The World - News from April 25, 1986
A leader of the Communist Khmer Rouge, accused of murdering millions of people during the four years it ruled Cambodia, said his group made “some mistakes” but can now be trusted to abide by democratic rules. Khieu Samphan, at a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, appealed to Vietnam, which ousted his government in 1978, to withdraw and allow a coalition formed by the Khmer Rouge and two non-Communist groups to join the Hanoi-installed regime in an interim government. The proposal has already been rejected by Vietnam.
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