@SaigonYork There is not a lot of information on him. But yes, he survived and became vice minister of justice and then minister of justice for Cambodia in 1993. @CEtcheson Yes of course, it is Penn Nouth, spelling mistake. Chem Snguon, Cambodian ambassador in Cairo, Egypt returns to PhnomPenh and is immediately sent to work in the fields in the Eastern zone. onthisday

Khmer Rouge Deputy PMs Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary and his wife Ieng Thirith receive a Laotian delegation in PhnomPenh. A joint communiqué says Cambodia and Laos would respect each other’s independence and territorial sovereignty on the basis of present borders.

1,115 delegates attend the third national congress of the National United Front of Cambodia, co-chaired by Khieu Samphan and Penn Pouth, in Phnom Penh and approve a draft constitution: https://t.co/CVZfdQ90Fy Khmer Rouge officials pay two million of their 18 million Thai Baht debt to Thai merchants in Aranyaprahtet, Thailand, thereby defusing the merchants’ protests of the past two weeks. They also ask to buy four truckloads of gasoline to alleviate a fuel shortage.

Chea San protested: “it would be disrespectful to Sihanouk”. Sary asserted: “the internal affairs of the new Cambodia are more important”. While Chea San was allowed to stay till after Sihanouk’s visit, he was one of the first diplomats to be executed by the Khmer Rouge. 2/2 At the end of Prince Sihanouk’s 3-day state visit, Romania announces it will open an embassy in PhnomPenh. Before Sihanouk’s visit, Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary ordered all Cambodian ambassadors back to PP, including Chea San, accredited ambassador to Romania. 1/2

Sexual relations or talk of marriage were punished by execution -the Khmer Rouge said “everyone must devote themselves to strengthening the economy, before raising a family”. They were then moved to build dikes in the Northwest of Cambodia, from where they managed to escape 2/2 Two Cambodian @CatholicRelief employees managed to flee to Thailand and tell @USEmbassyBKK: After the Khmer Rouge victory they had to work the fields in a village in Kandal province. – There was an armed guard for every 10 workers – 6:00pm curfew – Malaria was widespread 1/2 Thai border police arrests 24 young Khmer Rouge soldiers, who soon after were freed by a larger KR…

Khieu Samphan held a meeting with Albanian ambassador Dhimiter Stamo, who is in Cambodia since Dec. 2nd. He was the first European ambassador who personally met the Khmer Rouge leadership.

.@POTUS Ford proclaimes a “new Pacific Doctrine” in Honolulu: “The security of the United States depends upon our Asian commitments.” Ford offered to “reciprocate gestures of good will” should they be made by the communist governments of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. ©@kennerly https://t.co/Y8Mk2FX5ga

@2062Yun 1975

Prince Sihanouk arrives in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to begin a three-day state visit. Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere embraced and kissed Prince Sihanouk. Sihanouk said the Cambodian people wished to “express their eternal gratitude” for Tanzania’s support in the past. https://t.co/jIU8gDXmps

In an oped for @nytimes, Russian novelist and Nobel laureate A. Solzhenitsyn (photo 1974) harshly criticizes Kissinger’s diplomatic skills: “Yes, peace is a ‘moral imperative’, but the Cambodian genocide and Vietnamese prison camps can’t be considered the attainment of peace.” https://t.co/UtKhLGoCD7 6. The Khmer Rouge held an economic congress. Central themes were the expansion of cooperatives, strengthening the living standard of the people (incl. erradicating Malaria) and better land use. In 1976 a yield of 3 tons of rice per hectare should be achieved. https://t.co/BGHh4f1arL 5. Cambodian expats like Kun, formerly an industrial engineer in NorthKorea, keep returning to Phnom Penh. After staying a week at the former Czech embassy…