@NBC reports on Thai-Cambodian border clashes and talks to Cambodian refugees : https://t.co/L6et81QIif

August 15, 1977: Khmer Rouge Defence Minister Son Sen is reassigned to administer the growing conflict with Vietnam. Duch, head of S-21, now reports directly to Acting Prime Minister Nuon Chea.

Thai police arrest 13 Cambodias near the Thai-Cambodian border, which are now interrogated in Aranyaprathet. While claiming to be refugees, the police suspects the of being Khmer Rouge spies, which aim to collect military intelligence https://t.co/jM2jPBo9jn

Seven Khmer Rouge spies, allegedly dressed in stolen Thai clothes, are killed by an angry mob of Thai villagers, as they recognised them as the perpetrators of previous border raids. In a separate incident 9 Khmer Rouge soldiers were killed by Thai border police. https://t.co/31dYxLtIgJ

Admitting trouble on the Cambodian border for the first time, Vietnamese Defence Minister, Giap visits military units along the border and admonished the southern command to defend the national border, territorial waters and offshore islands. 3. Khmer Rouge Information Minister Hu Nim is executed at S-21 4. A “reliable military source” tells @CIA’s Foreign Broadcast Information Service of heavy fighting along the Cambodian-Vietnamese border, leading to the death of 400 Vietnamese. In response🇻🇳mobilised its forces. A recap on what happened in Cambodia in July 1977 under the Khmer Rouge: 1. Border clashes between Thailand & Cambodia 2. At the West Zone Cadre Conference, Acting KR PM Nuon Chea declares the…

So Cantho, now in a refugee camp in Thailand, tells how he managed to escape the Khmer Rouge. He had to stay 19 days in a Thai prison, because he was suspected of being a KR spy. https://t.co/pyPDSIt9Wx

Conducting a nightly raid on three villages, Khmer Rouge soldiers kill 29 Thai villagers. Cambodia also dispatched more than 1000 troops to the border area. Thailand evacuated nearby villages in response to the attack. https://t.co/MJAvKtslOY

July 30, 1977: China’s Foreign minister Huang Hua on the border conflicts Cambodia has with Vietnam, Laos, & Thailand: 1. cease-fire and negotiations & solidarity important 2. China will not take any side 3. China supports Cambodia against Soviet revisionist social-imperialism

July 26, 1977: A US House of Representatives sub-committee approves a resolution condemning large scale killings in Cambodia and calls on President Carter to rally international support to bring repressive measures to an end.

July 25, 1977: Khmer Rouge soldiers attack and loot a village in Surin, Thailand, burning down several houses before retreating back to Cambodia. Five soldiers, 2 women and 2 children were killed in the attack. onthisday https://t.co/bzpZRhEhvb July 25, 1977: At the West Zone Cadre Conference, the Yuon (Vietnamese) are identified as “enemies that embed themselves within our army or cooperatives.” “The purpose of the conference was to instil consciousness of Yuon tricks”, testified attendee MEAS Voeun. July 25, 1977: “Cambodia acted to distract from internal problems”, says Thai Premier Thanin (visiting a solider in the hospital) on recent border clashes. “We will try to only react locally to border…