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 1989 Chronology Of Cambodian History

• Jan. 23, 1989 A 10-member Thai parliamentary delegation arrived in Phnom Penh for the first visit of Thai legislators.  The delegation met with Dep. PM Chea Soth, NA Chairman Chea Sim and NA Vice-Chairman Mat Ly.
• Jan. 25, 1989 PRK PM Hun Sen arrived in Bangkok for a 2-days unofficial visit with top Thai officials.
• Feb. 10, 1989 Thai PM Chatchai Chunhavan announced that his government would legalize import of logs from Kampuchea to help alleviate Thai shortage resulting from a nation-wide logging ban.
• Feb. 14, 1989 PRK Council of Ministers approved the creation of an 11-member Khmer-Thai economic cooperation commission chair by Defense Minister Tea Banh.
• Feb. 18, 1989 PRK National Assembly amended Articles 15, 16 and 17 of its Constitution on property tenure and the inheritance of landed property distributed by the state.  It was interpreted as the legalization of private land ownership.
• Feb. 21, 1989 Talks on a Cambodian peace agreement among Indochinese and ASEAN representatives ended inconclusively.
• Feb. 26, 1989 U.S. President George Bush meets with Prince Sihanouk in Beijing.
• March 1, 1989 PRK Sec. Gen. Of Kampuchea Red Cross, My Samedy, arrived in the U.S. for a 3-weeks visit.
• March 23, 1989 The PRK State Council created the Commission for Amending the Constitution chair by NA Chairman Chea Sim.
• March 29, 1989 A U.S. Congressional delegation headed by Stephen Solarz, Chairman of House Sub Committee on Asia and Pacific, arrived in Phnom Penh.  They met with PRK PM Hun Sen to discuss JIM II talks.
• April 5, 1989 Vietnam announced that all its troops would leave Cambodia by Sept 30.
• April 13, 1989 A relic of the Buddha, reputed to be one of his bones, was enshrined in the stupa in front of the Phnom Penh railway station.  The ceremony was attended by Heng Samrin, Hun Sen and other high-ranking officials.
• April 18, 1989 The CGDK was banned from the Southeast Asian Game in Malaysia next August, following rejection of its appeal to the International Olympic Committee.  The ASEAN countries were warned of reprisals if they allow the CGDK to participate.
• April 21, 1989 A 25-member Thai parliamentary delegation arrived in Phnom Penh for a 4-days visit.  The delegation met with PRK Defense Minister Tea Banh and PM Hun Sen, who said general elections would be held in November and asked Thailand not to aid the CGDK after Vietnamese troops withdrawal.
• April 30, 1989 PRK National Assembly ratified the revised constitution; the country was renamed from People’s Republic of Kampuchea to THE STATE OF CAMBODIA (SOC).  The new national anthem and a new flag were adopted; and the death penalty was abolished.
• May 1, 1989 U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle met with Prince Sihanouk in Indonesia.
• May 3, 1989 Prince Sihanouk and Son Sann held talks with Phnom Penh Premier Hun Sen.
• May 6, 1989 SOC PM Hun Sen met with Thai PM Chatchai Chunhawan in Bangkok following the JIM II talks in Jakarta. Phnom Penh residents celebrated the lifting of city’s 10 pm curfew, which was in effect since 1979.
• May 18, 1989 The Sino-Soviet summit in Beijing concluded and issued communiqué declaring “on the Cambodian issue, the two sides recalled the decision on the total withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from Cambodia by September this year,…..the countries concerned should gradually reduce and end all military aid to any Cambodian warring faction.  The China and USSR affirmed that they will make every effort for an early, fair, and suitable solution to the Cambodian issue by political move….”
• May 22, 1989 Romanian Amb. Angelo Miculescu is invited by the Chinese Foreign Ministry to discuss issues including Cambodia, in which the Chinese made its position clear in order to solve Cambodia's problem. [Read more]
• May 23, 1989 A delegation of Vietnam Ministry of Finance concluded its 8-days Cambodia visit, after holding working sessions on financial cooperation between the two countries.
• May 27, 1989 Im Tam, former Khmer Republic prime minister, visited Kampuchea.  He met with President Heng Samrin and NA Chairman Chea Sim during his 4-weeks stay.
• June 1, 1989 U.S. President George Bush remarks following discussions with British PM Margaret Thatcher in London, Cambodia problem was discussed. [The remark]
• June 9, 1989 U.S. Press Secretary Fitzwater issues statement on President Bush's meeting with Indonesia President Soeharto; situation in Cambodia was discussed. [Statement]
• June 20, 1989 The first squadron of MIG-21 jet fighters pilot by Cambodian landed at Pochentong airfield.  They were greeted by President Heng Samrin and Deputy Defense Minister Pol Saroeun in a ceremony.
• June 28, 1989 CGDK PM Son Sann warmed the SOC and foreign oil companies that the announced agreement on exploration and exploitation of offshore oil sites was considered null and void by the CGDK.
• July 3, 1989 A 5-months course on administration and judiciary for 178 cadres ended in Phnom Penh.  The school had trained 2,300 cadres in administration and judiciary since first established in 1982.
• July 5, 1989 The KPRP Central Committee week-long 9th Plenum, chaired by General Secretary Heng Samrin, concluded in Phnom Penh.
• July 6, 1989 SOC Dep. FM Bo Rasi ended a 3-days visit to Uganda.
• July 10, 1989 SOC PM Hun Sen received in Phnom Penh Chhang Song, Chairman of Samakom Khemarak Sangkruos and former Khmer Republic minister of information.  The premier commended Chhang Song for his opposition to U.S. military aid to Cambodian non-communist resistance groups.
• July 11, 1989 The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit in Washington court against the U.S. State Department for denial of a nonimmigrant visa to Khieu Kanharith, editor of Kampuchea newspaper. U.S. Assistance Sec. Of State for East Asia and the Pacific Richard Solomon arrived in Bangkok and met with Thai PM Chatchai Chunhawan.  The two discussed U.S. lethal aid to Prince Sihanouk and Son Sann, and Thailand’s new business approach to Indochina.
• July 20, 1989 US Sent. Murkowski, Pell, Robb introduce S.AMDT.380, S.AMDT.381, S.AMDT.382 amememnt to establish policy concerning the provision of assistance to free and modern Cambodia.
• July 21, 1989 The U.S. Senate approved the idea of the Bush administration providing arms to Cambodian non-communist resistance forces.  It also called for a coalition government in Cambodia with Prince Sihanouk and Son Sann factions assuming a leading role. U.S. President George Bush remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating Captive Nations Week.  [The remark]
• July 23, 1989 A 5-days international seminar on the “phenomenon of genocide and the prevention of the genocidal Pol Potist’s return to power in Cambodia” concluded in Phnom Penh, attended by some 130 foreign observers and specialists.
• July 25, 1989 Prince Sihanouk and Hun Sen meet again in Paris.
• July 28, 1989 U.S. President George Bush remarks on the Signing of National POW/MIA Recognition Day Proclamation. [The remark]
• July 29, 1989 Costa Rica Deputy FM Rivera concluded a 4-days visit to Cambodia during which the two countries established formal diplomatic relations.  Rivera called on Thailand to stop providing sanctuary to Cambodian resistance forces and advocated an empty seat for Cambodia in the U.N. until a new government was established through elections.
• Aug. 4, 1989 SOC PM Hun Sen stopped in Moscow en route to Phnom Penh from Paris and met with USSR Dep. FM Anatolity Adamishin. “THE KILLING FIELDS” film premiered in Phnom Penh attended by 600 diplomats and government officials, the film’s director Roland Joffe, journalist Sydney Schanberg, Dith Pran and Haing Ngor.
• Aug. 5, 1989 The Killing Fields movies open in Phnom Penh.
• Aug. 7, 1989 A 15-member UN fact-finding team arrives in Phnom Penh in preparation for a possible UN peace-monitoring mission in Cambodia.
• Aug. 27, 1989 FUNCINPEC announces the resignation of Prince Sihanouk as the head of the organization.
• Aug. 30, 1989 An International Conference on Cambodia (Paris Conference), held in Paris from July 30-Aug. 30, is suspended. The conference fails in bridging differences among the Cambodian warring factions and their backers over a peace agreement.
• Sept. 1, 1989 U.S. President George Bush remarks following discussions with Japanese PM Toshiki Kaifu, in which Cambodia issue is discussed. [The remark]
• Sept. 3, 1989 KPNLF launches a major recruitment campaign at Site II refugee camp in anticipation of future increased fighting.
• Oct. 10, 1989 A group of Americans leads by Edmund Muskie, former U.S. Secretary of State and Senator, visit Phnom Penh and meet with PM Hun Sen.
• Oct. 12, 1989 US Rep. Richardson introduces H.AMDT.276
• Oct. 13, 1989 U.S. President George Bush remarks at a White House briefing for members of the Asian-American Voters Coalition. [The remark]
• Oct. 16, 1989 Soviet economic aid officials arrived in Phnom Penh for a 9-days of discussions with SOC officials, including Soviet assistance in the fields of communication, radio, television, water supply and health care.
• Oct. 23, 1989 Kampuchean People’s Revolutionary Armed Forces (KPRAF) renamed to Cambodian People’s Armed Forces (CPAF). A delegation from the Washington based Indochina Policy Forum Institute, let by former U.S. Senator Dick Clark, visited Phnom Penh and met with SOC PM Hun Sen. 
• Oct. 30, 1989 A dusk to dawn curfew (9pm-5am) was ordered for Phnom Penh in an effort to tighten security in the city following the fall of Pailin to the Khmer Rouge.
• Nov. 1, 1989 A leading Thai newspaper, The Nation, opens its news bureau in Phnom Penh, first Asian newspaper to do so.
• Nov. 6, 1989 U.S. Press Secretary Fitzwater issues statement on President George Bush's meeting with Gen. John W. Vessey on POW/MIA Affairs. [Statement]
• Nov. 16, 1989 UN General Assembly passed resolution A/RES/44/22, by the vote of 124-17 with 12 abstentions, calling for, among others, a comprehensive settlement of the Cambodian problem, no return to power of the Khmer Rouge.
• Nov. 22, 1989 Cambodian and Sweden Red Cross signed an agreement, under which the Sweden would assist the Kompong Chhnang provincial hospital, by sending doctors, provide medicine, construct and restore buildings; and provided medical books to newly graduated doctors and pharmacists.
• Nov. 24, 1989 U.S. Press Secretary Fitzwater issues statement on President George Bush's meeting with British PM Margaret Thatcher; Cambodia issue is discussed. [Statement]
• Nov. 28, 1989 SOC Ambassador to Moscow Hor Namhong and USSR FM Eduard Shevardnadze signed a 1990 trade and payments protocol in Moscow.
• Dec. 2, 1989 Prince Sihanouk endorsed efforts to establish a Cambodian UN trusteeship as a means of restoring peace and order to the country.
• Dec. 7, 1989 British diplomat Andrew George arrived in Phnom Penh for a 10-days visit, despite U.S. objections that it would send the wrong signals.
• Dec. 9, 1989 Text of a new proposed Constitution for Cambodia was released by the CGDK in Bangkok.  It was written in Paris and officially endorsed last June by Prince Sihanouk, Son Sann and Khieu Samphan.
• Dec. 12, 1989 A Japanese “peace boat” arrived in Kompong Som port.  Its 350 passengers visited Phnom Penh and Angkor Wat.

• Dec. 25, 1989 CGDK denounced Vietnam Embassy in Phnom Penh efforts to register Vietnamese citizens in Cambodia as part of a conspiratorial effort to keep track of all Vietnamese in the country.