Word: kampuchea
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...illusion. Using its defensive strategies and mass mobilizations, the Red Army may be adequate for China's own purposes but can pose no offensive threat to the Soviets. Even Vietnam, smaller and poorer than China, was able to hold off a Chinese offensive in the late 1970's in Kampuchea...
...Chinese have long insisted on three conditions before ties could be improved: the Soviets remove some of their 49 divisions from Mongolia and the shared border; they withdraw from Afghanistan; and they end their support of Viet Nam's occupation of Kampuchea. Lately, the Chinese have hinted that they would be willing to settle for less. One possibility, which the Soviets may accept, is a token reduction of Soviet troops along the border. Agreement on that issue alone, Chinese diplomats now say, would be enough to allow the two countries to conduct serious negotiations on trade, thus sidestepping...
...officials are treating the slow courtship "with dignified calm," in the words of a U.S. official. Experts in Washington express confidence that enduring conflicts of interest, notably over Afghanistan and Kampuchea, will limit any new Sino-Soviet friendship. Says a U.S. analyst: "We don't really see these two agreeing on anything very significant. But we sure don't want them to, either." Even if the Soviets and the Chinese move closer, there will be plenty of warning. "The U.S. does not have to panic or go courting cravenly," says a U.S. diplomat. "We expect no dramatic changes...
...Soviet Union: I know that the Soviet Union is looking for a solution to the Afghanistan problem. The Soviet Union is in difficulty. It is in difficulty internally. It is in difficulty in Poland. It is in difficulty in Kampuchea, indirectly. And it is in great difficulty in Afghanistan. This is my own view, and I hope I'm right: if they can find a face-saving device, the Soviets do want to withdraw from Afghanistan. As for Pakistan, we have made it abundantly clear that there are four basic principles upon which we cannot compromise: the Soviet troops...
...Accused the U.S.S.R. and its allies of waging chemical war in violation of international treaties. Said Reagan: "There is conclusive evidence that the Soviet government has provided toxins for use in Laos and Kampuchea [Cambodia], and are themselves using chemical weapons against freedom fighters in Afghanistan...