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...Khmer Rouge have expanded their areas of influence since Paris. Their intransigence is clearly visible in Kompong Thom province, on the northeastern shore of the Great Lake, one of the most tense regions in the country. Last July three U.N. military observers were based in the village of Kraya, where the Khmer Rouge were infiltrating men and supplies down from Thailand. The local Khmer Rouge commander, General Men Ron, told the observers to "get out or I will kill you." The three men were withdrawn and did not return to Kraya until the end of September. Since then...
...Khmer Rouge patrols have also been entering villages nominally controlled by Hun Sen's administration, tearing down election posters and confiscating radios. Recently, Khmer Rouge cadres in one district made villagers hand over their registration cards and cut them in two, keeping the half bearing the name. The message was terrifyingly clear. Still, U.N. observers believe the Khmer Rouge to be a much weaker force than generally assumed -- capable of terrorism but unable to mount large-scale assaults...
...despite the growing threats from the Khmer Rouge and Hun Sen's regime, the election can be brought off in most of the country, UNTAC will have given Cambodians a chance to move toward more representative government. The best outcome would appear to be a coalition between Hun Sen and the anticommunists under the state presidency of Prince Sihanouk. Some UNTAC officials suggest the inclusion of one or two Khmer Rouge in the interests of achieving real "national reconciliation...
...middle of the maze, and the road ahead remains obscure and perilous. A U.N. presence must be maintained to offer continued security against political terror from all sides. International aid must continue for years. A national army will have to be built, in the hope that die-hard Khmer Rouge elements can finally be defeated, and then tried...
Once again, Khmer Rouge forces seized and held United Nations peacekeeping troops. Initially 21, mostly Indonesian paratroopers, were held for two days in a hamlet 100 miles north of Phnom Penh by about 70 heavily armed guerrillas, who refuse to cooperate with the U.N. peace plan; 46 U.N. troops negotiating to free them were also briefly detained before all were released. In a separate incident, the Khmer Rouge were holding nine others from the U.N. under a threat of death at week's end. The episodes cast doubts on both the U.N.'s credibility and Cambodia's plans for elections...