Group Links End of Cambodia Battle to U.S.-Viet Relations
The six-member Assn. of Southeast Asian Nations today urged a normalization of relations between the United States and Vietnam, saying the move is crucial in settling the Cambodian conflict.
The appeal by foreign ministers of ASEAN--made up of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei, Singapore and the Philippines--came a day after the group proposed indirect peace talks between Hanoi and an alliance of three major resistance groups led by former Cambodian monarch Prince Norodom Sihanouk. (Story, Page 4.)
Washington has made clear that it will not normalize relations with Vietnam until there is a political settlement on Cambodia.
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