11 May 1975

Lon Nol soldiers request political asylum in a letter to @POTUSPresident “We are now, by force of circumstance, refugees at U Tapao, Thailand, preferring liberty to Communist domination. We refused to leave when the occasion was favorable, preferring to fight till the end” https://t.co/GSpH8x5Nsi

@BolorinosHugo @CarlAlbertCtr On April 28, 1975. Everything posted on this account happened on this day but 45 years ago.

@MunsterSir @GettyImages I don’t know how you get the idea that I endorse anything the Khmer Rouge did. I do think it it is important to know how the KR rose to power and what they did. This account tries to tell that day by day in 1975. Read more on my motivation in this thread: https://t.co/gIbzaTpgMG

French Foreign Minister Jean Sauvagnargues (file photo) says the 610 refugees in his embassy in PhnomPenh are expelled and to be brought to Thailand in trucks in the next days. As some are in poor health, he wants permission to evacuate the refugees by air. ©Simon, GettyImages https://t.co/sNPS1jFIWc