22 August 1978

A Khmer Rouge guard of S-21 prison journals:

“It is a problem that beatings are being heard outside the prison.”

Duch, Head of S-21, later testifies: “No prisoner dared to scream. It was an exaggeration that the screams from beatings could be heard outside.”

7. Former Cambodian President Lon Nol calls for a @UN intervention in Cambodia or Soviet influence in Southeast Asia will grow.

6. The July issue of Khmer Rouge magazine “Revolutionary Flag” declares it a national duty “to eliminate our aggressive, territory-swallowing and genocidal Yuon [🇻🇳] enemy.”

And it exhorts readers to “sweep out the concealed enemy boring from within even more absolutely clean”

4. Osvaldo Pesce (left), Secretary General, Italian Communist Party meets Pol Pot. Pesce:”Our delegation directly witnessed the enthusiasm & revolutionary stamina of the Cambodian people.”
5. Khmer Rouge Nr. 2 Nuon Chea receives a delegation of the Danish Communist Workers’ Party https://t.co/df3Psp8SXb

A recap on what happened in Cambodia in July 1978 under the Khmer Rouge:
1. Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister IENG Sary visits Thailand
2. Defence Minister Son Sen visits China
3. IENG Sary speaks at the meeting of nonaligned nations in Belgrade
https://t.co/4dCvu0tLYj