កម្ពុជា ឆ្នាំ ១៩៨៥

 1985-1989 Chronology Of Cambodian History

• Jan. 3, 1985 Vietnam's ambassador to the UN said his country intended to conduct war against Cambodian resistance year-round, not just in the dry season as in the past years.
• Jan. 6, 1985 Vietnamese forces captured the Khmer Rouge's camps of Nam Yun and Chong Bok.
• Jan. 7-8, 1985 KPNLF headquarters captured. A 4000-strong Vietnamese force backed by tanks and artilleries began their attack on Jan. 7 and overran Ampil camp, the following day forcing 4000-5000 of its defenders to flee into Thailand.
• Jan. 9, 1985 US issue a Directive 158 concerning its policy toward Southeast Asia (The Kampuchea Problem).
• Jan. 10, 1985 Thailand and Vietnam agreed to establish a demilitarized zone along part of Cambodia-Thai border to avoid further clashes between the two forces. Vietnamese forces occupying Cambodia frequently cross into Thailand in pursuit of Cambodian rebels.
• Jan. 11, 1985 After losing a series of bases along Cambodia-Thai border, Son Sann, leader of KPNLF, said at a news conference that his forces would turn to hit-and-run guerrilla tactics against the Vietnamese because they were not strong enough to fight a conventional war.
• Jan. 14, 1985 The 8th PRK National Assembly end its 4-days session in Phnom Penh.  Hun Sen is formally elected prime minister.
• Jan. 21, 1985 Soviet Party delegation led by Ivan Kovalenko, deputy head of International Department of USSR Party Central Committee, left Phnom Penh after 7-days visit.  The delegation met with Premier Hun Sen and Yos Por, head of PRK-USSR Friendship Association.
• Jan. 23, 1985 China warned that it would teach Vietnam a "second lesson" if it continue the fighting in Cambodia. Speaking at a news conference in Bangkok, Chinese FM Wu Xuequian said China would not stand by and permits Vietnam to continue provoking Thailand.
• Jan. 31, 1985 PRK and French Red Cross associations signed a cooperation agreement on restoration of Anti-tuberculosis Institute, in which the French would help construct a new 90-bed building for the institute and send laboratory equipment and medical workers.
• Feb. 3, 1985 CGDK held its fifth cabinet meeting under chairmanship of Prince Sihanouk with Son Sann and Khieu Samphan also participated.  The meeting was held at the Khmer Rouge’s stronghold of Phnom Malai.
• Feb. 6, 1985 Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand asked the Soviet Union to stop supporting Vietnamese forces occupying Cambodia.
• Feb. 9, 1985 Prince Sihanouk received the credentials of ambassadors from Senegal, North Korea, Bangladesh and Mauritania in Phnom Malai.
• Feb. 11, 1985 ASEAN foreign ministers, meeting in Bangkok, appealed to international community for military aid for the Cambodian resistance. It was the first time that the organization had collectively appeal for such aid for all three resistances groups in the CGDK. Prince Sihanouk disclosed that the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping had assured him China would invade Vietnam if the CGDK face military defeat.
• Feb. 12-15, 1985 Vietnamese force captured a series of Khmer Rouge bases along Cambodia-Thai border in a large Vietnamese offensive to push out rebels off Cambodia territory. The base at Phnom Malai was seized on Feb. 12, Khao Din on Feb. 14 and Phum Thmei, which had served as the capital for the coalition government, the following day.
• Feb. 19, 1985 Thailand filed a protest with the UN accuse Vietnam of using poison gas against Cambodian resistance forces and charged that four rockets containing phosgene gas and hydrogen cyanide had landed on Thai territory.
• Feb. 26, 1985 Prince Sihanouk proposed an international conference on Cambodia, which he hoped would lead to the eventual formation of a democratic government of national conciliation. The Prince made his propose while he was in Australia for talks with Australian FM Bill Hayden.
• March 5, 1985 Vietnamese forces launched an offensive against the last major resistance base, Tatum that was headquarters of guerrillas loyal to Prince Sihanouk, and captured it a week later. By capturing Tatum, Vietnamese forces occupying Cambodia completed their sweeping of Cambodian resistance bases along the border with Thailand.
• March 6, 1985 China rejected Prince Sihanouk's proposal for an international conference on Cambodia without precondition, and reiterated its position that Vietnam must withdraw from Cambodia before any talks could be held.
• March 8, 1985 Vietnam agreed to an international conference on Cambodia, which was proposed by Prince Sihanouk on Feb. 26, but on condition that the Khmer Rouge must be excluded.
• March 9, 1985 Phnom Penh news agency SPK announced the reshuffling of cabinet: Finance Minister Chan Phin was named to serve concurrently as minister for local and foreign trade, while the departing Minister Tang Saroem would head the Ministry for Economic and Cultural Cooperation with Foreign Countries; Ma Sabun was named to head the Ministry for Social Action and Invalids; Deputy Defense Minister Tea Banh became minister of Communications, Transport and Posts, replacing Khun Chhy who was named designate minister attached to the offices of the Council of Ministers. 
• March 12, 1985 Chinese President Li Xiannian, on his visit to Thailand, pledged to continue support for the CGDK in struggling against the Vietnamese's occupation of Cambodia.
• PRK PM Hun Sen outlines six requirement for Kampuchean settlement: (1) Elimination of Pol Pot forces by political and military fields; (2) withdrawal of Vietnamese troops after Pol Pot is eliminated; (3) free and supervised elections can be held immediately if certain individuals and groups join PRK against Pol Pot gang; (4) creation of peaceful coexistence and stability among SE Asian countries with different social and political regimes; (5) cessation of all interference by countries outside the region; and (6) creation of international guarantees and supervision of above agreements.
• March 20, 1985 The U.S. House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Asian and Pacific affairs voted to provide aid to two non-communist Cambodian rebels led by Prince Sihanouk and former PM Son Sann. The fund of $5 million, which channel through Thailand, could be used for military purchases.
• March 28, 1985 PRK Ministry of Defense and Vietnam announced a partial withdrawal of some of 15,000 Vietnamese troops from Kampuchea beginning early April.
• April 3, 1985 CGDK announced in Bangkok it had decided to form a joint permanent body to improve coordination among the three resistance groups.
• April 23, 1985 PRK announced a bounty program for defectors from the resistance groups.  The payment for individual was 200-1000 Riels, documents 500-1000 Riels, weapons 200-1000 Riels. Prince Sihanouk, who was in Pyongyang, said he had decided to resign as president of the CGDK, citing poor health.
• April 24, 1985 The UN special envoy in charge of coordination humanitarian aid to Kampuchea departed Phnom Penh after 6-days visit to assess the country food situation.
• May 2, 1985 Japan appointed Shintaro Yamashita, official in the Japanese embassy to Bangkok, as charge d’affairs ad interim for CGDK.  Cambodian resistance had urged Japan to name an ambassador to its government.
• May 6, 1985 PRK delegation led by Bou Thang departed Phnom Penh for Moscow to attend the 40th anniversary of the defeat of Germany in World War II.  The day was also celebrated in Phnom Penh.
• May 15, 1985 US Sen. Murkowski introduces S.AMDT.123; Sen. Dole introduces S.AMDT.143
• May 19, 1985A USSR military delegation headed by Lt. Gen. V.S. Nechayev arrived in Phnom Penh for a visit.
• May 21, 1985 Sierra Leone granted diplomatic recognition to the CGDK.
• May 30, 1985 UN Economic and Social Council passed a draft resolution on violation of human rights in Kampuchea and other countries.  Vietnam UN Ambassador Le Kim Chung denounced the vote as a gross interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign country.
• June 1, 1985 A Vietnam Party-State delegation headed by Truong Chinh arrived in Phnom Penh for a 5-days goodwill visit.
• June 27, 1985 A CGDK official, Gen. Dien Del, announced plan for the creation of a single command for the ANS and KPNLAF, which had a combined force of about 25,000.
• July 1, 1985 The second annual Indochina Planning Conference opened in Phnom Penh to work out a Five Year Plan (1986-90).  Kampuchea represented by Chea Soth, Vietnam by Vo Van Kiet and Laos by Sali Vongkhamsao.
• July 3, 1985 Prince Sihanouk, in Beijing, expressed strong support for the Thai’s proposal of indirect talks to settle Kampuchea problem.  He said the proposal was similar to the formula used with the Viet Minh at the 1954 Geneva Conference.
• July 8, 1985 ASEAN, at its 18th ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur, issued a joint statement reaffirm its 4-pionts position for settling Kampuchea problem: (1) withdrawal of foreign forces from Kampuchea; (2) establish a UN supervisor and control commission; (3) national reconciliation base on self-determination; and (4) UN supervised elections. U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz met with top CGDK leaders in Bangkok and condemned Vietnamese occupation of Kampuchea.  Present at the meeting were Prince Ranariddh, representing Prince Sihanouk; Gen. Sak Sutsakhan, KPNLAF Commander-in-Chief; and Dr. Abdul Gaffar, a senior KPNLF official.
• July 9, 1985 The U.S. House of Representatives, in vote of 288-122, approved amendment authorizing $10 millionfor FY 1986 and 1987 for military and economic aid to the non-communist resistance in Kampuchea.
• July 12-13, 1985 Japan proposed peace for Cambodia. At a ministerial meeting of ASEAN in Jakarta, Indonesia, Japanese FM Shintaro Abe announced his country's three-point peace plan for Cambodia: 1-Japan would support peacekeeping forces in the area after a phased Vietnamese withdrawal. 2-Democratic nations would dispatch personnel to supervise elections in an independent Cambodia. 3-Japan would provide economic cooperation and technical assistance for reconstruction in the Indochinese countries.
• July 18, 1985 CGDK official Ieng Thirith and delegation arrived in Nairobi to attend Conference on UN Decade for Women.  PRK FM Hun Sen sent message to UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar protesting the presence of CGDK delegation. Vietnam Ambassador to Thailand Tran Quan Co dismissed idea of a direct of indirect meeting between Vietnamese and Prince Sihanouk.
• Aug. 1, 1985 Malaysian Deputy FM abdul Kadir Shiekh said the Soviet Union ruled out any direct role for itself in settlement of the Kampuchean problem.
• Aug. 3, 1985 Prince Ranariddh told journalists he had just spent four days in the resistance held area and was encouraged by the spirit even though medical and other services in the pro-Sihanouk villages were very poor.
• Aug. 16, 1985 The 11th Indochinese Foreign Ministers Conference ended its 2-days session in Phnom Penh.  On Kampuchea issue, the ministers said they find acceptable to the idea of Hanoi and Jakarta acting as respective “interlocutors” to get negotiations started.
• Aug. 20, 1985 Prince Sihanouk said he would not meet with Heng Samrin or anyone from the PRK to discuss peace in Kampuchea, and Son Sann also rejected face-to-face talks with Hun Sen.  Both said they must deal with the Vietnamese if a meaningful political settlement was to be reached.
• Aug. 24, 1985 Gen. Sak Sutsakhan, KPNLAF Commander-in-Chief, was named commander-in-chief of the newly formed Joint Military Command with Gen. Teap Ben of the National Sihanoukist Army (NSA), as his deputy.  Gen. Toan Chay (NSA) was named JMC Chief of Staff with Dr. Abdul Gaffar (KPNLF) as his deputy. Khmer Rouge issued an announcement saying, (1) National Army of Democratic Kampuchea High Military Committee was abolished; (2) Defense chief Son Sen had been named chairman of the High Command of the NADK; and (3) Pol Pot had retired from his military duties, and he was taking a position of Chairman of the High Institute for National Defense, a research and development organ.
• Aug. 28, 1985 Prince Sihanouk chaired the CGDK Council of Ministers meeting in Kampuchea; and received the credentials of new envoys from China and Bangladesh.
• Sept. 23, 1985 PRK Council of State decreed compulsory military service in Kampuchea.  Five years of service was required for all males between 18 and 30 years of age.
• Oct. 5, 1985 PRK launched an ambitious effort to expand and develop the Kampuchean People’s Army, political commissar Cheang Am told an interviewer.  The officer corps would be drawn from the remaining Issarak army.
• Oct. 10, 1985 Phnom Penh’s new shopping center (former central market) officially opened, offering food, art objects, household articles, and other consumer goods.
• Oct. 13, 1985 The fifth congress of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) was held in Phnom Penh with 250 delegates representing 7,500 Party members in 22 regional branches, and also representatives and observers from about 15 socialist countries and foreign communist parties. Heng Samrin was re-elected as party general secretary.
• Oct. 17, 1985 PRACHEACHON, KPRP official newspaper, began its publication in Phnom Penh, editing by Mme. Som Kimsuor - a Party Central Committee member.
• Oct. 18, 1985 Lon Nol, the former president of the Khmer Republic, died in a Fullerton, Calif., hospital at age 72.  He had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 1971.
• Nov. 5, 1985 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/40/7, by vote of 114-21 with 16 abstentions, calling for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces from Cambodia.
• Nov. 6, 1985 Vietnamese forces were reported move a large number of troops toward Thai-Kampuchean border in anticipation of the start of another dry season offensive against resistance forces.
• Nov. 10, 1985 Italian PM Bettino Craxi assured Prince Sihanouk, on tour in Europe, that his government would continue to support the CGDK as the sole legal government of Kampuchea.
• Nov. 15, 1985 PRK State Council named Tep Hen as new ambassador to Vietnam and Sok An as ambassador to India. CGDK VP Khieu Samphan, in an interview upon his return from UNGA meeting in New York, predicted heavy Vietnamese dry season offensive against resistance forces.
• Dec. 7, 1985 CGDK top leaderships, Prince Sihanouk, Khieu Samphan and Son Sann, arrived in Beijing for a 4-days official consultations with Chinese officials, including Deng Xiaoping.
• Dec. 27, 1985 Son Sann, CGDK prime minister and KPNLF president, said the factional dispute within the coalition government would be resolved very soon.  Intensive maneuvering and political infighting within the resistance organization had embroiled for sometimes, with which much of it was blamed on Son Sann. PRK and Vietnam signed a “treaty on principles for settling border problems” between the two countries.  NA Chairman Chea Sim signed for Kampuchea and FM Nguyen Co Thach for Vietnam.
• Dec. 28, 1985 CGDK issued a statement denouncing the border treaty concluded by the PRK and Vietnam, saying the agreement in fact abolishes the border between Kampuchea and Vietnam and that it was signed by the PRK under duress.