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Article: Cambodia's Hun Sen Is No Savior; In an Interview, the Vietnamese-Backed Leader Is Tough and Tempermental
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- The Washington Post
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- April 16, 1989
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Hun Sen, this country's prime minister, is the toast of Asia
these days. His supporters argue that the 37-year-old leader,
installed and backed by the Vietnamese, has turned out to be more
than a puppet.
Hun Sen is really a nationalist, capable of breaking away from
the Vietnamese and Soviet orbit if he receives Western help, argue
some Thai officials and western diplomats. They express what seems
to be a growing consensus in Asia that the best way out of the
Cambodia conflict is for Prince Sihanouk, the country's former
leader, to make a deal with Hun Sen-leaving the ruthless Khmer Rouge
faction out in the cold.
But a talk with Hun Sen last week dispelled some of the myths
that have ...
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