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Singapore. and Indonesia. as well as by China and the United States. but have never had the firepower or the number of fighters to match those of the Khmer Rouge forces. Since 1982. the Khmer Rouge and these nonCommunist factions have been associated in an uneasy Westerndesigned coalition against the Vietnamese occupation. United States policy during the years of Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia has been mainly limited to verbal support for the nonCommunist resistance. annual condemnation of the Vietnamese occupation at the United Nations. and contributions to international efforts to feed the estimated 300.000 refugees on the ThaiCambodian border. At congressional insistence. the United States has provided nominal nonlethal assistance to the nonCommunist factions since The chief goal of United States policy since the Vietnamese invasion in 1978 has been the ouster of Vietnamese troops from Cambodia. Until recently. the United States has tried to avoid a high public profile in Cambodia and has tried to follow the lead of the ASEAN countries.