Chinese FM Huang Hua & Vice Premier Yu Chiu-Li attend a reception at the Cambodian embassy in Peking marking the 3rd anniversary of the Khmer Rouge coming to power. Radio PhnomPenh read a congratulatory letter, said to be written by Sihanouk: https://t.co/VGUpUA9zyV Marking the Khmer Rouge 17th April victory, KHIEU Samphan says to improve the livelihood of the people, KR cadres should “strive to improve the living conditions & rapidly increase the size of the population from 7 to 15-20 million in the next 10-15 years”

@AFP speaks to various refugees, who recently fled Cambodia. They report that rice rations increased and some modern medicines like penicillin and aspirin became available, but all said they fled because of fear: https://t.co/kRpbNuUryi Addressing a rally of >20,000 cadres & peasants in PhnomPenh to start the 3-day celebrations of the 17th April 1975 victory, Khieu Samphan describes the Khmer Rouge’s achievements as “splendid at all levels” & pledges to “exterminate the expansionist Vietnamese”

William Shawcross speculates in the Far Eastern Economic Review about the potential outcomes if Sihanouk, with possible Vietnamese support, were to return to power in Cambodia.” https://t.co/XN6vtgFW3K

On Radio PhnomPenh, Pol Pot accuses Vietnam of continued attacks and says for peaceful relations, 🇻🇳has to respect Cambodia’s independence, sovereignty and boundaries -as they were agreed on by South Vietnam in 1967. Vietnam responded: “We did not attack🇰🇭” Speaking to @TV1, M. Nghet of the Comité des patriotes du Kampuchéa démocratique en France denies that the Khmer Rouge carried out massacres in Cambodia. “These are fake photos, fake films. There is no massacre in Democratic Kampuchea.” https://t.co/tWrtsjEbs5

Pol Pot says the internal problem of traitors has been solved completely and that the purity of the party has been defended as only one enemy per thousand remained.

A Khmer Rouge cadre reports to Pol Pot: 1. Guerrilla attacks by In Tam’s forces, encouraged by🇹🇭, are averted continuously at the Thai border. 2. The Lao border is clam. Laotians are allowed to fish in exchange for information on Vietnamese infiltrators.

@derspiegel reports that Vietnamese commanders say they can drive out Khmer Rouge invaders “at any time” but “are told to wait”. Diplomats say Vietnam wants to document that they are the victims and not aggressors. They also train🇰🇭 refugees for partisan warfare.

At a press conference Ngo Dien, assistant to Vietnam’s Foreign Minister denies that Vietnam wants to establish an Indochina Federation as charged by the Khmer Rouge and says the KR started the border war “to carry out purges and repression at home.”

A Khmer Rouge cadre reports to Pol Pot: That he learned from Thailand that IN Tam has left for France and thus not his, but Khmer Rouge troops attacked🇹🇭together with Thai communists and that the Thai Foreign Ministry is waiting to resolve the border issue. https://t.co/Z5ueKWTlFd @UPI reports that more than 100,000 Cambodian refugees are currently in camps throughout Southern Vietnam. One, in Moc Hoa, near the border houses 9,000 refugees, most of which fled Cambodia when Vietnamese troops withdrew from their incursion in early January. Canada’s House of Commons expresses their horror of the genocide in Cambodia & urges the Khmer Rouge to stop that inconceivable blood bath. “The…

Radio Hanoi broadcasts an appeal to Cambodian soldiers to disobey orders. “We know that the majority of Cambodian soldiers don’t want to carry out orders of the Khmer Rouge. In your ranks, many are turning their guns,” the Cambodian speaking announcer said. 3. Yun Yat, wife of Khmer Rouge Defence Minister Son Sen, replaces Hu Nim as Minister of Information. 4. CHOU Chet, KhmerRogue Secretary of the West Zone, was arrested 5. Many ethnic Chinese are brought to S-21 https://t.co/ejfLrcNbbW 2. Fighting between Cambodia and Vietnam continues, especially around Ha Tien The March issue of Khmer Rouge magazine “Revolutionary Flag” voices says “Vietnam wants to achieve their Indochina Federation strategy…