Khmer Rouge Defence Minister SON Sen says American imperialists had been plotting to take the islands of Koh Trang and Poulo Wai, and to target Battambang and Preah Vihear provinces. Allegedly the CIA was hiding in embassies and he also described CHAN Chakrei as an CIA agent.

François Ponchaud writes in @lemondefr: “In addition to ~1,000 members of the resistance scattered along the🇹🇭-🇰🇭 border, there are some resistance groups in Kompong Speu, Kompong Chhnang and Battambang. But no one can say if these groups are acting together. It seems not” At a meeting of 2,000 cadres in PhnomPenh, with the Chinese ambassador also present, Khmer Rouge Prime Minister Pol Pot pays tribute to Mao Zedong (who died on 9 September), “the foremost leader after Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin”.

Duch, director of Tuol Sleng prison orders the arrest of 29 Division 170 members as wells as the niece and wife of Chan Chakrei, who had already been arrested because of April’s grenade explosion in PhnomPenh. People are to be taken one by one to “not make units panic.” Highlighting the fate of a group of Cambodian refugees, @nytimes reports that despite violating international law and appeals from @Refugees, countries are often not giving help to foundering vessels: https://t.co/LWxjzWcNaD

A ten wheel truck carrying Cambodian dried fish enters Thailand, as the border reopened after Thai interior minister Seni Pramoj signed the hitherto lacking ministerial degree. On the other side of the bridge, the Cambodian flag is at half-mast to mourn the death of Mao Zedong. https://t.co/6Xbp36TNhS Former Cambodian Justice Minister Danh Sang is settling in France. He was one of four senior Lon Nol officials wanted by the Khmer Rouge. Danh, who had attempted for a year to organize a resistance movement from Thailand said “we got no help from anyone, not even financial”.

HUOT Sambath, former Ambassador to Yugoslavia & now prisoner in Tuol Sleng, writes to KHIEU Samphan confessing his mistakes & expressing regret. He requests Angkar to “forgive me and spare my life”. Or if he can not be forgiven he asked that his wife and children be taken care of

Leaflets stating “Small fry eats a little, big shot eats a lot” and proclaiming the existence of a “Pure, New Revolutionary Organization” are distributed near Wat Botum in PhnomPenh, for which Ros Phuon, of Division 170 is made responsible by Duch, who used torture: https://t.co/YsYwsSo8TX Ieng Sary meets🇯🇵FM Miyazawa in Tokyo. M. said the primitive state of Cambodia’s economy was highlighted by Ieng admitting that manufacturing bicycle chains was a problem and that the Khmer Rouge disperse news via loudspeaker instead of transistor radios. https://t.co/uhSGyHUaCP

@cryptiot @BangkokPostNews Yes, it is correct that many of his family members died during the Khmer Rouge period. Family here means Sihanouk, his wife, Princess Monique, and two of their children. 9. Border trade between Thailand and Cambodia resumed. 10. Cambodia established diplomatic relations with Greece (1.8.), Japan (2.8), Finland(9.8) and the UK (16.8) 8. The August issue of internal party magazine “Revolutionary Flag” claims that cooperatives “strengthened and expanded” to up to 500 families & that poor peasants, who were members of the cooperative, “consolidated their position as the true masters of the village”. 7. At a meeting, Khmer Rouge division and regiment leaders acknowledge that achieving 1.5 tonnes…

Khieu Samphan accredits Senegalese ambassador Aly Dioum (file), who visited from Peking. Dioum said Angkor Wat was in an excellent state and that “the life of the people was hard but they are impressively disciplined and productive”. A problem is that medical care is “inadequate” https://t.co/W21VN75ApV

@skonkich No, the Thai government played for time to find them a new country of refugee (see upcoming tweets).

Khmer Rouge officials demand that Thailand hands over 4 refugees: a. Gen. Sek Sam Iet (file), former governor of Battambang b. Col. Im Chhou Deth, Sek’s right hand c. Danh Sang, former Minister of Justice d. Keth Reth, former commander now leading an anti – KR resistance group https://t.co/uuYQaAwBTD