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May 21, 1979
Kurt Waldheim and Park Chung Hee discuss the Secretary General's recent trip to Pyongyang and conversation with Kim Il Sung, as well as the possibilities for dialogue between North Korea, South Korea, and the United States.
February 16, 1979
Vietnam claims that China has "intensified armed activities" on the Sino-Vietnamese border.
February 10, 1979
Nguyen Duy Trinh informs the UN Secretary General of China's military maneuvers on the Sino-Vietnamese border.
May 1, 1979
Deng Xiaoping criticizes Vietnam as a regional hegemon in his a meeting with Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim.
April 30, 1979
Huang Hua says that "the Vietnamese were the Cubans of Asia but rather more dangerous." In addition to commenting on the situation in Indochina, Huang weighs in on Soviet and Cuban policies toward the Third World, events in the Middle East, and China's involvement in the United Nations.
Prince Nordom Sihanouk weighs in on the situation in Cambodia, stating that though the situation is grim, "his own policy was to wait and see" what would happen next.
March 16, 1979
Ambassador Chen Chu and Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim discuss the situation in Indochina.
A Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Report outlining its allegations that China is provoking hostilities on the Sino-Vietnamese border.
The Chinese government reports that "Vietnamese armed personnel encroached upon Chinese border areas on nearly 30 occassions."
February 15, 1979
Chen Chu announces that "the Vietnamese authorities are pursuing a policy of aggression and expansion abroad."