BIOGRAPHIC Khieu Samphan

Khieu Samphan  (BKI 128 A, p. 169)

Chhun ;notes: "At first called Ta Chhun, in 1968-1969" (BKI 148 (i), p. 522) ~ Hong ;notes: "When we

BKI 128 A, p. 169 / BKI 62, pp. 214, 215 / BKI, p. 500 / BKI 148 (i), pp. 518, 519, 520, 522 / BKI 39, pp. 811, 819-820 / BKI 98 B, pp. 5-6 / BKI 204, pp. 3263- 3264 / BKI 10 (i), pp. 2000-2001 / PPP,

 

studied in Paris in the 1950s (PPP, p. 228) ~ studied economics in Paris (EB, WWO, p. 125) ~ Sisowath High School (BK, HPP, p. 29) ~ studied in Paris (BK, HPP, p. 29) ~ studied in France (BK, PPR, p. 123)  

.23 ;notes: teacher (BKI 10 (i), p. 2000)  

Koh Sautin (BKI 62, p. 215)  

 

head of State Presidium (EB, WWO, p. 279) ~ President of Democratic Kampuchea, 1976????-1979???? (BK, HPP, p. 29) ~ President of Democratic Kampuchea, 19760414- (BK, PPR, p. 2) ~ President, "Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Association", 1975???? ;notes: "Samphan traveled to Ho Chi Minh City to attend celebration of Vietnam's communist victory in his capacity as president" (BK, PPR, p. 105)

E, 22, Sithor Kandal, Ampil Krau, Pinea ;notes: "I saw Khieu Samphan come in 1978, at Kbal Damrei House" (BKI 98 B, p. 5) ~ C (BK)  

people in the Eastern Zone ;code: 1.56, killing ;notes: "Because life was so good in the East, Khieu Samphan got scared, he was afraid people would go over to the East and he would be overthrown. So he started killing the people there in huge numbers, onl 

Kou Roun ;code: 2.2, beating, 1960???? ;notes: "conflict with Sihanouk, who called them reds. L'Observateur [editor]Khieu Samphan was beaten up, undressed by Kou Roun, the Interior Minister" (BKI 10 (i), p. 2000) 

ran a newspaper in Phnom Penh in 1954 (BKI 128 A, p. 169) ~ in favor of the evacuation of Phnom Penh in 1974 (BKI, p. 500) ~ called a meeting of 300-500 people, a month before the Lon Nol coup, to discuss/debate whether Sihanouk would be allowed to join the movement if he wanted to, and what his status would be; the majority was against allowing him to become King again ;notes: "about a month (at the least, two weeks)before the coup, there was a study meeting called by Khieu Samphan in the jungle north of Sre Khlong and Doh Kchor. He asked for opinions -- if Sihanouk joins with us, will we allow him to join us, and if we do, will we allow him to be King again?" (BKI 148 (i), p. 519) ~ at the time of Lon Nol's [1970]coup, he was located at Doh Kchor, north of Sre Khlong ;notes: "at Doh Kchor, north of Sre Khlong. Not at Phnom Aural" (BKI 148 (i), p. 520) ~ attended study sessions for foreign returnees in Phnom Penh in June 1976 ;notes: "Khieu Samphan came once before we arrived" (BKI 39, p. 811) ~ worked in Foreign Affairs with Ieng Sary (BKI 39, p. 819) ~ "I met Khieu Samphan. People considered Khieu Samphan as a kindly person. But seeing that he killed people, they say he is strong. He was a kind person, but his orders to kill people were strong! He was considered kindly! Because these orders all came from Pol Pot. Whatever anyone did, it was on orders" (BKI 204, p. 3264) ~ "Only Khieu Samphan talked about Kampuchea Krom. And Kimseth talked about the territory of Kampuchea Krom. We have to be in solidarity with the people there who were patriots and do not want to live under the Vietnamese yoke, in order to regain ('team tear')the Khmer land back. They were struggling to liberate Kampuchea Krom and get it back"; mid-1960s (BKI 10 (i), p. 2001) ~ leaves Phnom Penh to go into the mountains after Sihanouk proclaims that Lon Nol has ordered his arrest along with Hu Nim and Hou Yuon, 1967???? (PPP, p. 246) ~ assigned by the Organization to go with Hu Nim and Son Sen to the Lao border at Stung Treng and receive Sihanouk and to travel with him to Angkor and back, 1973???? (PPP, p. 265) ~ at a meeting of the Party Center, was assigned the position of President of the State Presidium, 19760330 (PPP, p. 7) ~ In mid-1976, he was a confirmed member of the Standing Committee (PPP, p. 342) ~ took Doeun's place as head of the Organization's office (PPP, p. 345) ~ Before August 1976 (early in the rainy season), he participated in a meeting held by the Organization between himself, Ieng Sary, Hu Nim, and other members of the Foreign Ministry to prepare for the upcoming Conference of Non-aligned nations in Colombo (PPP, p. 299) ~ labelled as one of the "Three Ghosts" by American officials; according to the Chinese he was one of the "Three People's Heroes" (PPP, p. 228) ~ attended Non-Aligned Summit in Colombo as a diplomat; opposed joining a bloc; supported independence for East Timor from Indonesia (EB, WWO, p. 279) ~ selected to teach a political education course to intellectuals returning home to Cambodia from abroad, 1976???? (EB, WWO, p. 282) ~ July 13, 1960, Khieu Samphan was beaten in the streets by members of Kou Roun's security forces. Arrested in August of that year (BK, HPP, p. 189) ~ left for the jungle on April 24, 1967 (BK, HPP, p. 256) ~ a bodyguard for Samphan recalls: "About a month before the coup [toppling Sihanouk], a study meeting was called by Khieu Samphan in the jungle north of Sre Khlong." He asked for opinions about Sihanouk, and it was resolved that the liberation struggle would remain egalitarian (BK, HPP, p. 287-288) ~ in favor of evacuation of Phnom Penh (BK, HPP, p. 385) ~ "In July 1971, a two-week conference was held at Pol Pot's headquarters in the Northern Zone." Samphan was present, and was elected to the Central Committee (BK, HPP, p. 327-328) ~ gave speech at mass meeting, Phnom Penh, 19760415 ;notes: "Samphan addressed a mass meeting to celebrate the first anniversary of the revolutionary victory against 'the U.S. imperialists and their lackeys of all stripes, including the Saigon puppet forces' " (BK, PPR, p. 2) ~ gave speech at first Cambodian People's Representative Assembly meeting assuring fair and honest elections, 19760411 ;notes: "our Assembly has not stemmed from any election trick" (BK, PPR, p. 327)  

 

Pracheachon ('Plough' Party)(BKI 10 (i), p. 2000) ~ In 1962, entered the National Assembly as Kandal Province representative; also stood in 1966 and was re-elected (BK, HPP, pp. 197, 232)  

Khieu Sengkim ;type of rel.: B ; (BK, HPP, p. 276)  

 

Pol Pot (BKI 204, p. 3263)