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Khmer Rouge/Pol Pot

11. UK support for the Coalition does not mean support for Pol Pot. We withdrew our formal recognition of the Pol Pot regime in December 1979. Our representative at the 1982 UN General Assembly made it quite clear that our support for the credentials of Democratic

Kampuchea did not represent a change in the Government's position in this matter and that we have no intention of contributing to the re-establishment of the Pol Pot regime. I should also make the

point that in contributing to international relief on the Thai/Cambodian border we make it clear to the agencies concerned that our aid must not go to the Khmer Rouge. We are assured that

this commitment is honoured.

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