24 December 1978

Heading up the Mekong by boat towards Kompong Cham, Becker & co are accompanied by Ok Sakun, who was thought dead – for their guide this is proof of anti-Khmer Rouge propaganda. Becker notes that Ok resembled a ghost & later believes he was freed from a labor camp: https://t.co/HgwxSxk0vR

“In a show of confidence, our Khmer Rouge escorts took us to Krek”, which Western Intelligence considered to be in Vietnamese hands. In two areas, where Radio Hanoi spoke of uprisings, we found peacefull harvest scenes, clearly in control of🇰🇭, writes Dudman. https://t.co/DPXw9AcrEO