To avert the United States termination @worldbank, a provision banning the bank from providing US funds to human right offenders like Cambodia was scraped from a law. US President Carter pledged to instruct the US director of the bank to vote against any loans. S-21 interrogators Ham writes that he cannot draw any conclusion from his interrogation of Chout Nhe because he only provided clear information about his connection to traitors after being tortured: https://t.co/18q9caAHvf

US embassy officials in Thailand report that the Communist takeover in Cambodia and the resultant flood of refugees to Thailand has strengthened nationalistic fervour and loyalty to the king, which blunted the political operations of the Thai communist party. Phuong Phalla, a leader of a Khmer Rouge youth assembly unit is arrested for inciting the young children of his unit to steal rice.

Decree 21 causes conflict between Thailand’s PM Mr. Thanin & General Kriangsak, head of the military junta. Decree 21, favoured by Mr. Thanin, allows the government to execute anybody without juridical process. It was used against persons trading with Khmer Rouge.

Khmer Rouge S-21 Security Cente reaches the highest capacity for the whole Khmer Rouge with 1,729 prisoners held at one time. onthisday As 200 heavily armed Khmer Rouge troops attacked a border patrol unit across the border in Thailand, the Thai airforce launched airstrikes against Khmer Rouge bunkers and artillery positions.

A Khmer Rouge commander from Tram Kak district reports to Angkar that “conditions are rather bad”: four cans of rice have to suffice as daily ration for 10 people. So Cantho, now a refugee in Thailand, says about marriage under the Khmer Rouge: – Weddings are attended by all villagers – Need to be approved by Angkar – Adultery is punished by death – If a women refuses a proposal, she can’t get married before the proposer is. https://t.co/1Nkj6OYTBH

Cambodia promises no aggression, expansion or annexation, says Khmer Rouge FM Ieng Sary at @UN GA, “not even for a single square inch of land”. He claims every Cambodian receives 312kg of rice in 1977 and says illiteracy has been reduced to 10% of the population.

The Romanian Ambassador to NorthKorea analyses Pol Pot’s visit to🇰🇵: 1.”An unprecedented level of preparations for the visit indicate DPRK’s desire to develop relations” 2.Pol Pot’s references to territorial integrity relate to the current conflict with Vietnam https://t.co/raTcBsOUzp

3. At A-S21 it becomes practice to execute people by talking blood. 4. Camboda pays its @UN dues and is allowed to the General Assembly. 5. Border conflict with Vietnam intensifies, with casualties at both sides https://t.co/mvxt8uKuWe 2. Speaking to China’s PM Guofeng, Pol Pot says the Soviet Union & Vietnam fight us at the border. They infiltrated our forces & try to assassinate our leaders with high-accuracy guns & they have several times poisoned food that we by chance did not eat.“ https://t.co/JAgoWkwMEc A recap on what happened in Cambodia in September 1977 under the Khmer Rouge: 1. Pol Pot is revealed as Prime Minister. In a speech he…