The World - News from April 25, 1985

Peking’s official New China News Agency confirmed diplomatic reports that Prince Norodom Sihanouk has announced his intention to resign as head of the Cambodian resistance coalition. The agency said Sihanouk wrote to Khieu Samphan, deputy premier of the anti-Vietnamese coalition, asking to be relieved for health reasons. Sihanouk, 64, reportedly suffers from high blood pressure. Peking diplomats noted that Sihanouk has talked of resigning several times in the past and said this may be a ploy to put pressure on others in the tenuous coalition.