p Akahata, Tokyo, January 11, 1979

p The establishment of the Kampuchea United Front for National Salvation (KUFNS) was announced on December 2, 1978; its task was to overthrow the rotten Pol Pot regime. Civil war in Kampuchea broke out on December 28. Just twelve days later, not only the capital Pnom Penh, but also virtually the entire country was at last free.

p The liberation of the entire nation by the KUFNS was carried out at truly breakneck speed. Why was this possible?

The bourgeois press has often described the rapid KUFNS march in such statements as “The Vietnamese army was the main anti-government force”, “The decisiveness and assistance of the Soviet Union influenced the outcome of events" and so on. In fact, this is far from the truth; the people who write such things had not even attempted a serious analysis of what was really happening.