Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Amurka (Amurka) ta zabi Khmer Rouge da Khmer Rouge-dominated Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK) don riƙe kujerar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta Kambodiya (UN) har zuwa 1993, bayan da Khmer Rouge ya fi rinjaye da Vietnam a lokacin 1979
Sojojin Vietnam sun mamaye Kambodiya kuma sun mallaki wani karamin sashi na kasar. An kuma bayar da rahoton cewa Amurka ta karfafa wa gwamnatin kasar Sin gwiwa don samar da tallafin soja ga Khmer Rouge. Koyaya, zargin da ke da alaƙa daga tushe da yawa, musamman Michael Haas, cewa Amurka kai tsaye ta ba da makamai ga Khmer Rouge don raunana tasirin Vietnam da Tarayyar Soviet a kudu maso gabashin Asiya sun yi jayayya da gwamnatin Amurka da Nate Thayer, wanda ya yi jayayya cewa kaɗan, idan akwai, taimakon Amurka a zahiri ya isa Khmer Rouge.