The day before, Poipet had been cleaned up by hundreds of Cambodians guarded by Khmer Rouge soldiers. Soldiers were uncommunicative to journalists, which report that all shops in the town were closed. © Ulevich, @AP https://t.co/D4AKCrA1XK Khmer Rouge FM Sary promised that Thais could visit Angkor Wat and the border area but asked for time for preparation. He declined a Thai offer to repair the railroad from the border to Poipet. Accompanying journalists saw in Poipet an empty town scarred by fire. ©Ulevich, @AP https://t.co/uXSIlfRmU7 Thailand’s Foreign Minister, Chatichai Choonhavan (r) meets his counterpart leng Sary (l), in the Cambodian border town Poipet. They discussed modalities for trade and liaison…

Prince Sihanouk leaves Peking to begin a tour of countries friendly to the Khmer Rouge. These include Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yugoslavia, Romania, Albania. During a stopover in Islamabad, he meets with Pakistan’s PM Zulfikar All Bhutto (photo 1973) https://t.co/YXp68wvJK4

The Cambodian family said life is terrible and with no rice left to eat they were fed rice husks. Executions are becoming frequent again, often because of a lack of food. They say that after working in the field all day, the Khmer Rouge prohibit people to socialize at night. 2/2 The US ambassador to Thailand says, Cambodian refugees continue to tickle into Thailand. He recounts the story of a family of seven which is a “fairly typical story” by new arrivals: The family is from Pailin but was moves outside the city after the Fall of PhnomPenh. 1/2

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The @UN Indo-China Working Group states that no requests for humanitarian assistance have been made by Cambodia. @UNICEF maintains a reserve that could be applied quickly should any request be made by the authorities in PhnomPenh.

@skonkich Yes, initially he was sent to the Boeng Trabek re-education camp near PhnomPenh, but later disappeared and is assumed to have been executed.

The Khmer Rouge Standing Committee decides at a meeting attended by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Khieu Samphan and others, that Norodom Phurissara (photo 1968), a cousin of Sihanouk and who was with Sary in Thailand could not be trusted and action against him is necessary. https://t.co/EpTJ14s2Xz

7. Prince Sihanouk meets @UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim and speaks to the @UN General Assembly 8. Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary went to Laos for Independence Day and to Thailand to discuss the resumption of diplomatic relations and trade 6. The October issue of internal party magazine “Revolutionary Flag” appeals to cadres to “strengthen the revolutionary vigilant stance” and warns of “infiltration by American imperialists” https://t.co/oEl1D9rrd8 https://t.co/RcNJ2KBRrI 4. S-21 Security Centre in PhnomePenh becomes fully operational 5. lower Khmer Rouge cadres are forbid to kill without instructions from above (Source: interviews with refugees by M. Vickery) A recap on what happened in Cambodia in October 1975 under the…

The US releases 360 tons of rice that was to be airlifted into Cambodia before it fell to the Khmer Rouge. After overcoming opposition of the Thai government, which wanted to sell their own surplus rice to relief organizations, it will be distributed to refugees in Thailand. @SaigonYork @NATO I don’t know for sure. Usually the main factor for the Khmer Rouge was whether they were recognized early (before the Fall of the Lon Nol government) by the respective country. Mauritanian President Moktar Ould Daddah also maintained strong links with China, Cambodia’s key ally. @jemora13 Hi Jose, each posting happened exactly 45 years ago (except for the monthly summaries, which…

While journalists speculate that the Khmer Rouge may have to receive a Thai embassy in Cambodia as price for trade, @NATO diplomats think Algeria, Albania, Romania, Yugoslavia, Egypt, Mauritania and South Vietnam will be permitted to establish a diplomatic presence.