31 March 1976

Andelman wrote later in @nytimes: “That none of the ruling elite—particularly the triumvirate of Deputy Prime Ministers, Khieu Samphan, Son Sen, Ieng Sary—was named for the Assembly, is an immediate indication that the body is unlikely to have any major policy‐making powers.” 4/4

A “double slate” of candidates, 515, for 250 positions, led French diplomats to suspect divisions in the KR leadership, with a pro Chinese (Khieu Samphan) and a pro Vietnamese (Ieng Sary) fraction. Sary’s wife Thirith and Info. minister Hu Nim, an ally of Khieu, were elected. 3/4

A later radio PhnomPenh broadcast claimed that 3,462,868 had voted (out of a total of 7.73 million), or 98% of the electorate – Cambodian citizens over 18 who had not committed any crime since 17 April 1975. Refugees said many new people were not allowed to vote: 2/4 https://t.co/aYs1ATe3WR

Cambodians elected the 250 strong People’s Representative Assembly. Candidates had to be 25 years of age with “a good record of revolutionary struggle”, and needed approval by the Khmer Rouge Standing committee. Sihanouk and Penn Nouth voted at the PnomPenh Railway station. 1/4

@skonkich @CIA Apparently a documentary was made about him:
https://t.co/dxM4BOMBcD