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 1986 Chronology Of Cambodian History

• Jan. 2, 1986 The Khmer Rouge radio reported Pol Pot as saying that he would withdraw from all military and political activities if Vietnamese troops were withdrawn from Kampuchea.
• Jan. 13, 1986 U.S. authorized $3.5 million in non-lethal aid for two non-communist resistance forces, KPNLF and FUNCINPEC. PRK and USSR signed in Phnom Penh a protocol on economic aid and trade cooperation for 1986-90.
• Jan. 29, 1986 CGDK ambassador to the UN Ngo Hac Team, in a new conference in Geneva, claimed that Vietnam had sent 700,000 of its citizen to settle in Kampuchea, and the newcomers were moving into the best areas of the country.
• Feb. 3, 1986 Phnom Penh observed 56th anniversary of Indochinese Communist Party and 7th anniversary of Kampuchea-Vietnam Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation.
• Feb. 21, 1986 PRK President Heng Samrin departed Phnom Penh for Moscow to attend the 27th CPSU Congress and meet with CPSU Gen. Sec. Mikhail Gorbachev.
• March 5, 1986 CGDK Minister of Health Thiounn Thoeun issued a statement charging Vietnamese forces of employing chemical warfare in Kampuchea.
• March 10, 1986 UN Human Rights Commission, at its 42nd session, adopted resolution calling for withdrawal of foreign forces from Kampuchea.
• March 17-19, 1986 CGDK, at a conference in Beijing, on March 17 issued an eight-point peace proposal calling for: (1) CGDK and Vietnam negotiate two-phase withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from Kampuchea; (2) cease-fire during the withdrawal; (3) withdrawal must be supervised by UN observers; (4) CGDK and PRK to set up a coalition government with Prince Sihanouk as President and Son Sann as prime minister, and full political rights being extended to all Kampucheans; (5) free elections under UN supervision; (6) Kampuchea’s sovereignty and neutrality to be guaranteed by UN for two-three years. Government to be neutral, non-aligned, with no foreign troops present; (7) reconstruction aid to be accepted from all nations; (8) Kampuchea and Vietnam to sign non-aggression, peaceful coexistence treaty.  On March 19, Vietnam rejected the proposal calling it "unjust" and "hostile". March 18, 1986 PRK Council of State announced several high level reassignments and appointments: former Interior Minister Khang Sarin was appointed president of People’s Supreme Court; former Deputy Minister of Education Chan Min to be chief judge of PSC; Deputy Minister of Interior Ney Pena was promoted to Minister of Interior; First Deputy Minister of Finance Chhay Than was promoted to minister; Central Committee member Say Chhum became Minister of Agriculture; and former Agriculture Minister Kong Sam Ol to became cabinet member in charge of agriculture and rubber plantation.
• April 7, 1986 Prince Sihanouk and Prince Monique left Beijing for Pyongyang. (FAB #3)
• April 10, 1986 Prince Sihanouk met with North Korean President Kim Il Sung, who assured the Korea’s full support of the Prince’s 8 Point Peace Proposal. (FAB #3)
• April 29, 1986 ASEAN ministers endorsed the peace plan proposed on March 17 by the CGDK, calling it a reasonable attempt to find a just and durable solution to the war in Cambodia.
• July 1, 1986 Prince Sihanouk left Pyongyang for Beijing to begin his latest diplomatic rounds.
• July 7, 1986 Indian charge d’affairs in Phnom Penh said his government had signed an agreement to help restore Angkor Wat, which would began in October.
• July 10, 1986 The new DK ambassador to Pakistan, Chan Youran, presented his credentials to President Mohammed Ziaul Haq. PRK announced the death of Le Duan and declared a 5-days mourning.  President Heng Samrin would lead a delegation to Duan’s funeral on July 13.  In Beijing, Prince Sihanouk expressed condolences on Duan’s death but said it would not bring any change in Vietnam’s policy toward Kampuchea.
• July 11, 1986 European Parliament adopted a resolution supporting CGDK 8-points peace proposal and condemned human rights violations in Kampuchea.
• July 16, 1986 The Third Plenum of the fifth KPRP Central Committee Congress concluded its 7-days session in Phnom Penh.
• July 22, 1986 ASEAN countries launched their annual campaign for UN support for their position on Kampuchea, with special delegations visited Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
• July 24, 1986 CGDK Vice-President Khieu Samphan ended a 7-days visit to Zambia.
• July 30, 1986 PRK Minister of Agriculture Kong Sam Ol made an urgent appeal for aid to alleviate food shortages cause by a 6-week long food A Nicaraguan delegation led by Henry Ruiz concluded a 2-days friendship visit to Phnom Penh.  The delegation met with Heng Samrin and Say Phuthang. Aug. 2, 1986 Prince Sihanouk arrived in Singapore for meeting with FM Dhanabalan and other officials.  Dhanabalan proposed additions to the CGDK 8-point proposal, in which all fighting forces must be disarmed and peacekeeping forces be stationed in Kampuchea after Vietnamese withdrawal.
• Aug. 5, 1986 Prince Sihanouk said China supports plan to reduce Khmer Rouge forces to the size of ANS and KPNLF forces.
• Aug. 8, 1986 Indonesia FM Mokhatar Kusumaatmaja endorsed Australia FM Bill Hayden’s proposal to put Pol Pot on trial.
• Aug. 16, 1986 Prince Sihanouk addressed Foreign Correspondents Club in Bangkok, expressing pessimism on possibilities for a negotiated settlement or that next generation of Vietnamese leaders would be more reasonable about Kampuchea.\
• Aug. 19, 1986 PRK National Assembly delegation led by Chairman Chea Sim arrived in Moscow for a friendship visit. Prince Sihanouk arrived in Jakarta for a 4-days visit. Aug. 27, 1986 Prince Sihanouk, in Bangkok, told news reporters Khmer Rouge earlier in the month attached an ANS-controlled village in Siem Reap province, killing 2 villagers, 2 ANS and 5 KPNLF soldiers and evacuated the entire village. The PRK Education Ministry concluded a 5-days conference at Kampuchean-Soviet Friendship Institute of Technology at which three documents were studied: vocational training in general education; ideology, politics and revolutionary ethics training; and education management at the provincial and municipal level. Sept. 6, 1986 Prince Sihanouk, Khieu Samphan and Son Sann arrived in Beijing for high level CGDK meeting. Sept. 17, 1986 Hun Sen sent message to UN reiterating his government opposition to CGDK 8-points proposal, calling for international trial of “Polpotists” and unseating the CGDK delegation. KUFNCD National Council issued directive on Phchum Ben and Kathen festivals, urging they be occasions to remember victims of Pol PotL
• Sept. 26, 1986 Delegates from news agencies in 14 socialist countries arrived in Phnom Penh on tour.  They were received by PM Hun Sen and visited the Tuol Sleng museum and Angkor Wat. Thai Supreme Command Information Office said the situation along the Thai-Kampuchea border had become more violent, and claimed that more than half million land-mines were being planted by the PRK and Vietnamese troops.
• Oct. 3, 1986 PRK President Heng Samrin met with Andrei Gromyko in Moscow to discuss foreign policy and Soviet economic development assistance to the PRK.
• Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia.
• Nov. 2, 1986 ASEAN sent Canberra an official letter expressing its dissatisfaction over the opening of an Australian office in Phnom Penh to oversee Australian humanitarian aid to Kampuchea.
• Nov. 4, 1986 PRK and USSR signed a two-year agreement, in which USSR would help develop the PRK’s institutions of education, publishing, television and radio broadcasting, information dissemination, and culture.
• Nov. 8, 1986 PRK PM Hun Sen said the CGDK still caused real difficulties for the Phnom Penh regime but no longer threatens its existence, and that he hoped but not expect any political settlement to Kampuchea conflict in the near future.
• Nov. 11, 1986 Khmer Rouge and ANS announced plans to launch their first joint military operation inside Kampuchea.  Prince Sisowath Sirirath said the agreement was reached between Prince Sihanouk and Khieu Samphan during their stay in New York.
• Nov. 27, 1986 PRK PM Hun Sen told journalist in Moscow that his government position on the settlement of Kampuchea conflict remains unchanged; it should be pursued in negotiations between the Indochinese and ASEAN states.
• Dec. 3, 1986 UN announced the closing of its special office to coordinate Kampuchea humanitarian aid, citing the lack of fund.
• Dec. 10, 1986 Phnom Penh radio announced a major PRK cabinet reshuffle, saying as of Dec. 3 Premier Hun Sen had been stripped of his positions as foreign minister and chairman of the party's foreign affairs commission, and two ministers had been dropped from the cabinet. The two ministers were Defense Minister Bou Thang and Planning Minister Chea Soth. Both were also deputy prime minister. Bou Thang was replaced as defense minister by his deputy, Koy Buntha, who was also the army chief of staff. Chea Soth was replaced by Chea Chanto, a former deputy director of the national bank and foreign trade bank. Deputy FM Kong Korm would take over Hun Sen's post as foreign minister, and Yos Son was named the new chairman of the KPRP Central Committee's foreign relations panel.
• Dec. 16, 1986 PRK President Heng Samrin met with a top Kremlin official, Yegor Ligachov, in Hanoi where the two were attending the CPV Sixth Congress.