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Despite claims by the Heng Samrin regime in Kampuchea that the Khmer Rouge forces under Pol Pot had been all but eliminated, the huge Vietnamese army of occupation has launched a new offensive against the Khmer Rouge positions.
Diplomatically, Pol Pot's barbarous regime continues to enjoy Chinese and imperialist support.
It was once again recognised by the UN last month as the rightful government of Kampuchea.
200,000 But at the military level it is believed that the Khmer Rouge's ability to defend its positions against the 200,000-strong Vietnamese force is now very small.
In the last two weeks refugees have told stories of Pol Pot's troops trading their guns for rice to avert famine.
The evidence of catastrophic famine in Kampuchea continues to grow.
The official position of the Vietnamese government and their puppet in Phnom Penh is that there is no famine "except in small pockets"
But they have taken steps in the last week to encourage more reliet food supplies from charities in the imperialist countries.
They are also reported to have cut the rice ration to the Vietnamese occupying troops.
And once again people who have migrated from the devastated countryside to the cities are reportedly being forcibly returned to work in agriculture, where no more than 10% of the usable arable land is being cultivated.
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