Cambodia - The International responses to Cam invasions
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- Created on: 04-04-17 09:28
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- International responses to Cam invasions
- 1. US response to Vietnamese invasion of Cam
- Pres. Carter's inaugural address
- Policy of human rights was 'absolute'
- Indicated any nation that abused human rights would arouse US wrath
- Despite Carter referring to Pol Pot as 'worst violator of human rights in the world', UN rep said:
- Condemned Vt invasion had overthrown mass murderer Pol Pot
- Supported Ch attacks on Vt, even though attack was designed to restore Pol Pot
- Declared KR to be Cam's true gov.
- US also
- Obtained international aid for KR camps
- Supported KR possession of Cam's UN seat
- US believed answer was Carter's pro-Ch policy so let certain things ride. Felt needed ally against USSR expansionism which occurred due to US failure in Vt
- Pres. Carter's inaugural address
- 2. Pres. Reagan and Pol Pot
- Supported KR possession of UN seat and persuaded many US friends and allies to do likewise - Sihanouk remarked: America was bring PP 'back to life'.
- US sought to weaken Hanoi and Moscow - PP helped in that.
- 3. USSR response
- Under USSR leader, Brezhnev, role of USSR in Asia had increasingly become vital to China
- Both Ch and USSR wooed Vt but Soviets triumphed
- 1978: Vt became full member of Comecon (economic organisation for Comm natitons) and signed treaty of Friendship and Co-Operation with USSR
- USSR supported Vt invasion of Cam as only pro-USSR state in Asia
- Sent naval force to Vt coast and provided Vt with armaments
- Although Vt had ended PP's murderous regime, Western nations criticized Vt and withheld economic aid, leaving Vt isolated and even more dependent on USSR
- Great changes under Mikhail Gorbachev
- 'New Thinking' Soviet policy
- Global independence and belief he could make USSR and world safer by decreasing Soviet-American and Sino-Soviet tensions.
- Would help struggling Soviet economy, - caused largely by CW expenditure
- Interdependence, national security, economic recovery and his determination to improve Sino-Soviet relations combined to eocnrage Vt to withdraw forces from Cam
- Under USSR leader, Brezhnev, role of USSR in Asia had increasingly become vital to China
- 1. US response to Vietnamese invasion of Cam
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