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...Western European allies even think of accepting the barbaric Khmer Rouge [March 2] in the U.N.? Unless the resistance groups in Cambodia disavow the Khmer Rouge, there is no excuse for the U.S. to give them any support, not even moral. The regime now in power may be proSoviet, but it is not carrying out mass murders. It would be disgraceful for the U.S. to help bring back this terror for the sake of controlling Soviet expansion...
...backstage maneuvering is now beginning to pay off for the Chinese. Last week, in an interview with TIME in Peking, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Wenjin disclosed that China was prepared to back a Sihanouk-led movement against the Vietnamese on the condition that the Khmer Rouge would be included. Moreover, he said China was willing to provide both political and military support to non-Communist resistance, which has been Sihanouk's main concern. "China's attitude is nonfaction-al," said Zhang. "We are willing to aid all the anti-Vietnamese forces of Kampuchea, and this includes providing...
...even if aided on a large scale from the outside, could dislodge the Vietnamese. In addition, even if an alliance of convenience were eventually to triumph over the Vietnamese forces in the country, which are estimated at 200,000, there is the danger that Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge might then turn its guns against Son Sann and Sihanouk. Moreover, not even the firm anti-Soviet predisposition of the Reagan Administration is likely to dispel American reluctance to get involved in another conflict with the Vietnamese...
...toughest obstacle may be whether Sihanouk and the Khmer Rouge can come to any agreement on the creation of a united insurgence force. Sihanouk and Khmer Rouge Leader Khieu Samphan will meet this week in Pyongyang, North Korea, to begin negotiations. But Sihanouk told TIME last week that he doubts there can be much immediate progress in what for him remains a very distasteful undertaking. Said he: "Personally, I do not like to cooperate with the Khmer Rouge. They have killed many of my compatriots, my children, my grandchildren, and my in-laws. It is terrible to have to cooperate...