In a letter to @UN SC, Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister IENG Sary claims that the KR government and army are still functioning and that Vietnam “can not exercise control over even 10,000 people” and alleges massacres, rape & the looting of Angkor Wat by the Vietnamese. https://t.co/TJ5FOnSMD0

Broadcasting from China, Khmer Rouge radio quotes KR officials commanding “each guerrilla unit to kill 3 Vietnamese a day” and highlighting various guerrilla tactics (1). The Salvation Front’s SPK agency meanwhile called for “redoubled vigilance” against the KR. (2) https://t.co/Pco02jYO1A A Thai news reporter crosses into Cambodia from Tapraya district & walks to a Khmer Rouge camp. Its 35-year-old leader says their morale is high despite lacking supplies. White or red clothes tied on the barrel of the rifles lets them identify other KR soldiers.

Reporting from the Thai-Cambodian border, H. Kamm wonders why Thailand is not seeing the expected surge in Cambodian refugees, as only a couple of hundreds have crossed since the beginning of the large‐scale fighting: https://t.co/gaVe2Zthul The Vietnamese army is facing serious resistance from guerrilla Khmer Rouge units, which also “punished” Cambodians who collaborated with 🇻🇳, reports @nytimes. Fear of revenge is believed to be inhibiting the growth of widespread popular support for the Vietnamese. Chinese government media reports that Vietnamese soldiers killed four Chinese frontier guards and wounded seven others in the border areas of Yunnan and Guangxi of China.

After the US refused Sihanouk asylum & France conditioned it on the cessation of all political activities (and no monetary support), Chinese Vice- Premier Deng convinces Sihanouk to return to Beijing after promising that he doesn’t need to work with the Khmer Rouge https://t.co/gUvru1moPb

China issues Ieng Sary a passport under the alias Su Hao (a variation of the name of its ambassador to Cambodia, Sun Hao). His “Service Passport” allows him to move unquestioned in and out of countries that recognise Chinese passports. https://t.co/Jy2sRa2Ep3

The United States is “working closely” with @ASEAN, Prince Norodom Sihanouk and China “to see what can be done to induce Vietnam to withdraw from Cambodia,” says Richard Holbrooke, Assistant US Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

“Vietnam’s quick takeover was possible because of a lack of support within Cambodia for Pol Pot’s government due to its domestic policies. The Khmer Rouge leaders were “young children; they had no experience; they had to learn,” says China’s ambassador to Thailand

China lost face, the Soviet Union & Vietnam look like winners, but long-term success depends on Cambodia’s new rulers. “If stability returns & the authorities give a good account of themselves, people may forget their outrage at the Vietnamese,” writes Newsweek. https://t.co/jhtKAtgmKb

While sharply condemning Vietnam’s invasion of Cambodia, Sweden does not plan to reduce aid as its assistance has taken the form of long-term projects, which “don’t lend themselves to punitive cuts” & aid must be judged by “the needs of the suffering population”