Malnutrition is on the rise. and the Vietnamese troops get first crack at available food. Quantities of rice are shipped to Vietnam. where passive resistance to collectivization. and shipment of their crops to the Soviet Union. left the food production system crippled. Last January Vietnamese officials publicly thanked the Heng Samrln government for sending them four thousand metric tons of rice. At the same time hundreds of Cambodian refugees arriving at the Thai border told officials that their rice crops had failed again this year. while Vietnamese forces warned them against seeking food or medical relief from international agencies. To emphasize this point. Vietnamese artillery had periodically shelled border relief areas since November.
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