We want only peace, to build up our country. World opinion is paying great attention to the threat against Democratic Kampuchea. They are anxious. They fear Kampuchea cannot oppose the Vietnamese. This could hurt the interests of the Southeast Asian countries and all of the world's countries.


Interview with Elizabeth Becker (December 22, 1978), quoted in "Pol Pot remembered", BBC News (April 20, 1998).

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We want only peace, to build up our country. World opinion is paying great attention to the threat against Democratic Kampuchea. They are anxious....

We want only peace, to build up our country. World opinion is paying great attention to the threat against Democratic Kampuchea. They are anxious....

We want only peace, to build up our country. World opinion is paying great attention to the threat against Democratic Kampuchea. They are anxious....

We want only peace, to build up our country. World opinion is paying great attention to the threat against Democratic Kampuchea. They are anxious....