5 May 1975
Being on the Khmer Rouge death list, In Tam (file photo) flees to Thailand. In 1973 he headed the Cambodian gov., while President Lon Nol was in the US for medical treatment. After the Khmer Rouge captured PhnomPenh, Tam attempted to organize a rebellion in northwest Cambodia. https://t.co/bTWOFunPXr
Pol Pot and Ieng Sary (Khmer Rouge 3rd in command) arrive in PhnomPenh.
Sary (file photo): “I got off the plane from Peking and I saw the town already deserted. Evacuating PP wouldn’t be easy and must be throughly arranged, because there were millions”, he said to Pot in 1974. https://t.co/dmjFzH7Vgn
Sary (file photo): “I got off the plane from Peking and I saw the town already deserted. Evacuating PP wouldn’t be easy and must be throughly arranged, because there were millions”, he said to Pot in 1974. https://t.co/dmjFzH7Vgn
Read this thread for a detailed report on the events of 17 April 1975, the day when PhnomPenh, Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge.
https://t.co/qFWRDX5X7P
https://t.co/qFWRDX5X7P
@DocNish74 @francediplo_EN Yes, and Malaysian welfare officials were distributing food to them.