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Elsewhere, the affair left foreign offices puzzled about which way to lean. The Rumanian government, once again at odds with Moscow, took Cambodia's side and declared that the ouster of Pol Pot was "a heavy blow for the prestige of socialism." Washington was almost bemused by the spectacle of one ferocious Communist nation pulverizing another. It was, said one senior Administration official, a case of "an abhorrent regime being overthrown by an abhorrent aggression...
After dwelling so long beyond the world's gaze, the Chinese suddenly seemed everywhere, bargaining intensely, cutting deals, eager to learn how the rest of mankind makes things work. In August, Hua visited Eastern Europe, where he gaily danced a hora with Rumanian youths. That spectacle on their European front did not amuse the Soviets, who keep 43 of their best combat divisions tied down along their 4,500-mile border with China. Teng went to Japan to ratify a peace and friendship treaty, pledging amid champagne toasts to "let bygones be bygones." He then flew to Thailand, Malaysia...
...Warsaw Pact summit in Moscow, he rebuffed Soviet demands for increased defense spending. Later, in Bucharest, he told a "workers' meeting" that he would not make "exaggerated expenditures" on arms. Ceauşescu added; that Rumania "will not surrender to anyone the right to involve the Rumanian, military in any action"-a clear message to Moscow that Bucharest intends to keep its forces out of Soviet control...
...numbers; if Peking has its way, tens of thousands of Chinese students will be roaming university campuses throughout the non-Communist world within a decade. The country's leaders themselves are being seen more and more abroad. In Rumania, Hua even took part in a peasant dance with Rumanian youths, which produced predictable sniffs of disapproval in Moscow...
Goma, who was imprisoned for nine months in 1977 for his outspoken opposition to the Rumanian government, denounced "the myth that Rumania conducts an independent foreign policy. "Rumanian foreign policy is contined by a framework that is set down by the Soviet Union and is never exceeded," Goma said...