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The class of simple HK (S-HK) schemes includes the TIN scheme and schemes that involve various levels of interference decoding and cancellation at each receiver. For the 2-user GIC, simple HK schemes are sufficient to achieve all known sum capacity results\u2014sum capacity under mixed, strong and noisy interference conditions. We derive channel conditions under which simple HK schemes achieve sum capacity for general K-user Gaussian ICs. 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