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043757 MDLIAN 1906
VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE NEGOTIATING PROCESS:
THE CHINESE
ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE KHMER ROUGE AND THE NATURE OF ITS
CONTINUED SUPPORT TO AN OVERALL CAMBODIAN SETTLEMENT WILL BE
A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR... RECENT STATEMENTS MADE BY CHINA ARE
ENCOURAGING
10.
FOREIGN MINISTER SIDDHI SAID THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT
THE KHMER ROUGE LEADERS WOULD AGREE TO DISARM AND ACCEPT A MINOR ROLE IN CAMBODIA AFTER ALL THE VIETNAMESE OCCUPATION
TROOPS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN. SIDDHI ADDED THAT ASEAN 'HAD OTHER WAYS OF PREVENTING THE KHMER ROUGE RETURNING TO POWER AFTER
VIETNAMESE WITHDRAWAL, BESIDES THE STATIONING OF AN IPKF... I THINK WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF LEVERAGE. I THINK THE KHMER
ROUGE KNOW THAT THEY CANNOT COME BACK BECAUSE WE DO NOT
SUPPORT THEIR RETURN''
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SIDDHI ALSO WELCOMED JAPAN'S OFFER TO PAY
FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF AN IPKF AND SAID THAT ASEAN UNDERSTANDS
THE JAPANESE DESIRE TO PLAY A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE AS AN
E CONOMIC POWER WHICH DID NOT WANT TO BE A MILITARY POWER''
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