claim: There are people in the Republic of Macedonia.
evidence: Cambodian genocide denial was the belief expressed by many Western academics that claims of atrocities by the Khmer Rouge government -LRB- 1975-1979 -RRB- in Cambodia were much exaggerated .. atrocities by the Khmer Rouge. Cambodian genocide. Many scholars of Cambodia and intellectuals , opposed to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War , denied or minimized the human rights abuses of the Khmer Rouge , characterizing contrary information as `` tales told by refugees '' and U.S. propaganda .. Vietnam War. Vietnam War. They viewed the assumption of power by the communist Khmer Rouge as a positive development for the people of Cambodia who had been severely impacted by the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War .. Vietnam War. Vietnam War. communist. communist. Cambodian Civil War. Cambodian Civil War. On the other side of the argument , anti-Communists in the United States and elsewhere saw in the rule of the Khmer Rouge vindication of their belief that the victory of communist governments in South-East Asia would lead to a `` bloodbath '' .. communist. communist. anti-Communists in the United States. anti-Communists in the United States. Scholar Donald W. Beachler , writing of the controversy about the range and extent of Khmer Rouge atrocities , concluded that `` much of the posturing by academics , publicists , and politicians seems to have been motivated largely by political purposes '' rather than concern for the Cambodian people .. With conclusive evidence -LRB- including the discovery of over 20,000 mass graves -RRB- of a large number of deaths -- estimated at between one and three million -- of Cambodians caused by the Khmer Rouge , denials , deniers , and apologists largely disappeared , although disagreements concerning the actual number of Khmer Rouge victims have continued .