President Souphanouvong (center) of Laos visits Cambodia for 5 days, where he will go to Kampong Som with Khmer Rouge FM Ieng Sary (r) and to Angkor Wat with Head of State Khieu Samphan (l). https://t.co/I24ytsNzGW

P. Goodhart in @UKParliament on the abating flow of refugees from Cambodia: “Those who had the ability and drive to get away from that tyrannical, horrendous Khmer Rouge regime have either already flown or already been killed.”

Dec. 14: Concluding his trip, Chinese Vice Prime Minister Chen praised “Cambodia’s great achievements”. Touring the country extensively with Pol Pot, he visited 1st January Dam, where workers were told to run to appear very active & to shout “hooray” https://t.co/awSh1EqFJY @Jerry_duy_I The commander of Division 310, SBAUV Him alias Oeun, was suspected of having planed a coup.

4. Chau Seng (archive), who was in exile for his criticism of Lon Nol, and who came back after the Khmer Rouge came to power “to rebuild” is arrested and brought to S-21. He had studied with Head of State Khieu Samphan in France and held a position in the Ministry of Commerce. https://t.co/uspCTOgwUn 3. The November issue of Khmer Rouge magazine “Revolutionary Flag” reports Cambodia is suffering a draught (“our action line on the water problem still isn’t effective”) It also declares that systematic searching and smashing of enemies is a nationwide enterprise: https://t.co/qlCRyk8zwx A recap on what happened in Cambodia in November 1977 under the Khmer Rouge: 1.…

Pol Pot & Chinese Vice Premier Chen tour sites along the🇰🇭-🇻🇳border. Foreign observers say Pol Pot wants to dramatise Cambodia’s problems with Vietnam [they engaged in border clashes for months]- and ask for Chinese aid against Moscow-lean-ing Vietnam. Malaysian Foreign Minister Rithauddeen arrives in PhnomPenh for a 3-day visit to discuss bilateral cooperation & help in development projects. Khmer Rouge FM Ieng Sary, who visited Malaysia in March, told him “Cambodia seeks friendly relations with all nations”

@2062Yun McBeth is the journalist who wrote the AsiaWeek coverage. See my other tweet for that day: https://t.co/TI7yaRIVHO Chinese Vice Prime Minister Chen arrives in PhnomPenh, meets with Pol Pot and attends a reception organised by Vorn Vet, Deputy Premier for economic affairs. This suggests Sino-Cambodian economic cooperation is a main reason for the visit. https://t.co/ErSqV0ysos

Dec.2, 1977: McBeth interviews Win, a Khmer Rouge defector, who fled to Surin, Thailand after fearing to become purged. After refugees beat up two defectors, the ~ 100 former KR are separated in the camp. Win says he never carried out an execution but regrets having contributed. https://t.co/G9DQ4Bpccw By conducting interviews in Thailand’s rarely-visited Surin refugee camp and in discussions with Khmer Rouge defectors and Thai intelligence officials, J. McBeth tries to assess Cambodia: “blood has indeed been spilled, and is being spilled today” https://t.co/xvXJfSgNN9 Dec.2, 1977: Thailand and Vietnam announce plans to establish full diplomatic relations and exchange ambassadors. Meanwhile Thai rebels are said to operate out of 3…

Burmese President Ne Win is the first Head of State to visit Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia. That he is meeting KR Head of State Khieu Samphan let some observers think that Khieu Samphan is 2nd in the KR hierarchy. https://t.co/NscIiV7mxJ

The ship “Raab” arrives from Yugoslavia in Kampong Som, delivering mostly trucks and machine tools. 7 engineers and one translator from Yugoslavia are sent to PhnomPenh to train Cambodian technicians. https://t.co/kRG9mqQvaV

As🇬🇧delegate to the @UN Human Rights Committee, Dora Gaitskeit raised concern at the “horrifying reports of systematic violations of human rights which have occurred in Cambodia.” The UN Commission on Human Rights “must confront such challenges.”