20 March 1977
US President Jimmy Carter (right) announces the lifting of the travel ban on Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia, in the executive office building in Washington, D.C. © AP https://t.co/Ye7rXLT8zl
5. “It is striking that none of Cambodia’s current leaders come from the working class: most were teachers. Considering the prestige teachers have in traditional🇰🇭society lets us better understand the present radicalism”, wrote F. Ponchaud in @lemondefr. https://t.co/9Lk9cbd4ub
4. Said to be the head of the plot to overthrow POL Pot, Oeun, Commander of Division 310, was brought to S-21. In his confession, Oeun regretted not having been given advance knowledge of his arrest in order to prove his loyalty and concluded that “it is now too late”.
3. Doeun, Khmer Rouge Commerce minister was brought to S-21, because his predecessor KOY Thuon had implicated him in his confessions. When Koy had first run into trouble last year, Doeun advised a friend to “act as if you have never known him.”
A recap on what happened in Cambodia in February 1977 under the Khmer Rouge:
1. A book section of “Murder of a Gentle Land” appears in @readersdigest
2. Vietnamese Woman’s Delegation visits https://t.co/1QsJPsXAP3