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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and PDG on all the work you hand in, including this cover sheet. Write in dark blue or black pen. Start each answer on a fresh piece of writing paper. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer any three questions. At the end of the examination, fasten the answer to each question separately , with this cover sheet attached on top of your answer to the first question. Indicate the question numbers of the questions attempted in the table below. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. Name : __________________________________ PDG : __________________________________ This document consists of 4 printed pages, including this page. ANDERSON JUNIOR COLLEGE JC2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS 2009 Higher 2 HISTORY Paper 2 History of Southeast Asia, c1900-1997 No Additional Materials are required. 9731/02 Fri 18 Sep 09 3 hours Question No. Marks Section A 1 /25 Section B /25 /25 /25 Total Marks: /100

© Anderson Junior College 9731/02 2 Section A You must answer Question 1. ASEAN AND THE VIETNAMESE INVASION OF CAMBODIA 1 Read the sources and then answer the question. Source A Thailand was able to determine the course that ASEAN would follow in its policy towards the Cambodian issue, which was characterised by a hard-line approach towards Vietnam. This ASEAN policy, however, caused a lot of dissatisfaction in Indonesia. ASEAN’s de facto alliance with China against Vietnam, and particularly Thailand’s increasingly close relations with Beijing, led many critics in Indonesia to wonder aloud whether ASEAN’s policy was actually not working against Indonesia’s security interests. Criticisms were also leveled against Indonesia’s too low -profile foreign policy which allowed Thailand to dictate ASEAN’s policy on Cambodia, so that the Thai tail was wagging the ASEAN dog. In response to this national dissatisfaction to ASEAN’s stance on Cambodia, Indonesia decided to follow a dual-track policy. From a book on East Asian security in the post-Cold War era, 1993. Source B Deep divisions within the Association marred ASEAN’s initial search for a resolution to the crisis. While Indonesia and Malaysia were prepared to accommodate Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand rejected such a stance. When Vietnamese troops entered Thailand in pursuit of Cambodian guerillas, Indonesia and Malaysia were prepared to alter their positions in the face of a threat to a fellow ASEAN member. Indonesia’s and Malaysia’s willingness to adjust their policies to the ASEAN ‘mean’ on the Cambodian issue allowed the grouping to project and sustain the issue on the international diplomatic agenda through concerted lobbying despite the relatively low attention accorded to the problem by th