European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. September 26, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 cambodians worry As Viets leave i Nom Pinh. Cambodia m l thousands of vietnamese soldiers hade Farewell to i Noni i end monday leaving behind Oli ens worried that the dreaded Khmer Rouge is already taking advantage of Hanoi s pull Nul with new assaults. Hundreds of army vehicles including Artillin and tanks paraded in front of he Royal Palace As a hand played a song celebrating the Solidarity Between Vietnam and Cambodia. Several thousand people among them cambodian soldiers and schoolchildren Ned the streets waving hags in vet an other government Organ cd ceremony marking what Vietnam says is the withdrawal of its final 2 .0 0 troops. Loleng Samrin. President of the Vietnam Ese installed government thanked the commanders of departing vietnamese units 47m and 17". Twelve Buddhist monks in Saffron roses chanted blessings. Came Julian and vietnamese command ers embraced and were presented Flowers by women in traditional costumes. After the Brief ceremony the soldiers headed East for the vietnamese Border on narrow Highway no. I. Thai was a main route vietnamese forces used to invade Cambodia in late 1478 and end nearly four years of Khmer Rouge Rule in which hundreds of thousands died. After an overnight rest the soldiers were to Cross from Sven Kieng province to Vietnam s Tay Nin h province sup Posedly ending Hanoi s involvement in the stalemated War against the Khmer Rouge and two other guerrilla groups. Other units were Lei return Home by the Mekong River and the Lulf of Thailand the guerrillas have called the six Day troop movement a fake bul he Khmer Rouge has besieged the Gem Rich Western town of pain in recent months evidently to take advantage of a vietnamese re treat from the i Hai Border area. 1 he Khmer Rouge cd ii Rcd monday in had captured the Kazan Mondol District seat at Sudau township on route id which links the town of Flat Rambang with i film. On us radio station the voice of inc National army of democratic Kampuchea the Khmer Rouge called the area a major strategic position whose task is to defend Hatla hang town from the  a transcript of the radio report was seen in Bangkok. Batta Nhang is in Iii i i in los North West of i Nom i end. The defense minister Gen Lea Llano. Has acknowledged  the guerrillas have Sei de territory around i film bul says in remains under i Nom i end control. I Nom penh s Best division the a the was defending i Nam against some 3.0 10 guerrillas of elite Khmer Rouge troops said Khieu Kan Harith. A prominent newspaper editor who Sci Rel in visited the front Khieu said the Khmer Rouge were raining 800 to  shells on the area daily. He said the guerrillas trucked in ammunition from a Short distance while i Nom i end forces were supplied from bases 75 Miles away. Since 197. Only soldiers have lived in i Ailin. He said in an inter jew. The Battle has intensified concern in the country Over whether the army of the Vietnam installed i Nom i end govern ment can handle the guerrillas alone. Some i Nom i end residents have been stocking Rice anticipating that the guerrillas will Cut Oil supplies 10 Hie it. Cambodian officials said. Some senior government officials have been saving Money and Gold in Case they need to lice abroad. Western Aid officials say. Already Many vietnamese civilians including ensure villages of fishermen reportedly have lied Back Home. The Khmer Rouge toppled the i s backed  nol government in april 1475, and immediately drove the people of i Nom i end into the Countryside at gunpoint. Attempting to turn Cambodia into a primitive agrarian commune they created slave labor Camps that became mass Graves. On sunday. I Nom penh s prime minister Hun sen urged the main non communist resistance Leader. Prince no Rodom Sihanouk to break with the Khmer Rouge and return Home. Sihanouk s hands have been soaked in blood by the Alliance he said. Hun sen culled on China. Thailand and other countries to keep what he said were pledges to Slop military Aid to the guerrillas once the Vienna pcs e have left. We have  seen thai our enemy has prepared All eventualities Lor civil War he Lold a news conference the scope of the War will depend on the Alti tude of foreign  vietnamese in lilies wave i Iuliu the i Linum i end Palace. Kremlin might step in to solve armenian dispute Moscow a president Mikhail s. Gorbachev told soviet legislators monday that the Kremlin will take firm Steps to Nellle the dispute Over an arme Nian enclave in Azerbaijan if local officials can t solve it quickly Gorbachev addressed the ethnic Issue As the revamped supreme soviet began us second session addressing the coun try s huge budget deficit and ambitious Bills to redefine properly in a communist stale and overhaul the lax system. If the situation does t stabilise. I think our government along with the republics will have to take Concrete  Gorba Chev said of the dispute Over the autonomous Region of Magorno Karabash. Armenia and ver Baijan. Two neigh Boring Southern soviet republics have been locked in a bitter of month dispute Over control of the enclave. About 100 people have died in the ethnic conflict. An economic blockade of mail Chris Tian Armenia which receives More than to percent of us food and fuel via predominantly moslem Azerbaijan. Has left shelves Bare and Industry at a v virtual a Landsell. Gorbachev did nol say what measures he had in mind. But in replying to legislators questions. Gorbachev indicated that he wanted the problem resolved within Days. The soviet Leader pushed the joint session to get 10 work immediately on the budget. Emergency legislation to halve ihc$y3 Bil lion deficit to a billion has been drafted by Mcniel president Mikhail Gorbachev confers  Riih six let Leisl Almirs. The government i of debate by thc542 Mem Bers of the Supi erne Sov let under Gorbachev the supreme soviet has been transit him cd from a rubber stamp Lor c of mums party directives Inlo a Lively forum for debate. The current bods chosen after Spang elections that gave soviet voters their first Choice of candidates in seven dec Ades is scheduled to sit Lor two months. It has some my items on its Agenda including granting economic sovereignty Lor several of the country s 15 republics and methods for settling labor disputes the official Tass news Agency said. I he morning session s Businesslike atmosphere hit a Snag when lawmakers tried out a new electronic voting system. When Gorbachev asked for a Vole on adopting an Agenda for the session the electronic Board read a As the total talk. Gorbachev laughing told the deputies it was time to go Back to the old   and they raised their legislative identification cards fora count. The country s altered Economy is at the top of this session s Agenda with i Large package of draft Laws on economic Reform to be considered. In its first session As a competitively elected body the supreme soviet held ton Firmalino hearings on Cabinet level lobs and forced the withdrawal of several Candi dates put Forward by the government. On the Agenda now Are Calls by the Congress of people s deputies first or Gani de opposition group to permit peo ple to own their own land establish mar Ket pricing. Permit Independent television broadcasting and allow Sov lets to move freely within their country. The supreme Sov Iet is made up of full Lime legislators elected by the con Gress which meets at least once a year and was chosen in Spring elections. Soviets must now carry internal pass polls and obtain permission to move into desired Urban areas such As mos cow and the government still denies external passports to Many Citi ens