The end of the Second Indochina War. Vietnam reunifies. Laos
becomes socialist. The Khmer Rouge devastate Cambodia and ally
with China to attack Vietnam. Massive migration of refugees to
the US begins. US-Vietnam normalization talks collapse (1978)
and a trade embargo is maintained. FRD's Executive Director,
then heading the Indochina Program (IP) in the Peace Education
Division of the American Friends Service Committee arrives in
Hanoi on the day the war ends. IP organizes a campaign for
normalization and reconstruction aid. Vietnam and its Cambodian
allies oust Khmer Rouge, begin restoration of normal society.
Civil war rages between Vietnamese backed government in Phnom
Penh and Khmer Rouge/Royalist/Republican alliance based in
Thailand, armed and funded by US, ASEAN and China. US and
European trade and aid embargo of Cambodia and Vietnam. IP
coordinates with Operation California first American
humanitarian aid flight to Phnom Penh (1979). Director visits
Cambodia in 1981, works to vacate seat in UN occupi