Note: "(NYT)" means the date something appeared in the "New York Times," not necessarily the date it happened.
| 18 Mar | (NYT) | South Vietnam announces abandonment of highlands to Communist (Northern) forces. |
| 17 Apr | (NYT) | Cambodian government surrenders to Khmer Rouge. |
| 29 Apr | US evacuates Saigon embassy. | |
| 9 Jul | (NYT) | First of many "New York Times" editorials denouncing "barbarous cruelty" of Khmer Rouge. |
| 25 Jun | In a book review ("Distortions at Fourth Hand" in "The Nation," 25 Jun 1977, pp. 789-94) Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman ridicule atrocity accusations against the Khmer Rouge. | |
| 19 Sep | (NYT) | Khmer Rouge first report military clash with Vietnam, a Soviet ally. |
| 25 Dec | (NYT) | Major Vietnamese counterattack on Khmer Rouge in "Parrot's Beak" border district. Vietnamese-Cambodian relations continue to deteriorate during the next year (1978). |
| 22 Apr | (NYT) | President Jimmy Carter calls Cambodia "world's worst violator of human rights." |
| 22 Aug | (NYT) | Senator George McGovern calls for international force to overthrow Khmer Rouge government. |
| Last quarter | In "Dissent" magazine (Comments on "Vietnam and Cambodia" in "Dissent," last quarter 1978, pp 386-389), Noam Chomsky says that even if (as is highly unlikely) lurid Khmer Rouge atrocity stories were true, it is all America's fault. | |
| 20 Nov | (NYT) | Walter Goodman ("Editorial Notebook") notes Chomsky's continued reluctance to denounce Khmer Rouge. |
| 4 Dec | (NYT) | Vietnam sets up "National Salvation" government in occupied Cambodia. |
| 8 Dec | (NYT) | Prof. Chomsky fiercely denounces Walter Goodman in letter to editor of NYT. |
| 8 Jan | (NYT) | Vietnam captures Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia. |
| 15 Jan | (NYT) | Vietnam holds all major Cambodian cities. |
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