PekingReview denies Russian allegations that “many Chinese military advisers have taken part in Cambodia’s military actions” and says Russia is stirring up trouble” for the sole purpose of bringing unrest to the region.”

Commander Tran Van Thuong, 34 years old, and major of the 9th Vietnamese Division, is captured by the Khmer Rouge in the territorial waters of Cambodia while on a reconnaissance mission. His confession is broadcast on radio PhnomPenh https://t.co/3KSMz5LW91 @MichaelGVann That is probably an illustration, as they use one in the article as well. Time magazine did the same some time ago https://t.co/TNa9xoi2We https://t.co/7NjnNO8O8s

Newsweek reports on the conditions inside Cambodia. “Nobody expects the Khmer Rouge to discard its ruthless policies. The brutalities do not seem to be a temporary tactic designed to build a better society.” https://t.co/ulEpvV9Azq Jan. 23, 1978:”Khmer Rouge leaders are intellectuals, trained in🇫🇷.They acknowledged that therefore they have individualist tendencies that could come out. If they let up, they could be accused of revisionism & called traitors. They’re caught in their own trap, a refugee says @AP Radio PhnomPenh rules out negotiations to end the border war with Vietnam: “The current conflict between Cambodia and Vietnam is not a border dispute between two neighbouring countries. It is not a dispute…

Jan.22, 1978: Concluding their 2-week visit,🇸🇪🇩🇰🇫🇮 ambassadors return from Cambodia. In PhnomPenh only main streets are open. It resembles a “ghost city”, not having the claimed 20,000 inhabitants. People are brought to the city for the day taken out in the evening. On money: https://t.co/8Ntrk8PCbP

Jan. 21, 1978:🇩🇰Ambassador Mortensen reports on his recent trip to Cambodia: On a crumbling PhnomPenh with closed schools and patrolling kids with AK-47s (1), expensive goods like operational cars just lying around (2) & only two tractors seen in operation on a 300km trip (3): https://t.co/ghcOLn9gHW