Word: hun
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beneath the ravaged surface of the land, there is renewed vitality in this long-suffering country, a newfound sense of confidence. Surprisingly, the government of Hun Sen, installed by the Vietnamese, has begun to seek changes that could win it something no ruler has had for two decades: popular support. Owing largely to increasingly liberal economic policies, the Prime Minister, 38, is gaining credibility both abroad and at home for departing from Communist orthodoxy...
...Hun Sen's efforts to retain power when the last Vietnamese soldiers depart by Sept. 30 is the cooperation of Cambodia's former head of state, the wily and mercurial Prince Norodom Sihanouk, 67, who remains a powerful psychological symbol of better times. Last week, after the leaders held two days of talks in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Sihanouk indicated for the first time that he was prepared to return home as head of state without his partner in opposition, the Khmer Rouge. But the former monarch laid on a host of ifs and buts to his offer that...
Still, it was a guileful change of tone for Sihanouk, who had spurned previous invitations from the "illegitimate" Hun Sen regime. Only recently Sihanouk had called the Prime Minister "the valet of Vietnamese imperialism." Now the prince boasted, "I am the father of all Cambodians, so Hun Sen is my child...
...that paved the way for a successful summit next month between Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. The joint declaration was made by Viet Nam, Kampuchea and Laos, but it came largely at the instigation of the Soviets. "The military doesn't like it. They don't believe ((Premier)) Hun Sen's forces are ready," said a senior Vietnamese official in Ho Chi Minh City. "Basically, it's a political decision to withdraw. There's a lot of pressure to get out, especially from the Soviets." Moscow could ill afford to keep bankrolling the occupation of Kampuchea. Nor did that...
...cramped office trying to make conversation. State Representaive Robert A. Havern '72 (D-Arlinton), a former Crimson center who played under Coach Bill Cleary, said, "I can't wait to see the governor shake hands with Billy--you know his politics, 20 steps to the right of Attila the Hun." During the 10-minute meeting, there was no discussion of politics, and the session went without incident...