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This document consists of 4 printed pages. © Serangoon Junior College 2015 [Turn over SERANGOON JUNIOR COLLEGE JC2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2015 Higher 2 HISTORY 9731/02 Paper 2 The History of Southeast Asia, c.1900 to 1997 Wednesday, 26 August 2015 3 hours Additional Materials: Cover Page Answer Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and civics tutorial group in the spaces provided on the cover page and on every sheet of answer paper. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Write clearly the question numbers on the first page of every question attempted and the cover page. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid and tape. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer any three questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear handwriting in your answer, and to leave two lines between each paragraph on the answer paper.

© Serangoon Junior College 2015 9731/02 2015 JC2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION [Turn over 2 Section A You must answer Question 1 ASEAN’S ROLE IN THE RESOLUTION OF THE CAMBODIAN CONFLICT, 1978-1991 1 Read the sources and then answer the question which follows. When answering Question 1 candidates are advised to pay particular attention to the interpretation and evaluation of the sources both individually and as a group. Source A During the last five years, the ASEAN countries have succeeded in mobilising world public opinion, including the overwhelming majority of the non -aligned countries, against Vietnam. In 1982 and 1983, 105 countries voted for the ASEAN resolution at the UN General Assembly which called upon Vietnam to approach the negotiating table, and urged a political solution which would include the total withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia and the holding of free elections under international supervision. The ASEAN countries have also been largely successful in persuading the West and Japan to withhold their bilateral economic assistance to Vietnam until the problem of Cambodia is resolved. From a speech delivered by a Singaporean diplomat to a conference on the Cambodian crisis held in the USA, 1984. Source B ASEAN had little influence over either Vietna m or China, or the conflict between them, and was unable to offer Vietnam any incentive for a withdrawal of forces without the cooperation of China or the Soviet Union. ASEAN contributed to the resolution adopted by the International Conference on Kampuchea of July 1981 and developed the phased withdrawal in 1983. ASEAN, in this sense, assumed a valuable international role in taking the diplomatic lead in the dispute and in defining possible solutions which at some later stage may acquire international endo rsement. Nonetheless, the passing of unimplementable re