A poster from the days prior to the death of Ho Chi Minh (in 1969), and the rise of Western interferece in the area. Following
Category: Democratic Kampuchea Studies (1975-1979)
Exposing the US and Vietnamese ‘secret’ mission to destroy the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge!
Pol Pot Visited China Once in 1975 and Twice in 1977
The following pictures are from Pol Pot’s visit to China during 1977 – below these are pictures of his ‘secret’ visit to China in 1975:
KAMPUCHEA: POL POT’S NAME WRITTEN IN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE! (6.6.2019)
Within the Khmer language the name ‘Pol Pot’ is written as ‘ប៉ុល ពត’, with the Chinese language ideograms suggesting the meaning of a ‘Bull-like Individual Who Delivers a Special Message with the Force of a Wave (hitting the shore)’. I intend to carefully research this subject and move through its terrain very carefully, with the idea that this research will encourage others to think for themselves and not accept the rather lazy mainstream narratives at face-value. As usual I reject a priori the bourgeois interpretations as being bias and unreliable, whilst seeking to establish facts from primary Chinese language (and other) sources. There is no need to ‘defend’ this method as it is nothing other than good academic practice.
Why Did Vietnam Invade Kampuchea in 1979?
I have studied the War for Independence in Vietnam from 1945 – 1975, focusing upon Ho Chi Minh and General Giap as two exemplary leaders
Pol Pot’s Explanation of Events
When asked why he emptied the cities, Pol Pot stated that the US had already been bombing areas of Eastern Cambodia, and that he (and the Khmer Leadership) were apprehensive that the US would launch a vast and sustained bombing campaign upon Cambodian cities and towns – much like the years’s of US destruction wrought upon North Vietnam.
Pol Pot (in Russian sources) An Assessment of Conditioned Events
As US interference in Cambodia, (together with royalist intrigue), was plunging the country into lawlessness, Pol Pot stated that a strict and disciplined political regime was required to establish social stability through law and order. To achieve this transformation, Pol Pot devised a system of dividing the Cambodian population into three distinct categories:
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 