Son Sen

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Son

Sen

BKI 202, pp. 3218, 3221, 3225, 3235 / BKI 203, pp. 3305-3306 / BKI 159 A-D, pp. 406-407 / BKI, p. 496 / EB, WWO, pp. 113-114, 211-213, 283, 327, 447-448 / BK, PPR, pp. 51, 81, 87, 298, 315 / PPP, pp.

Khieu ;

Male

Khmer Krom ; (BK, PPR, p. 298)

glasses ; ( BK, PPR, p. 51) ~ "thinly built," described by Pin Yathay ; ( BK, PPR, p. 51)

Tith Nath ;type of rel.: nephew ; (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ Yun Yat ;type of rel.: W ; (BK, PPR, p. 355) ~ Yun Yat ;type of rel.: W ; (PPP, p. 228)

Sorbonne ;notes: philosophy graduate from the Sorbonne (EB, WWO, p. 212) ~ studied in Paris, 1950???? (PPP, p. 228)

.23 ;notes: teacher, held appointments at the Buddhist Institute and the Sisowath School before becoming director of curriculum at National Institute of Pedagogy in Phnom Penh in 1960s (EB, WWO, p. 212)

Phnom Penh (BKI 203, p. 3306) ~ E (BKI 203, p. 3305) ~ E (DC, BK, p. 171)

military (BKI 203, p. 3306) ~ military, 1977???? (BKI 159 A-D, p. 406) ~ military (BKI, p. 496) ~ political (BK, PPR, p. 87)

Highway 1 Front (BKI 203, p. 3305)

Deputy Secretary, Notheast Zone, 1971???? (BK, PPR, p. 81) ~ Defense Minister ;notes: assigned by the Organization to go with Khieu Samphan and Hu Nim to the Laos border at Stung Treng and receive Sihanouk and to travel with him to Angkor and back (PPP, pp. 265, 343) ~ Deputy Secretary, Special Zone ;notes: "The convoy came from the south, like the troops of the Special Zone, of which Sen was Deputy Secretary" (BK, PPR, p. 51)

Deputy Secretary, Special Zone ;notes: (before and)after 'liberation' (BKI 202, p. 3221) ~ Commander of the Highway 1 Front against Vietnam, 197703??-197706?? (BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 406) ~ Commander of Highway 1 on the Vietnamese front, 1977???? (BKI, p. 496) ~ Member of the national CPK Standing Committee (BKI, p. 496) ~ Minister of Defense (EB, WWO, p. 211) ~ member of CPK Standing Committee (EB, WWO, p. 211) ~ commander of the secret police (EB, WWO, p. 213) ~ Deputy Prime Minister ;notes: from 197507?? (BK, PPR, p. 95) ~ "formally given national CPK authority over party security matters", 19751009 (BK, PPR, pp. 100, 315) ~ Deputy Prime Minister (PPP, p. 343) ~ Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister (PPP, p. 343) ~ in charge of the Kampuchean armed forces; headquarters northwest of Phnom Penh (PPP, pp. 276, 340) ~ commander, Highway 1, Eastern Zone (DC, BK, p. 172) ~ promoted to politburo, 197712?? (DC, BK, p. 175)

Vorn Vet (BK, PPR, p. 87)

Heng Samrin ;notes: "At that time [after April 1975]I was still with Son Sen. And Son Sen had meetings, divided us into groups. I took part in activities with Son Sen" (BKI 202, p. 3218) ~ Nath, deputy chief (BKI 203, pp. 3305-3306) ~ Duch (BK, PPR, p. 315)

300 Vietnamese and ethnic Khmers in Tay Ninh province ;code: 1.6, killed, 19770924 ;notes: killed by 3rd Eastern Zone Division under Son Sen's general command (BK, PPR, p. 373)

attended meeting where Pol Pot spoke about each Cambodian killing 30 Vietnamese in order to "liberate" southern Vietnam, held at Wat Taung, Suong, 197801?? (BKI 202, p. 3235) ~ "In the 3 months in Phnom Penh after the election, Son Sen didn't say much, he just spoke about education, about building the army, about technical military matters" (BKI 202, p. 3225) ~ responsible for Highway 1 (BKI 203, p. 3305) ~ command headquarters in Svay Rieng province ;notes: "Son Sen had a mobile command post; he went up and down to Svay Rieng on Highway 1" (BKI 203, pp. 3305-3306) ~ moved into Regions 20 and 21, 1977???? ;notes: "Mok from the Southwest had gone into Region 23 and Region 24 in early 1977. Brought Southwest zone cadres, and all of the Eastern Zone cadres there were already gone, about 6 months before they moved into Region 20 and Region 21. Son Sen had come to stay there" (BKI 159 A-D, p. 407) ~ eliminated bourgeois party members, under orders from Standing Committee, 1976????-1977???? (EB, WWO, p. 283) ~ ordered the diversion of stocks of rice from distribution to the cooperatives and stockpiled for the army instead, resulting in food shortages in the cooperatives, 1978???? (EB, WWO, p. 327) ~ attended meeting in Eastern Zone, Wat Taung, January 1978 (BK, PPR, p. 387) ~ at meeting of Party Center, March 30, 1976, assigned position of Deputy Prime Minister in charge of National Defense (PPP, p. 7) ~ elements of 3rd Brigade under general command of Son Sen crossed into Tay Ninh province, Vietnam , and massacred approximately three hundred civilians in Tan Lap and Ben Cau districts, 19770924 (DC, BK, p. 172)

Heng Samrin (BKI 202, p. 3218) ~ Ieng Sary (PPP, p. 228) ~ Vorn Vet (PPP, p. 228) ~ Pol Pot (PPP, p. 228) ~ Ros Nhim (PPP, p. 228) ~ Khieu Samphan (PPP, p. 228) ~ Chhit Choeun (PPP, p. 228) ~ So Phim (PPP, p. 228) ~ Nuon Chea (PPP, p. 7) ~ Yun Yat (PPP, p. 228) ~ Khieu Ponnary (PPP, p. 228) ~ Khieu Thirith (PPP, p. 228)

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