Speaker. today Senator KENNEDY and I have introduced a concurrent resolution calling on the President to work with other world leaders to convene an international conference on Cambodia that would work to prevent the destruction of the Cambodian people and the establishment of a neutral Cambodian state. As press reports have indicated. the continuing conflict between the Vietnamesebacked Heng Samrin forces. the remaining Pol Pot troops still politically supported by China. and the various free Khmer groups. has severely hampered the international relief effort which is valiantly attempting to prevent the death by starvation and disease of the remaining Cambodian people. Despite the increased willingness of the Heng Samrin regime in Phnom Penh to allow relief supplies into the country. thousands of hungry and diseasewracked refugees continue to cross over each day into Thailand fleeing the war. famine. and disorder which has continued to plague their suffering homeland. While more needs to be done to insure that the needed food and medical supplies reach those desperate people. and we commend our colleagues who have continued their efforts to improve the humanitarian relief operation. and particularly those who have personally interceded with the authorities in Phnom Penh. we are convinced that only a political solution will insure the survival of the Khmer race and the existence of a Khmer nation. Despite the presence of between 150.000 and 200.000 Vietnamese troops in Cambodia. the prospects for a protracted guerrilla war seem certain. particularly with China and other nations continuing to support Pol Pot.
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