Cambodia

1979-1989: Vietnamese Rule ¹

Vietnam: supported KUFNS fighting under Heng Samrin and Hun Sen
- Vietnam established PRK as government after victory
PRK: Cambodian communists dissatisfied with Khmer Rouge, took over control of Cambodia with support of Vietnam
1979: Son San formed KPNLF
- dissolved when CGDK was created
1981: Sihanouk formed FUNCINPIC
- dissolved when CGDK was created
<1 Million Vietnamese in Cambodia → anti-Vietnamese sentiment
1986: Vietnam claimed to have begun withdrawing, but continued to strengthen PRK and it’s military force
PRK government vs. CGDK (1979-1991)
Opposition to Vietnam
- Khmer Rouge: Vietnamese forces were better than Heng Samrin’s forces: chased Khmer Rouge into the jungles
- KPNLAF: anti-vietnamese, anti-PRK & anti-communists fighting Khmer Rouge after 1975—including Lon Nol-era soldiers
  - pledged loyalty to former Prime Minister Son Sann & Sihanouk
- CDGK: was a coalition government of exile composed of 3 political parties
  - FUNCINPIC: Sihanouk
  - PDK: Khmer Rouge
  - KPNLF: The internationally recognized government of Cambodia
  - Actions: 1985: Vietnam destroyed FUNCINPIC & KPNLF leaving Khmer Rouge in power militarily
    - 1991 the CGDK renamed itself the National Government of Cambodia. It was dissolved in 1993.

1993 election parties
- CPP: pro-Vietnamese, anti-Khmer Rouge, led by Hun Sen
- FUNCINPIC: anti-communist, royalist party led by Sihanouk’s son, Prince Norodom Ranariddh
- BLDP: religiously conservative, anti-communsit, formerly KPLNF led by Son Sann
FUNCINPIC won 1993 election
- merged with CPP to govern, but split into 8 different factions before 1998 election
- BLDP also divided
- There were other parties

The “3 No’s Policy” of Cambodia:
- No intervention from outside
- No foreign military base in Cambodia
- No military pact