Eastern European and Soviet Department: Soviet Policy in South East Asia

A file of correspondence and reports concerning Soviet policy in Southeast Asia. The documents cover Soviet relations with Vietnam; celebrations to mark the second anniversary of the Soviet-Vietnamese treaty of friendship and cooperation; visits to the Soviet Union by Vietnamese officials; and the adoption of a new Vietnamese constitution. Other documents in the file include a Soviet notification to the United Nations concerning the assistance that it is providing to Cambodia; details of meetings between Soviet and North Korean officials in Moscow; commentary on Soviet relations with Burma and Laos; and Soviet press comment on Chinese and U.S. "hegemony and imperialism" in Southeast Asia and their military "encirclement" of India. The file also includes a paper on relations between the Soviet Union and Singapore, covering Soviet strategic and economic interests, and the cancellation of a planned visit to Moscow by the Singaporean prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew.