia, where the Indonesian ambassador in Bangkok would have dual accreditation to🇰🇭. “We won’t send one of our diplomats into house arrest in Phnom Penh.” Indonesia wants to receive Khmer Rouge FM Ieng Sary soon. July 21, 1978: In a note to @UN the Khmer Rouge reject charges of mass violations of human rights by assuring that it “does not murder,” but pursues “a noble goal by serving the people on the basis of just policies.” It accuses🇬🇧of “odious interference” for its report to the UN.
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30 July 1978
July 19, 1978: “Laos has ended its neutrality and pledges full support for Vietnam in its disputes with China and Cambodia”, announces the Laotian radio.
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29 July 1978
July 18, 1978: @nytimes reports that refugees in Thailand & Vietnam give identical accounts of life Cambodia. Recent arrivals describe a continuing reign of terror despite good crops, a steady consolidation of power by the Khmer Rouge & international outrage.
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28 July 1978
July 17, 1978: Khmer Rouge FM IENG Sary’s four day visit to Thailand, where he met the king and PM Kriangsak, comes to an end without progress regarding the border conflict or the establishment of diplomatic relations, as no communique has been issued. https://t.co/tOTmUOai1y July 17, 1978: At a press conference in Bangkok, Khmer Rouge FM IENG Sary vehemently denies that millions have been massacred in Cambodia. Selected journalists that “report the truth” would be allowed entry. Breaking diplomatic protocol, he charged Vietnam as a menace to SEA. https://t.co/te0yp9FI0s
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25 July 1978
July 14, 1978: The 59-page British report to @UN includes refugee accounts, “so numerous, consistent & mutually corroborative, that it is impossible to doubt the their general truth” One says: “millions of Cambodians died as a result of the Khmer Rouge revolution”
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21 July 1978
July 10, 1978: “We are patiently waiting for them to come to the conference table. Vietnam is now in the middle of reconstruction & has nothing to gain by clashing with these countries,” says Vietnam’s Deputy FM, Phan Hien, referring to🇻🇳’s disputes with Cambodia & China.
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18 July 1978
July 7, 1978: “The Khmer Rouge are mostly illiterate, know little of politics, nothing of administration. They know only how to kill” (1) “Usually it was the old and sick who were taken [killed] first ” (2) tells Cambodian refugee San Daravong @UPI in the Buri Ram reguee camp. https://t.co/LfT5mdbkyQ
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16 July 1978
@Muhamma62071531 One official reason is some sort of retaliation that many Chinese merchants left Vietnam in May, because the currency of South Vietnam was put of circulation & currency controls were introduced. More likely: China is allied with Cambodia in the escalating border conflict with🇻🇳 July 5, 1978: Khmer Rouge cadre An singles out CHEN Din as the ringleader of 7 traitors planning to destroy collective properties in Chamkar Sieng so that it would again become private: https://t.co/ltiWtc3hpy