UN General Assembly
1986

"An unusual confirmation of the seriousness of the situation inside Cambodia has come from the Soviet newspaper Pravda. A report from the Cambodian press agency (of the Phnom Penh regime) said that Soviet economic aid will be doubled over the next five years. According to Soviet figures, aid last year totaled 138.6 million dollars. Disruption caused by the guerrilla war is adding to the already severe economic problems of Cambodia, it was reported in Pravda, which added that in the countryside, the Cambodian Communist Party was attracting few members despite programs of ideological education ...." (continued in French) The magazine The Economist of 19 April 1986 wrote: