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Article: CAMBODIA AID QUAGMIRE FOR U.S. TO AVOID.(Perspective)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 4, 1989
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Byline: Alan Cranston
Ten years after being driven from Phnom Penh by invading Vietnamese forces, the dreaded Khmer Rouge is back, ready to deploy 30,000 troops and equipped with a two-year supply of arms furnished by China and now stockpiled inside Cambodia.
With occupying Vietnamese forces scheduled to withdraw from Cambodia by Sept. 30, U.S. national interests require prompt action to prevent the Khmer Rouge's return to power and to promote peace for the people of Cambodia.
There are promising signs of an emerging compromise between Prince Norodom Sihanouk, leader of the three-party resistance coalition, and Cambodian Premier Hun Sen, ...