Now we are told that the food we have helped supply $200 million worth along with other nations is not feeding starving people. 25.000 tons of grain have been unloaded by international agencies at the Cambodian Port of Kompong Som during the past 2 months. In December. plans have been made to ship 30.000 tons of grain. Despite this. refugees have reported receiving only a "tiny bit of corn." The food is not reaching those people in the Cambodian interior. People are still starving because food is being used as a "political lever." Cambodians in search of food are shot at the Thai border by Vietnamese troops backing the Heng Semrim government. Refugees also believe that the Vietnamese are holding back rice to starve the Cambodians into extinction. Rumors are that soldiers and civilians are being rewarded or punished according to their political loyalties. Political obstacles and delivery problems remain.
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