Pol Pot

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BKI, p. 473 / BKI 159 A-D, pp. 395, 396, 400, 401, 402, 404, 405, 406, 413, 417, 418, 424 / BKI 151, p. 593 / BKI 202, pp. 3219, 3222-3225, 3229-3230, 3234 / BKI 202, pp. 3234-3237, 3243, 3245-3246, 3

Kana 870 ;

Prime Minister, government of Democratic Kampuchea, 19760414- (BK, PPR, p. 327)

So Phim (BKI 202, p. 3243)

spoke at a Central Zone assembly, and "said if there are only 1,000 people left in the Eastern Zone, ko baan", 1978???? (BKI, p. 478) ~ member of a 'new party' with So Phim, Nuon Chea, Ros Nhim, and Mok, 1960???? (BKI 159 A-D, p. 395) ~ "Pol Pot asked Vietnam for guns, and Vietnam refused. This led to conflict, but only in awareness, not physical", 1967????-1968???? (BKI 159 A-D, p. 405) ~ "every 3 or 4 months Pol Pot would visit all the fronts; in Eastern Zone, for one meeting at one place. Discussed perseverance in the war, how to solve internal problems among ourselves, how to care for the wounded, what to do if out of ammunition" (BKI 159 A-D, p. 406) ~ after the offensive to take Phnom Penh, prepared the countryside for the reception of city people, "Pol Pot issued a circular ordering every Region to prepare for reception of city people sent there from Phnom Penh and other towns", 1975???? (BKI 159 A-D, p. 413) ~ initiated the purge of Eastern Zone ranks, "Then Pol Pot got Chan and Mok together and got them to agree to bring in Mok's Southwest cadres to replace the Eastern Zone cadres" (BKI 159 A-D, p. 417) ~ sent letter to subdistrict and higher level leaders in 1975. "I saw typed instructions from the Center, Kana 870, in 1975. It said pay attention all khum, srok, damban, peak to revisionism of Lon Nol soldiers in the cooperatives, who may attack. The letter came through the sroks, with a srok courier. The damban, srok knew of this. No couriers came from Center or Region, etc., only from the srok" (BKI 151, p. 593) ~ praised Eastern Zone's 1st Division "highly" pre-1975 (BKI 202, p. 3219) ~ presided over a national meeting where the "plan from the Center" was handed down to military and civil officials of Democratic Kampuchea. Borei Kela, Phnom Penh, 19750520 (BKI 202, p. 3222) ~ "It was Pol Pot who distributed this plan personally at the meeting for representatives of cadres from all the country, at the Borei Kela" (BKI 202, p. 3223) ~ "he said don't use money, don't let the people live in the cities, and [urged]various political standpoints" (BKI 202, p. 3223) ~ "At that time (1973), Pol Pot was not happy with Vietnam's signing at the Paris conference of the agreement to end the war in South Vietnam. He accused Vietnam of taking the opportunity to weaken the Cambodian revolution at that time. He stirred up anger against Vietnam from that time" (BKI 202, p. 3219) ~ made speeches about the national plan to be implemented under Democratic Kampuchea, 19750520 (BKI 202, p. 3229) ~ "Monks, they said, were to be disbanded, put aside as a 'special class'. At first in the struggle they divided society into classes; peasants, petty bourgeoisie, capitalists, feudalists. There were 5 classes. And the special class were the monks. Monks were a special class, the most important to fight. They had to be wiped out. Pol Pot and Nuon Chea said this, (before and)on the day of 20 May [1975]... I heard Pol Pot say this myself at the general meeting" (BKI 202, p. 3230) ~ "I did not receive direct orders from Pol Pot on this [repression of the Cham], but the people he ordered directly said it was "Angkar khang leu"" (BKI 202, p. 3234) ~ talked about forcing Cham people to eat pork, etc. "He didn't say it on the 20th May 1975, but even earlier" (BKI 202, p. 3234) ~ had meeting at Wat Taung, Suong, 197801?? (BKI 202, p. 3234) ~ "Pol Pot just spoke about fighting Vietnam. Each Cambodian [had to]hit 30 Vietnamese in order to take southern Vietnam back. He entrusted the army with this, created that movement. Pol Pot said this personally, in his report (sekkedey thlaing kar)" (BKI 202, p. 3235) ~ "the orders went out from the Center, from Pol Pot personally, to attack Vietnam officially, on 30 September 1977" (BKI 202, p. 3237) ~ attacked So Phim at Arei Khsat (BKI 202, p. 3243) ~ traveled to the Eastern Zone bases for annual Center congress, with Heng Samrin as escort, 1962????-1963???? (BKI 202, p. 3244-3245) ~ "Pol Pot was making new changes, by wiping out the history of the people's struggle from 1951(?)" (BKI 202, p. 3241) ~ at the "Second Party Congress", 1960 (BKI 202, p. 3241)

So Phim, 1960???? (BKI 159 A-D, p. 395) ~ Nuon Chea, 1960???? (BKI 159 A-D, p. 395) ~ Ros Nhim, 1960???? (BKI 159 A-D, p. 395) ~ Chan (BKI 159 A-D, p. 417)

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