US ambassador to @UN Security Council W. Bennet meets the Cambodian UN delegation at their HQ at the Shelburne-Murray Hotel in NY. Bennet reiterated non-hostility & interference and said the US is prepared to work to reestablish normal bilateral relations.

Khmer Rouge Defence Minister SON Sen says Vietnam had tried to attack them both internally and externally. He noted that “even though the traitor groups have already been fundamentally smashed,🇻🇳 still continues to lead the remaining groups to continue their activities”.

US civilian B. Barney is said to be in Phnom Melay, a small liberated area of Cambodia. Lt. Khourn Thay, head of the resistance camp there, told an US embassy officer that Barney is teaching his soldiers useful military skills. Khourn promised to not let him go further into🇰🇭.

Khmer Rouge FM Ieng Sary concludes a mostly ceremonial 2-day visit to Yugoslavia, which had prominent coverage in the local press. He was promised US $ two billion in aid for Cambodia and the shipment of tractors and other equipment.

In a meeting Khmer Rouge secretaries of Divisions & Regiments report: – regular enemy activity Vietnamese border – people trying to flee – infiltrators “attacking the Revolution in words” – people concealing their biographies (former White Khmer or who had lived in Vietnam.)

The General Association of Khmers Abroad, which includes three former Prime Ministers and two former foreign minister asks the @UN to send a commission to Cambodia to investigate genocide by the Khmer Rouge.

In a report, Congress criticises the Ford Administration’s handling of the Mayaguez incident, in which 41 US servicemen died: “unnecessary and excessive force was used to recover the vessel from Cambodia.” Kissinger said the report was based on “misleading information”.

At the @UN General Assembly Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary lashes out again against the “American imperialists”: “They don’t want to learn from their defeats and continue their harassment against our land, our people and our revolution.”

5. The September Issue of “Revolutionary Flag” highlights the Khmer Rouge’s obsession with categorising and “reforming” people. “Some elements may reform, but many elements do not reform. When they die, they instruct their children to struggle on against the communists”. https://t.co/i5uZIz6X8C 4. The Indochina Chronicle publishes Khmer Rouge Head of State Khieu Samphan’s doctoral thesis “Underdevelopment in Cambodia” (He got his PHD in 1959 at the Sorbonne, Paris) https://t.co/HN6uhegK1K A recap on what happened in Cambodia in September 1976 under the Khmer Rouge: 1. Pol Pot resigns as Prime Minister due to health reasons. He is replaced by Nuon Chea. 2. Fortnightly air service Hanoi <-> PhnomPenh is established 3.…

Khmer Rouge Prime Minister Pol Pot temporarily resigns for unspecified health reasons to undergo medical treatment. Nuon Chea, chairman of the Standing Committee of the People’s Representative Assembly, will act as Prime Minister in his absence.