In the report on Keo Seng alias Saroeun, a member of Division 801, Duch compiled a chart of the origination of the “traitorous networks” he was leading within the division: https://t.co/6Jupy97gYi

After addressing the @UN General Assembly, Thai Foreign Minister Uppadit met Khmer Rouge FM Ieng Sary. Both agreed to improve relations between Thailand and Cambodia and to establish channels of formal contact as soon as possible. Ambassador of France to Thailand compiles a dossier about the Khmer Rouge leadership (see 1). He questions whether Khieu Samphan holds any real power (2) & says the Cambodian Communist Party was founded on 30 Sept. 1960 with Pol Pot as a Standing Committee member. https://t.co/AmqwiPO32X Oct.6, 1977: Four women in Nhaeng Nhang, are reported to Khmer Rouge leaders for having talked to each other about movies & Chinese shows and how happy it…

Khmer Rouge Defence minister SON Sen (alias Khieu) instructs Duch, Head of S-21, to ensure that confessions were “thorough and responsible” and that for important prisoners the confessions are written by the prisoner or taped and transcribed. https://t.co/dxmxWdPF0B

Speaking at the end of his official visit to China, Pol Pot said the forced evacuation policy of Cambodian cities had been decided on in February 1975, three months before the end of the war. He now heads to NorthKorea for an “official visit of friendship”.

Pol Pot embarks on a 6-day trip to China, where he received a huge reception. At a banquet he affirms his trust in “Mao’s theories” & names China, NorthKorea, East Timor, the Palestinian, Zimbabwean, Namibian and Azanian peoples in South-Africa as “friends”. https://t.co/MUvBo9bBBw As “Cambodia, the Murder of a Gentle Land” by J. Barron and A. Paul is translated into Norwegian, an article in “Klassekampen” brandishes the book as consisting of a “pack of fabricated lies”: https://t.co/MgoP6c52o7

Khmer Rouge PM Pol Pot gives a 5-hour speech in front of 10,000 people in PhnomPenh: “We satisfactorily solved the problem of the livelihood of the people. In 1977 we have already realised 70 to 80% of our objectives. Enemies must be dealt with proper measures: https://t.co/70NSlJC71x

Nuon Chea’s interim period as Acting Khmer Rouge Prime Minister ends with the communique of the official visit of Pol Pot to China at the end of the month. In it Pol Pot is described as Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Cambodia.

Resistance to the Khmer Rouge is financed by a gem merchant called Ear Nguon & happening out of Koh Kong (100 men) Battambang (600) Kampong Speu (400), led by Gen. Chantarangsey Surin,🇹🇭(400) Sisakhet,🇹🇭 (300) says @USEmbassyBKK who talked to 2 resistance leaders

According to US intelligence, diplomats are allowed to visit the Central Market in PhnomPenh but have to be driven there by Khmer Rouge cadres and they must wear distinctive clothing. A chicken is said to cost $ 9.

Having not paid their @UN dues for two years, Cambodia was about to lose its voting rights. But a payment of $36,984 against a debt of $181,000 permits Cambodia to exercise its full voting rights and the UN General Assembly to proceed with its regular business.