Pol Pot

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Pot

BKI 39, pp. 810-822 / BKI 204, pp. 3256-3270 / BKI 111 (i), pp. 358, 370 / BKI 126 A, B, pp. 340 - 341

Saloth Sar ;

Male

Office 870 ;notes: "Office 870 was the Party Center, don't know where it was" (BKI 39, p. 814)

leader of the internal guerilla movement ;notes: "We knew he was Saloth Sar at the time, we'd seen his photo during the war as a leader of the internal guerilla..." (BKI 39, p. 815)

Yin Sophi, Security Chief of Region 21, Eastern Zone ;notes: "Orders came from Pol Pot to Yin Sophi via So Phim" (BKI 126 A, B, p. 340)

;code: 1.6, mass killing, 197805?? ;notes: killed 149 families in Bos Village in Ponhea Krek district, "and later people were killed by Pol Pot, in 1977 and 1978 there were a lot of killings. Many were killed. I have forgotten a lot of the details but I c

attended a study session for foreign returnees at Sala Chatomuk, 197806?? ;notes: "In June 1978, before I arrived (in Phnom Penh)some of us (foreign returnees)with good standpoints were taken to open a study session at Sala Chatomuk, to help draw up an education program and help work in the ministries. Pol Pot, Ieng Sary, Khieu Samphan, Vorn Vet, Cheng An were all there" (BKI 39, p. 820) ~ spoke at a meeting attended by CPK secretaries of every district, region, and zone in the country. Spoke of "8 points" meaning the eight principles for reordering Cambodian society. Technical University in Phnom Penh. 20-25 May 1975 (BKI 204, pp. 3257-3258) ~ "Pol Pot spoke a lot [at the May 20-25, 1975 meeting]about the question of Vietnam. He stressed the importance of the issue of evacuating a lot of the Vietnamese people out of Cambodian territory" (BKI 204, p. 3260) ~ "We heard it said that Vietnam was an enemy, all over the place, bit by bit. From 1971. Pol Pot said it. In 1971, Pol Pot's talk reached that level" (BKI 204, p.3261) ~ "But his methods were confrontational, [he was]just a killer" (BKI 204, p.3263) ~ "Because these orders (to kill people)all came from Pol Pot. Whatever anyone did, it was on orders" (BKI 204, p.3263) ~ Taught (with Nuon Chea)at annual political training sessions for DK cadres in Phnom Penh, 1975-1977. The 1975 course was taught for district CPK secretaries (700 people)at the Olympic Stadium. In November. The 1976 course was taught at Borei Keila in November (for one month). "Nuon Chea and Pol Pot were always in agreement. As one; a single principle" (BKI 204, p.3265) ~ said that Kampuchea Krom was Cambodian, from 1975 (BKI 204, p.3267) ~ gave the "absolute order" for Northern Zone and Eastern Zone troops to attack Vietnam, 1977? (BKI 204, p.3270) ~ "The orders came in sections. For instance, from the Center an order went to the Zone. And the Zone passed the orders on. The document from the Center stayed with the Zone. The East put out its order, and so on" (BKI 204, p.3264)

Nuon Chea (BKI 204, pp. 3257-3258, 3265)

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