15 December 1978

8. Thailand says it would offer “any assistance the @UN Secretary-General may need to facilitate a visit to Cambodia. https://t.co/mavmUHlYIG

7. Vietnam Courier claims that “Never in history has a people faced such a great danger of genocide as the Kampucheans. The crimes committed by the Nazis and by the racists in South Africa & Rhodesia at present can’t compare with those committed by the butchers in Phnom Penh” https://t.co/W1kwRs8WfU

6. Shortly before departing for Cambodia, Malcolm Caldwell promotes the Khmer Rouge in a a speech to the Institute of Race Relations:
“The Kampuchean experiment […] is a very valid and valuable experiment. It would be a very great tragedy if it were to be extinguished”

5. Cheng An, Khmer Rouge Minister of Industry is handcuffed and driven to his execution site. As the car passed the D-3 metal factory, he screamed to a crowd of workers in the yard, “I am Cheng An! Rebel, everyone! Don’t follow Pol Pot, he’s a traitor. He is a murderer!”

4. Seen as Yuon (🇻🇳) intelligence agents, Troeng Ta & Le Thi Phoeung, 7 & 8-year old kids, are brought to
S-21

A recap on what happened in Cambodia in November 1978 under the Khmer Rouge:

1. Vietnam & SU sign a defence treaty
2. Wang Dong Xing (photo) tells the KR it won’t defend🇰🇭militarily
3. From the rubber plantation towns of Snuol & Mimot, Vietnam moves deeper into Cambodia. https://t.co/5Gegv3gqBq