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Monday, August 13, 2018

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ខែមករា ថ្ងៃទី១ សីហនុដែលទើបចេញចាកពីប្រទេសបារាំង បានប្រកាសទាត់ចោល គំរោងការពិភាក្សាជាមួយ ហាណូយ។ ព្រះអង្គមានគោលបំនងបង្កើតរណសិរ្សរំដោះប្រជាពលរដ្ឋកម្ពុជាប្រឆាំងយួន ក្នុងករណីនេះព្រះ អង្គអះអាងថាអាចមានមនុស្សចំនួន១០០០០០ នៅលើទឹកដីកម្ពុជា ចូលរួមយ៉ាងឆាប់រហ័សក្នុងចលនារបស់ព្រះ អង្គ។ ព្រះអង្គយល់ថាសឺន សាន ជាចំនែកមួយនៃកងកំលាំងតស៊ូប្រឆាំងវៀតណាម តែព្រះអង្គមានគំរោងការ ចូលរួមជាមួយកងកំលាំងទ័ពខ្មែរក្រហម ដោយមិនចាំបាច់មាន សឺន សាន ដែលជាសម្ព័នមិត្ដជាមួយអាមេរិកាំង នោះទេ។ ការបង្កើតអង្គការជំនួយមួយឈ្មោះយូអិនប្រូ (UNBRO) រួមជាមួយអង្គការយូនិសហែ្វ (UNICHEF) ដើម្បីជួយដល់ជនភៀសខ្លួនខ្មែរដែលគេពុំទទួលស្គាល់ ដូចជាជនភៀសខ្លួនខ្មែរនៅជំរុំក្នុងទឹកដីថៃ។ យូអិនប្រូ ជាអង្គការជំនួសអង្គការ យូនីសហែ្វ ដែលមានការតិះទៀនយ៉ាងខ្លាំង ពីសំនាក់បន្ដាប្រទេសដែលគាំទ្ររដ្ឋាភិបាលភ្នំពេញ។
ថ្ងៃទី១១ ចុះកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀង ធ្វើសហប្រតិបត្ដិការរួមរវាងកងទ័ពយួន RDA និងកងទ័ពកម្ពុជាប្រជាមានិត RPK។
ថ្ងៃទី៣០ ចុះកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀង លើវិស័យ វប្បធម៌ វិទ្យាសាស្រ្ដ កសិកម្ម រវាងកម្ពុជា RPK និង សូវៀត URSS។
ខែកុម្ភ ថ្ងៃទី៣ ហ៊ុន សែន ដឹកនាំគណប្រតិភូខ្មែរទៅចូលរួមក្នុងសមាជទី២៤ នៃគណបក្សកុំមុយនិស្ដបារាំងនៅ ទីក្រុងបារីស។
ថ្ងៃទី ៥ -១១ ប្រជុំសភាលើកទីពីរ សំរេចដាក់អោយប្រើរដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញ និងសំរេចយល់ព្រម ធ្វើកំនែទំរង់ក្នុងរដ្ឋាភិបាល។
ថ្ងៃទី៦ -១២ សិក្ខាសាលាមួយអនុញ្ញាតិដោយភំ្នពេញចេញប្រកាសផ្សាយថា មានការកើនប្រជាជនច្រើនមែន ទែន (បែកសំបុក) ប្រជាជនកើន៥,៥% ហើយនិងកើនឡើងចំនួន ៥,២៤%ទៀត ដែលជាកំនើនច្រើនបំផុតនៅ លើពិភពលោក។
ថ្ងៃទី១១ ជំនួប សីហនុ ខៀវ សំផន នៅប៉េកាំង។ សឺន សាន ដែលមានការគាំទ្រពីបន្ដាប្រទេសអាស៊ាន ហើយ ដែលមានការមិនទុកចិត្ដទៅលើប្រទេសចិន ដែលចេះតែមានការជ្រៀតជ្រែកយ៉ាងសំបើមនៅអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍មិន បានចូលរួមក្នុងកិច្ចជំនួបនេះទេ។
ថ្ងៃទី ១៦-១៨ កិច្ចប្រជុំលើកទី៥នៅយួន នៃរដ្ឋមន្រ្ដីក្រសួងការបរទេសអិណ្ឌូចិនទាំងបី ងៀន កូថាច់(យួន) ហ៊ុន សែន (ខ្មែរ) កំផៃ បុបា្ផ(លាវ) ទំនាក់ទំនងនៃសេចក្ដីថ្លែងការ បានលើកឡើងថា កងទ័ពយួននឹងដកថយពីកម្ពុជា លុះត្រាតែឈប់មានអានុភាព និងការជ្រៀតជ្រែកពីសំនាក់ចិន។
ថ្ងៃទី២៧ នៅទីក្រុងហ្សឺណែវ សហគមអង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សនៃអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិបានប្រកាសថ្កោលទោស នៃការលុកលុយយួននៅកម្ពុជា គឺជាការរំលោភសិទ្ធិមនុស្សយ៉ាងខ្លាំងក្លានៅកម្ពុជា។
ខែមិនថុនា ថ្ងៃទី២២ ក្រោមការគៀបសង្កត់របស់ចិន និងប្រទេសដ៏ទៃទៀត ខ្មែរក្រហមនិងអ្នកគាំទ្រសំដេចន រោត្ដមសីហនុ និងរណសិរ្សរំដោះប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ បានបង្កើតរដ្ឋាភិបាលចំរុះ ដោយមានការទទួលស្គាល់ពី អង្គការហប្រជាជាតិ។
ខែកក្កដា ថ្ងៃទី៧ ការចុះសន្ធិសញ្ញា មិត្ដភាពខ្មែរយួន នៅទីក្រុងហូជីមិញ។ មានកងទ័ពយួនចំនួន ១៧៥ ០០០នាក់ នៅលើទឹកដីកម្ពុជា។ នៅថ្ងៃជាមួយគ្នានេះ សមាជិកនៃរណសិរ្សរំដោះកម្ពុជា GCKD បើកសម័យប្រជុំរបស់ ខ្លួនមួយនៅលើទឹកដីកម្ពុជាស្ថិតនៅម្ដុំជិតជំរុំខៅអ៊ីដាង។
ថ្ងៃទី១៥ ការដកទ័ពយួនលើកទី១ ពីកម្ពុជា។
ថ្ងៃទី១៦ របបភ្នំពេញ RPK ជ្រើសរើសកងទ័ពបន្ថែម ជាជំនួយកងកំលាំងយោធាដែលមាន។
ថ្ងៃទី១៩ រៀបចំរបងការពារ ហៅថា ជញ្ជាំងរស្សី រាំងតទល់ទៅ នឹងកងកំលាំងរណសិរ្សរំដោះ GCKD ដែលមា នទីតាំងនៅតាមព្រំដែនខ្មែរថៃ។ ការបង្កើត ប្លង់ក៥ ដែលរៀបចំតាមបន្ដោយព្រំដែនថៃ។ ប្លង់ក៥ បានសម្លាប់ ប្រជារាស្រ្ដខ្មែរយ៉ាងតិចណាស់ ១០០០០នាក់ ដែលភាគច្រើនស្លាប់ដោយគ្រុនចាញ់និងជាន់មីន។
ខែកញ្ញា ថ្ងៃទី១៣ គោលការដឹកនាំបែបថ្មី ត្រូវរៀបចំដោយរ៉េស៊ីដង់វៀតណាម។
ថ្ងៃទី២២ របបភ្នំពេញ RPK ស្រែកប្ដឹង ពីការរំលោភ ២១៩ករណីយពីកងទ័ពចម្បាំងថៃ និង៤៦ ករណី ពីយន្ដហោះចម្បាំងថៃមកលើទឹកដី កម្ពុជា។
ខែតុលា ថ្ងៃទី៩ គោលការដឹកនាំទី៣ រៀបចំដោយយួន។
ថ្ងៃទី១៣ កិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងហ្វុនស៊ីប៉ិចក្នុងការលក់ឈើហុបចំនួន ១លានម៉ែត្រត្រីគុណអោយថៃ។
ថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខៀវ សំផន សីហនុ សឺន សាន នៅញូយ៉ក ចូលប្រជុំមហាសន្និបាតនៃអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ ដែលនៅតែទទួលស្គាល់ GCKD ជារដ្ឋាភិបាលស្របច្បាប់នៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ដំនោះស្រាយបានធ្វើការបោះឆ្នោតដោយបន្ដាប្រទេសអាស៊ី ហើយដែលមាន ១០៥សម្លេងស្រប ២៣សម្លេងប្រឆាំង និង២០សម្លេងអនុបវាទ។
ខែវិច្ឆិកា ថ្ងៃទី៤ ដល់ ២០ សីហនុ ខៀវ សំផន និង សឺន សាន ធ្វើទស្សនកិច្ចជាផ្លូវការនៅប៉េកាំង។
ថ្ងៃទី១០ ខៀវ ធិរិទ្ធ ភរិយារបស់ អៀង សារី មន្រ្ដីកម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ KD ធ្វើទស្សនកិច្ចនៅតូក្យូ។
ថ្ងៃទី១៥ កងទ័ពសីហនុ និង សឺន សានត្រូវបានផ្ដល់សំភារៈនិងគ្រាប់រំសេវដោយប្រទេសលោកខាងលិច មានកោះសាំងហ្គាពួជាដើម។
ខែធ្នូ ថ្ងៃទី២៣ ការចុះសន្ធិសញ្ញារវាងកងទ័ពយួន និង របបភ្នំពេញ RPK។

ភាសាអគ្លេស

Jan. 1, 1982 PRK sent Thailand a protest note regarding the sinking of Cambodian trawler off Koh Kong province a few days earlier.
Jan. 5, 1982 Khmer Rouge announced restructuring of its army, establishing formal military ranks. The Govt. of Bulgaria registered, with the UN, its objections to the accession by the DK of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.
Jan. 7, 1982 Thai govt. turned down the proposed visit by Prince Norodom Sihanouk as “not timely”. PRK observed third anniversary of National Day, the day that Pol Pot was toppled in 1979, with parades, musical entertainment, speeches by PRKAF Chief of Staff Soy Keo and PRK Pres. Heng Samrin.
Jan. 9, 1982 KPRP issued directive on Party organization building including five points program to recruit more members, train cadres, develop effective Party structure and insure adherence to Party policy.
Jan. 11, 1982 East German defense minister, Heinz Hoffman, and delegates arrived Phnom Penh. Military cooperation agreement was signed in which East German would undertake to build up PRKAF by training officers and developing air defense system.
Jan. 12, 1982 Son Sann called for stepping up of guerrilla warfare in Cambodia citing failures in pressuring Vietnam to withdraw from Cambodia economically and politically.
Jan. 13, 1982 The Govt. of Mongolia registered, with the UN, its objections to the accession by the DK of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.
Jan. 16, 1982 PRK Deputy PM, Hun Sen, said his govt. would not negotiate with the Khmer Rouge or third part under any circumstances.
Jan. 30, 1982 PRK and USSR signed two agreements: (1) under the agricultural agreement, Soviet technicians would assist Cambodia with water conservancy projects, help increase cotton and rubber production and develop the fishing industry; (2) under the scientific cooperation protocol, the USSR would assist Cambodia in developing her education system, including training Cambodian students in the USSR.
Feb. 2, 1982 Sweden Democratic Kampuchean Friendship Association delivered $100,000 worth of medicine to DK. Other aid in this period included medical supplies from a private French group, clothing for orphans from Syrian govt..
Feb. 3, 1982 PRK FM Hun Sen led a KPRP delegation to French Communist Party 24th Congress.
Feb. 5, 1982 PRK FM Hun Sen said his govt. wants large-scale economic aid from all, but with no strings attached. On the same day, PRK National Assembly met for a six day session to (1) establish basic governmental organization under new constitution; (2) establish judicial system; (3) organize to National Assembly with three major committees – (a) Legislative Affairs chaired by Vandy Kaon; (b) Economic and Budgetary Affairs chaired by Men Chhan; (c) Education, Public Health, Social and Cultural Affairs chaired by Nu Beng; (4) approve the appointment of Chan Sy as Chairman of the Council of Minister (Prime Minister) and Bou Thang as Minister of National Defense.
Feb. 6, 1982 Soviet Chief of Staff, Marshal Nikolay Vasilyevich Ogarkov, arrived Phnom Penh for a two-days visit.
Feb. 9, 1982 Chan Sy becomes PRK Prime Minister (02/09/82-01/14/85). Sy has served as acting PM following the removal of Pen Sovan on Dec. 5, 1981.
Feb. 11, 1982 The tripartite meeting, concerning the establishment of a coalition govt., in Beijing failed without the participation of Son Sann, who said he was willing to meet with either Prince Sihanouk or Khieu Samphan separately but not in tripartite session. Prince Sihanouk and Khieu Samphan met twice and issued vague three-point statement of “the agreement reached for further collaboration.” Prince Sihanouk, at press conferences, said China was arming his force in Cambodia, had shipped enough small arms to equip 3,000 men. Hanoi denounced the meeting as a “farce by reactionary bandits who could not agree on anything.” A Vietnamese military plane carrying 13 people crashed in Thailand after it was intercepted by Thai fighters near the sensitive border with Cambodia. The plan was believed to have strayed across the border west of the Cambodian town of Pailin while on a reconnaissance mission over territory held by Khmer Rouge in western Cambodia.
Feb. 12, 1982 Cambodia was in the midst of a baby boom, with birth rate at 5.5 percent, death rate at 0.26 percent yielding population growth rate of 5.24 per cent, one of the highest in the world according to a study. Three Soviet freighters arrived at Kompong Som carrying 63 tractors, 37 trucks, construction equipment and other economic aid. Moscow said volume of goods ships to Cambodia in past year has doubled, and rate continues to increase.
Feb. 16-18, 1982 The fifth annual Indochinese foreign ministers conference was held in Vientiane, Laos. The participants were Nguyen Co Thach of Vietnam, Hun Sen of Cambodia, and Kamphai Boupha of Laos. The conference communiqué issued on Feb. 17 said all Vietnamese troops would leave Cambodia “as soon as the threat of Chinese hegemonistic expansionism is removed.” The ministers expressed their interest in contact with Thailand on the Cambodian issue. In response, Thai foreign ministry said Cambodia was an international, not a Thai-Vietnam problem and that the proper forum was the UN
Feb. 19, 1982 Vietnam denied that Pen Sovann, ousted PRK’s prime minister, was in Hanoi, claiming that he remains in a Phnom Penh hospital “for health reasons.”
Feb. 27, 1982 UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions.
March 19, 1982 The Govt. of Czechoslovakia registered, with the UN, the Agreement on cultural co-operation between the Govt. of the CSR and the People’s Revolutionary Council of Kampuchea signed at Prague on Nov. 19, 1980.
April 1, 1982 Prince Sihanouk said that his outlook for the third force in Cambodia was dismal, citing Son Sann’s demand as a major difficulty.
April 2, 1982 Thai govt. announced that it had granted an entry visa to Son San, who earlier said he would return to his guerrilla force based on the Thai-Cambodian border if Thai authority permits him.
April 6, 1982 DK Ministry of Information issued a statement criticizing France’s decision to resume economic aid to Vietnam, saying the decision was tantamount to recognizing aggression.
April 11, 1982 KPNLF leader, Son Sann, in Paris proposed a Cambodian anti-communist meeting between himself, Prince Sihanouk and a Khmer Rouge representative. In Beijing, Prince Sihanouk reportedly agreed to the proposal.
April 26, 1982 A high level Czechoslovakia military delegation, led by Defense Minister Gen. Martin Dzur, arrived Phnom Penh for a two-days visit.
April 30, 1982 PRK and USSR sign a long-term agreement under which the USSR would assist Cambodia in developing radio and television broadcasting facilities. Signing for the PRK was Van Sun Heng, acting general director of the Voice of the People of Kampuchea, and Yuriy Viktorovich Orlow, Deputy Chief of the USSR Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting.
May 4, 1982 PRK’s Ministry of Agricultures announced plans of extending Kampuchean agriculture. Initial goal was to restore prewar production, some 2.8 million hectares of which 2.5 million was in rice. At the time, it was estimated that only about haft of that amount was being tilled.
May 7, 1982 Relief official of the Ecumenical Council of Churches, Jean Clavaud, was ordered to leave Cambodia by the PRK govt., citing activities affecting public security and order.
May 8, 1982 PRK FM, Hun Sen, arrived in Moscow on an eight-days official visit, accompany by the new PRK ambassador to Moscow, Hor Namhong. Hun Sen met with his Soviet counterpart, Andrey Gromyko, on May 10.
May 12, 1982 The Soviet Committee for Defense of Peace arrived Phnom Penh for an eight-day goodwill visit. The delegate was welcomed by Yit Kimseng, Chairman of the Kampuchean Committee for Defense of Peace.
May 16, 1982 PRK endorsed the Vietnamese “empty chair” proposal at the UN, in which Cambodia’s seat would be awarded to neither the Khmer Rouge nor the Phnom Penh govt..
May 17, 1982 The Govt. of Czechoslovakia registered, with the UN, its objection to the accession of the DK of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.
May 18, 1982 Soviet trade delegation, led by official of the USSR Ministry of Trade, arrived Phnom Penh. It was welcomed by PRK Deputy Minister of Trade, Thong Chan.
May 27, 1982 Kampuchea donors meeting at the UN in New York expressed skepticism over continue Kampuchea assistance program in its present form. Fiscal year 1982 program was budgeted at $87.6 million, of which $42.6 had been pledged. One purpose of the meeting was to secure pledges for the $45 millions shortfall, but only $6.7 millions was received in pledges. Donor countries were divided over whether aid should be mainly emergency type such as food or developmental.
May 29, 1982 The first national congress of Buddhist monks convened in Phnom Penh and was addressed by Heng Samrin, who stressed the role of “patriotic monks in striking a big blow to the barbarian hegemonists” and that “each monk should clearly grasp the political line of the United Front…each must make a clear distinction between friend and foe of the revolution.”
June 9, 1982 Chan Sy addressed a class of governmental trainees and outlines the State’s plan for development of state structure at the rice roots. The three-months course would stress details of the new PRK legal system, governmental organization, and Party policies.
June 22, 1982 Three Cambodian resistance leaders, Prince Sihanouk of FUNCINPEC/ANS, Khieu Samphan of the Khmer Rouge and Son Sann of KPNLF met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, reached an agreement to create a govt.-in-exile known as the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK). The purpose of the coalition govt. was twofold: (1) to mobilize all efforts in the common struggle to liberate Kampuchea from the Vietnamese aggressors with the view to restoring the motherland as a sovereign and independent country; and (2) to bring about the implementation of the Declaration of the International Conference on Kampuchea and other relevant UN general assembly resolutions.”
July 5, 1982 PRK FM, Hun Sen, in an interview in Phnom Penh described the newly formed coalition govt. as a gross interference by Bangkok in the internal affairs of Cambodia and a Beijing hegemonist-expansionist collaborate with US imperialism.
July 7, 1982 Moscow denounced the newly formed coalition govt. as an “additional confrontation factor” in Southeast Asia politics, which would only raises anxieties among the Asean countries and move the region away from its dream of becoming a zone of non-aligned country. Vietnam FM, Nguyen Co Thach, announced that his country would pull out a significant number of its troops from Cambodia during July. He made the announcement following the conclusion of the Indochinese foreign ministers conference in Ho Chi Minh City. Prince Sihanouk returned to Cambodia for the first time since 1978, attending ceremonies inside the border with hundreds of his guerrillas and civilians.
July 9, 1982 PRK FM, Hun Sen, described the partial withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from Cambodia as evidence of growing stability in the country, proof of Vietnam sincerity that it did not mean to occupy Cambodia, and as a good-will gesture to Thailand, and that additional withdrawals would depend on Thai and Chinese behavior. He also urged Thailand to accept the “safety zone” proposal made at the Indochinese foreign ministers conference.
July 11, 1982 Phnom Penh press hailed the signing of the PRK-Vietnam historical waters agreement as evidence of the equality that exists between Cambodia and Vietnam.
July 16, 1982 PRK Ministry of Defense staged a national military conference in Phnom Penh, co-chaired by Defense Minister Bou Thang and PM Chan Sy. A five-point program was outlined for the development of the armed forces (KPRAF), designed to permit it to “take full control of the defense of the country”.
July 17, 1982 Chinese PM, Zhao Ziyang, hosted Prince Sihanouk at a state banquet in Beijing and offered assurance of Chinese’s full supports of the Prince efforts in liberating Cambodia. Zhao also called for the creation of a neutral and non-aligned Cambodia. Farewell ceremonies were staged in Phnom Penh and other towns for the departing Vietnamese troops. Flags and medals of appreciation were presented. CGDK Defense Coordinator, In Tam, denounced the partial withdrawal of Vietnamese troops as “a farce, a sham and a lie”.
July 20, 1982 CGDK PM, Son Sann, recounted horror stories of alleged Vietnamese brutality in Cambodia, including wanton murder and rape of young girls. He told journalists he obtained the account from eyewitnesses from the Battambang region.
July 21, 1982 Prince Sihanouk addressed the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress national committee in Beijing. PRK Chief of Staff, Gen. Soy Keo, told an interviewer that there could be no improvement in regional relations until Thailand solves the problem of “bandit sanctuary.”
July 22, 1982 Five Vietnamese soldiers deserted to Thailand. At the press conference in Bangkok, they doubted that Vietnam would significantly reduce its troops in Cambodia as claimed. One of them said it was the common belief among Vietnamese soldiers in Cambodia that the occupation would last 20 years.
July 26, 1982 UN Secretary General, Javier Perez de Cuella, told Cambodian aid donors meeting in New York that any sudden cut off of humanitarian assistance would undo all that had been accomplished in Cambodia and returned the country to its previous condition.
July 30, 1982 CGDK PM, Son Sann, in an interview in Paris explained his decision to ally himself with the Khmer Rouge, citing the small number of his force comparing to ten of thousands of the Khmer Rouge.
August 9, 1982 CGDK official Ieng Sary arrived in Cairo, Egypt, for an official visit.
Sept. 3, 1982 A Paris-based organization called Association to Aid the Cambodian People arrived in Phnom Penh for a two-week fact finding visit.
Sept. 10, 1982 PRK Special Envoy, Kong Korm, returned to Phnom Penh after a six-weeks trip to Mozambique, Cape Verde, the Seychelles, Benin and Madagascar. He was there to seek support for the Phnom Penh govt. at the UN
Sept. 12, 1982 CGDK Vice Pres., Khieu Samphan, arrived in New York to attend the annual UN General Assembly meeting, which would also debate the Cambodian seating at the world body.
Sept. 13, 1982 PRK Minister of Justice, Uk Bun Chheun, departed Phnom Penh for a three-days international law conference in New Delhi, India, and later for Ulaan Baatar for conference of socialist lawyers.
Sept. 18, 1982 PRK FM, Hun Sen, said that Cambodia’s security and social order achieved great improvement during the last dry season offensive. CGDK Pres., Prince Sihanouk, arrived in New York to attend the annual UN General Assembly meeting. He would join with his Vice Pres., Khieu Samphan, who arrived on Sept. 12 and Prime Minister, Son Sann, who arrived a day earlier.
Sept. 21, 1982 PRK officials, at a new conference in Moscow, said their govt. eventually would extend amnesty to all former Khmer Rouge.
Sept. 23, 1982 A conference of political commissars of the Vietnamese and Cambodian armies opened in Phnom Penh host by KPRAF Political Commissar, Than Chan. Leading the Vietnamese delegation was PAVN’s General Political Directorate deputy, Maj. Gen. Mai Dinh Hai.
Sept. 25, 1982 PRK Pres., Heng Samrin, signed two new laws concerning with protection of state property and the investigation and settlement of citizen’s complaints and denunciations.
Sept. 28, 1982 PRK officials claimed, in the week ending Sept. 23, Thai warships made 219 incursions into Cambodia waters, in the vicinity of Koh Kong and Koh Tang islands, and Thai Air Force planes made 46 air strikes on Cambodian targets.
Sept. 30, 1982 CGDK Pres. Prince Sihanouk addressed to the 37th UN General Assembly. [Text of the address
Oct. 8, 1982 CGDK PM, Son Sann, acknowledged that if forced Cambodian people would choose the Heng Samrin regime over the return of Khmer Rouge, however, he added that most Cambodians saw CGDK, which containing Khmer Rouge, as genuine nationalist alternative.
Oct. 13, 1982 FUNCINPEC signed an agreement with Thai company to sell one million cubic meters of timber. Other CGDK members expressed surprise at the unilateral decision.
Oct. 18, 1982 Princess Sisowath Sawetwong Monivong, Prince Sihanouk’s sister and a member of the KPRP Central Committee member in an interview with Thai journalist, defended Vietnamese’s occupation of Cambodia as necessary defense against Pol Pot-Ieng Sary forces, and said Prince Sihanouk could return to power if he returns like a Cambodian who is for the Cambodian people.
Oct. 28, 1982 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/37/6 calling for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cambodia. The world body again awarded the seat to the coalition govt. of Prince Sihanouk. PRK foreign ministry in Phnom Penh issued statement denouncing the decision as “a farce….and an insult to the three million Cambodians who died at the hand of the Pol Pot murderers.” Vietnam Finances Minister, Chu Tam Thuc, visited Cambodia; he met with his PRK counterpart, Chan Phin, to discuss “reinforcement of special friendship and cooperation” in financial matter between the two countries.
Oct. 30, 1982 Indian ambassador to Bangkok was summoned to Thai Foreign Ministry and told of Thailand’s and ASEAN countries’ dissatisfaction with Indian govt. position at UN with respect to Cambodia. India abstained in final vote at the UN General Assembly on Oct. 28; earlier India voted to unseat CGDK.
Nov. 4, 1982 PRK Pres. Heng Samrin, in an interview with Hungarian reporters in Phnom Penh, said Phnom Penh still need the presence of Vietnamese troops and the partial withdrawal in the summer was only a diplomatic gesture. CGDK Pres., Prince Sihanouk, arrived in Beijing from New York; he was received and congratulated by Chinese PM, Zhao Ziyang, on the Prince’s success at the UN.
Nov. 6, 1982 CGDK Vice-Pres., Khieu Samphan, arrived in Beijing for visit at invitation of Chinese govt.
Nov. 10, 1982 CGDK Secretary General of Foreign Affair, Mrs. Ieng Thirith, led delegation to Colombo Plan conference in Tokyo where she met with several Japanese officials.
Nov. 12, 1982 PRK sent condolences on the death of USSR leader Leonid Brezhnev and decreed three days of morning.
Nov. 13, 1982 PRK Pres., Heng Samrin, led a delegation to Brezhnev funeral.
Nov. 15, 1982 AFP reported a shipment of assault rifles from Singapore was sent to KPNLF; the same amount of weapon was promised for FUNCINPEC.
Nov. 24, 1982 PRK Foreign Ministry denounced Singapore’s shipment of weapons to resistance fighter as unfriendly and dangerous.
Nov. 26, 1982 KPRP Central Committee Secretariat issued a circular announcing celebration program to mark the fourth anniversary of creation of the KUFNCD to be held on Dec. 2.
Nov. 28, 1982 Cambodia ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Dec. 23, 1982 PRK Defense Minister, Bou Thang, and Vietnamese Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Van Tien Dung, signed an agreement of cooperation between the countries armed forces.