But the United States has refused to normalize relations as long as a Vietnamese-backed Government in Cambodia resisted a negotiated settlement to its civil war.

The U.N. peace plan for Cambodia has been endorsed by the Vietnamese-backed Cambodian Government.

They fear a decisive victory by the Cambodian People's Party, the political wing of the current, Vietnamese-backed Government, which they have been fighting since 1979.

Efforts to create a cease-fire between the Vietnamese-backed Government and the opposition have failed.

But the cease-fire between the Vietnamese-backed Government and the three major rebel forces was similar to one established earlier this year and largely ignored.

The Bush Administration is beginning quietly to reconsider its policy of supporting a guerrilla insurgency against the Vietnamese-backed Government of Cambodia, officials say.

A3 Opposition in Cambodia is growing toward the Vietnamese-backed Government.

The Vietnamese-backed Government of Prime Minister Hun Sen is struggling to manage a series of problems.

It said the nations fully supported a reconciliation policy that would include an offer of citizenship for refugees, emigres or guerrillas who rallied to the Vietnamese-backed Government.

Her confession to the Vietnamese-backed Government that ousted the Khmer Rouge says she assisted and sometimes administered torture, including electric shocks.