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made available to Kampuchean in all parts of the country, those
under control of the Vietnamese/Heng Samrin forces, those in
areas controlled by Pol Pot, as well as those who remain in
contested or peaceful areas. This can be assured only through
some sort of an international presence and monitoring. Should
a major food shortage develop and should these prerequisites
be realizable, the U.S. would also have to consider what it could
do to provide appropriate assistance,.. given the legislative
restrictions on aid to Kampuchea. We are already helping the
ICRC which is providing essential food and medicines to refugees
on the Thai side of the border.
Concerning the political situation in Kampuchea, the
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United States has repeatedly made clear that it supports the
concept of an independent system of states in Southeast Asia,
that this system should include an independent and stable Kampuchea,
and that we would be ready to support an international conference
to try to achieve such an outcome. At the same time, we have
stressed that we believe that the people of Kampuchea deserve
at long last a government which is representative of their
aspirations and which respects their human rights. In our view,
neither the Vietnamese-backed Heng Samrin regime nor the Pol
Pot government satisfy these criteria. We remain prepared to
support initiatives aimed at bringing about an internationally-
facilitated end to the fighting, and although the parties
directly involved have so far demonstrated no willingness to
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