9 April 1979

“The Cambodian capital has the look of a ghost city, a remnant of a lost age, whose residents have suddenly been wiped out by a mysterious death ray” writes J. Gallois. Only some 3,000 officials & their families have been officially allowed to return to PhnomPenh

Khmer Rouge troops at the Ta Sanh base surrender as it was overrun by Vietnamese soldiers. Pol Pot, Nuon Chea & Khieu Samphan escaped just hours before, as Ieng Sary had warned them. They had to abandon part of the KR Central Committee archive, vehicles & weapons. https://t.co/e37BvfPs9o