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...years the U.S. had used the illogic now so characteristic of the Middle East--that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"--to justify its refusal to recognize the Hanoi- and Moscow-backed Hun Sen regime. Instead the U.S. cynically supported an opposition coalition which included the Khmer Rouge...
...ancient arts of Cambodian dance and music, all but annihilated by the Khmer Rouge, are preserved in these graceful, vivid performances. At New York City's Joyce Theater...
...Foreign patrons must pressure their Cambodian clients. This may be the U.N. plan's best hope. Optimists believe Moscow will lean on Hun Sen, and Beijing on the Khmer Rouge -- even to the point of cutting off military aid. Severe economic problems and the end of the cold war suggest that the optimists may be right about Soviet intentions. But despite China's agreement to the basic plan and certain vague "signals," it is by no means clear that Beijing would pressure the Khmer Rouge to capitulate. If it does not, more war is likely; if it does, the Khmer...
...cease- fires have lasted long enough for the guns to cool. The U.N. plan calls for the four armies to be corralled into "cantonment areas," where their weapons would be stored under "U.N. supervision." Experience with the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong during the Vietnam War and with the Khmer Rouge over the past 20 years suggests that this is a pipe dream. There are reports that the Khmer Rouge is already developing jungle caches of weapons and personnel in anticipation of a possible cease-fire...
...Sihanouk. Now the various factions simply use him, or his name, at their pleasure. Last June the Prince joined Hun Sen in a call for a Supreme National Council along the lines Hun Sen prefers. But it is unclear whether this was really a split with his Khmer Rouge allies or a ploy aimed at persuading an increasingly shaky U.S. Congress to continue providing nonlethal aid to the noncommunist members of the rebel coalition. Sihanouk is as hard to pin down as a ball of mercury. If he began to lead again, he might make a difference...