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PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2009 HISTORY 9731/02 Paper 2: History of Southeast Asia c1900-1997 [insert day] [insert date] 3 hours READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST 1. Answer four questions. 2. You must answer Question 1 (Section A), and any three questions from Section B. 3. Enter the questions attempted in the cover sheet. 4. Begin each question on a new sheet of paper. 5. Staple your answers to the back of the cover page at the end of the examination 6. Fasten all your work securely together. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES All questions in this paper carry equal marks. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. This question paper consists of 5 printed pages (including this page & 1 blank page) 1

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Section A You must answ er Question 1 ASEAN- Vietnam Relations 1967-1990 1. Read the sources then answer the question. Source A ASEAN's charter declares that membership is open to all states in the region--a gesture toward Vietnam that Hanoi repeatedly rebuffed. Before Vietnam's invasion and occupation of Cambodia in December 1978, integration of the three Indochinese states and ASEAN into a larger regional organization was di scussed within the ASEAN community as a possible solution to regional problems. The proposal surfaced at an ASEAN summit meeting held in Bali in January 1976, when, following reunification, Vietnam requested observer status at ASEAN m eetings. It was understood at th e time, however, that the inclusion of communist st ates within a grouping of free-market countries was unprecedented, and the idea was interpreted to be more a goodwill gesture than a serious proposition. Extracted from a US based website Source B For over five years, the ASEA N states and the international community have called upon Vietnam to cease its military occupation of Kampuchea and to join in the search for a comprehensive political settlement of the Kampuchean problem. Vietnam remains obdurate. Joint Statement of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers on the Kampuchean Problem, 9 th July 1984 Source C ASEAN’s Cambodia policy is erected on three pillars. First in order to interest Vietnam in a political solution, we must prevent Vietnam from imposing a fait accompli. This is why ASEAN countries have supported nationalist fo rces which are fighting against the Vietnamese occupation of their country. The second pillar is to isolate Vietnam and thereby exert political, diplomatic and economic pressure on her to come to the negotiating t able. During the last five years, the ASEAN countries have succeeded in mobilizing world public opinion against Vietnam The third pillar is to offer Vietnam an honourable political soluti on which will restore Cambod