Thirtieth Anniversary of the beginning of genocide in Cambodia April 17 1975

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- Thirtieth Anniversary of the beginning of genocide in Cambodia April 17 1975

In the name of history and the memory of the victims, this event must be recalled in all its details even it may collide or hurts the interest of some important personalities, be they statesmen or kings. Unfortunately, that has never been the case in Cambodia .

With the availability of modern technology such as the Internet, Cambodians are more able to learn about their culture, history, etc... in a more democratic, objective, and independent manner than under the traditional systems, which more often have been manipulated to serve the interest of some group of people. The Khmer people want to know and have the right to know about the historical truth of their country, in particular the political transparency of their country. Thus searching to understand and analyze the political and historical events based on independent and objective sources, and then share the information thus obtained to others, hence offering possibilities to Cambodians to denounce and demolish all historical and political falsifications in Cambodia which are the root causes of the suffering of the Khmer people.

April 17, 1975 conjured different perceptions depending on one's interest and idea. Whereas the general opinion regards April 17 as a communist geopolitical victory in the region, the Communists and leftists viewed it as the fruit of a long and hard struggle costing many lives and consuming large amount of materials and equipments in order to mystify the truth and to spread the communist propaganda of an emancipation ideology and universal fraternity (internationalism) in order to seduce Khmer statesmen and intellectuals to link with communism. Everything was done to achieve this morbid ambition of the leftists against what they called "American imperialism." According to the socialist revolution principles, the victory of April 17, 1975 in Cambodia was a decisive and important step towards their "Popular revolution" in Cambodia . In the following step, the so-called "Democratic revolution" in Cambodia was nothing more than the establishment of a "killing field" where no less than three million of innocent Cambodians were cruelly mbuttacred.

Brainwashed by communist propaganda and tempted by communist Chinese and Vietnamese promises, some Khmer Rouge dared to hope that April 17, 1975 would be a new historical step which would liberate Cambodia from the capitalists and the bourgeois who had exploited and dominated Cambodia for centuries. They never thought that Chinese and Vietnamese communism would lead them and the entire country towards a certain rest. Yet, the "Killing field" was only a prelude to the descent into Hell before the total disappearance of Khmer people to the benefit of the Vietnamese people.

Some Khmer Rouge leaders simply thought that they could use the Vietnamese and Chinese communists to usurp the power in place. In the foreword of his recent book " Recent History of Cambodia and My Successive Standpoints Khieu Samphan declared: "When Third World countries are threatened by colonial re-conquest, the forced choice was either the submission to imperialism, or the rallying with the communist camp and dictatorship..."

While the US and French imperialist war become ever raged, Khieu Samphan, a recognized French-trained pro-leftist (See Kerry intellectual, like the majority of his comrades, was transformed into French political tool against the US interest. The Khmer Rouge leaders seemed to forget the historical Khmer-Yuon lessons of the past centuries under the reign of Queen Ang Mey and under the boot of Minh Mang of Vietnam (cf. The Snakes of the Khmer Genocide by Soth Polin).

Therefore, for Vietnam and the "communist" Vietnamese, April 17, 1975 was a new step in their " Southward march" which was started by the Nguyen dynasty in the 12 th century. The strategy of the Vietnamese expansionist policy was principally and basically based on a soft, but effective and dreadful, manoeuvre using women as bait to attract their enemy leaders. This policy is deeply marked in the flesh, blood, conscience, and subconscience of the Vietnamese people, notably among the rank of several generations of politicians such: Ming Mang, Bao Day, Ho Chi Minh, Pham Van Dong, etc... During the period of French protectorate (before the cold war), the Vietnamese communists infiltrated their "sleeping agents" almost everywhere inside Khmer territory, especially in the North-western area of Cambodia (cf. The Snakes of Khmer Genocide by Soth Polin, and For Cambodia Freedom by Dr. Baphoun). During the cold war, the Vietnamese used communism as a political tool to carry out their neo-colonial ambition on their neighbouring countries following the "Don Dien" expansionism principle. In his article breastled " The victims of today's communism Mike Benge defined this Vietnamese expansionism and neo-colonialism strategy as follows:

"Amoeba parasites like, communist Vietnam practice, gently and slowly, neo-colonialism in Laos and Cambodia using the traditional Vietnamese method of expansionism called Don Dien, first with territory occupations by armed troops then followed by the installation their families on the recently conquered territories. The armed forces are disguised as civilians, becoming "reserved" soldiers who can be called upon at any time. The latter are then replaced by new armed troops thus progressing further Vietnamese expansionism."

The conflict in Cambodia between 1970 to 1975, origin of a devastated tragedy for the Khmer Nation - i.e. a terrifying genocide perpetrated on the people by the pro-Chinese and pro-Vietnamese communists - was Xeng-Ua, " A False Civil War", and also his article breastled " The So-called Coup d'Etat of March 18, 1970 and another article of March 18, 1970

Was this war inevitable as Khieu Samphan claimed? War is synonymous of destruction. What obliges the politicians to choose this path is the perspective of the national interest following the war. Khmer Rouge leaders belonging to the "FUNK" (French acronym for National United Front of Kampuchea) and "GRUNK" (French acronym for Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea) who invited the north-Vietnamese troops to come to Cambodia to kill Khmer people and to destroy Cambodia, were they aware of the devastating consequences of their acts? In fact, the north-Vietnamese troops started preparing for this possible invasion since at least the 30s when Ho Chi Minh planned his Indochinese conquest using communism as a complementary tool and mechanic. These troops were only awaiting the "green light" from one of the Khmer party to justify for legitimate launching of Cambodia invasion.

Since the 60s (even as far back as the 50s), the north-Vietnamese troops came to install on Khmer territory. Their main sanctuaries were located in the area of "Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri, Stung Treng, Svay Rieng, etc..." (cf. open letter from Prince Sisowat Sirik Matak on this subject). Bernard Hamel estimated that no less than 60,000 heavily armed north-Vietnamese troops were facing against 30,000 Cambodian troops, poorly equipped with World War I weapons or worse (see documentary film by Bernard Hamel and Som Sekkomar

On March 28, 1968 plus 1 , after allowing the settlement of north-Vietnamese troops everywhere in Cambodia , Sihanouk openly declared at a press conference : "the communists have invaded Cambodia - "I cannot hide them any more - It is time that the International community knows about it..." But one year later, Sihanouk fell deeper into the traps set by the Chinese and Vietnamese communists. At the beginning of 1970, he was plotting with his wife, his mother-in-law and his accomplices leaving for China to found the National United Front of Kampuchea (FUNK) on March 23, 1970, and later the Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea (GRUNK -1970) (cf. March 18, 1970 a sembling First Khmer Republic Or myth of a complot ) These two structures were created with an aim of saving and reviving the Khmer Rouge movement, created and always supported by Peking and Hanoi, which was recently annihilated by the three-year sweeping operations for cleaning communist elements in Cambodia carried out by Sihanouk himself in 1967, 1968, and 1968 plus 1.

After Sihanouk's departure on January 6, 1970 , the north-Vietnamese forces seized the occasion to attack Cambodia without any war declaration or ultimatum. On March 27, 1970 , North Vietnam withdrew all its diplomatic representatives from Phnom Penh and attacked our country on March 29, 1970 .

Therefore, the notion of "civil war" in Cambodia is merely a fiction invented by the leftist clan, their subordinates, and some lobby groups in order to mislead national and international opinion on this matter. In his book breastled "Cambodia of Silence," Pierre Max noted on page 140: "But in Cambodia , the Vietnamese are also responsible. And the Khmer Rouge victory, contrary to what was said, contrary to all the lies, is a Vietnamese victory, at least until the end of 1973. We had said that in 1970 the Khmer Rouge were only a handful, the majority of them were formed in Hanoi , and all surrounded by north-Vietnamese or Vietcong elements. In April 1973, listening of ground communications in the Phnom Penh area revealed that Vietnamese was the only language used: thus, where was this 'Khmer Rouge army?'"

However what Pierre max did not know or forgot to mention, was the fact that even if some Vietnamese elements were withdrawn in 1973 after the 1973 Paris Peace Agreement, but at the end of 1974 numerous north-Vietnamese troops returned back to Cambodia at the request of Sihanouk and Pol Pot. The mbuttive and spontaneous return of these troops on Cambodian territory at the end of 1974 was decisive and it was also the single cause of the famous "Khmer Rouge victory on April 17, 1975 ". Naturally, these troops were never withdrawn from Cambodia after 1975 but were transformed into Khmer Rouge in order to carry out the "Don Dien" plan. It was only a simple political strategy of Vietnamese expansionism. In June 1975, at a press conference, Vietnamese Foreign Minister, Nguyen Co Thach, openly declared to the press this presence of north-Vietnamese soldiers on Khmer territory at the end of 1974 (See documentary video ):

"When Lon Nol led his Coup d'Etat against Sihanouk, they (Khmer Rouge) were in a delicate situation - they were weak. They asked the Vietnamese to come in March 1970 to help them build their army. Pol Pot followed the great Chinese Cultural revolution. Pol Pot said he would bring this revolution to Cambodia as well. Pol Pot and his army could not be ready in a few months, you know! But they were very ambitious, they said that they could hold on. We then left (Note: in fact, it was because of the 1973 Paris Peace Agreement). Thus Lon Nol took that opportunity to launch a major offensive. Pol Pot thought that he could face it. He concentrated all his forces against Lon Nol. But it was a major defeat for Pol Pot who was surrounded near the Angkor temples. They were in such bad situation that they asked the Vietnamese to come back to help them again. We thus returned and this time, we destroyed a big part of Lon Nol forces. What remained of these forces had to regroup in the cities. Since then, Lon Nol never again could launch large offensive against Pol Pot."

It is therefore obvious that the war between 1970 and 1975, and subsequent years were Khmer-Yuon wars in which a handful of Khmer were maintained on the surface to hide the truth and to mislead national and international opinions of the false look of the "civil war or auto-genocide" - a term invented against all evidences by Jean Lacouture.

Hence, a victory obtained to the thanks to the Vietnamese. After April 17, 1975, the Vietnamese did not have any desire to let the Khmers Rouges, their creatures, have the independence of their movement or government simply because this victory was an immense victory of the "southward walk" planned by their ancestors.

After April 17, several significant operations for cleaning large cities were undertaken, in particular in Phnom Penh . The rest of untaken materials are stocked in many storages for the next plundering. In his book "Cambodia Year Zero," Fran�ois Ponchaud provided some testimonials of people who had lived this event.

You Kim Lanh, an electrician, gave this account:

"I remained in Phnom Penh for one month, to work with the Khmer Rouge. I had to search all houses and collect remaining rice, to stock drugs coming from various pharmacies. We loaded all that on boats whose crew was Vietnamese. From time to time, a fire broke out in the city, but we did not do anything to extinguish it. Sometimes, the Khmer Rouge made us demolish wooden houses, and put the beams and boards in a heap."

Yen Savannary, a teacher who took refuge in Thailand on October 15, 1975 , indirectly confirmed the preceding account:

"From the end April, trucks made endless roundtrips on National Road No. 1 to Saigon; they transported radio sets, motorbikes, all brands of vehicles, bicycles, packed drugs, and all kind of weapons. Near Neak Loeung, about two hundred vehicles were waiting to cross the Mekong ; there were mainly Mercedes and Peugeot 404 cars. There were also three or four 105 mm artillery pieces, and three trucks loaded with drugs. It seems that the whole thing was destined to Vietnam ."

Lao Bun Thai, a 23 years old mechanic, refugee in October 1975, testified having worked until about May 15 to transport furniture, television sets, refrigerators, and other household items to throw in a large blazing inferno located about a dozen kilometers north of the capital, near to the Stung Kambot dike.

"I saw, with my own eyes, several trucks, filled to the brim with books, pbutt in front of the French embbutty towards the north. I also saw burning on the lawn, library and church books. The library of the French School of the Far East , located a few hundred meters from the embbutty underwent a similar fate on the morning of May 5... It did not contain much treasures anymore because the essential ones had been saved in France ."

All these testimonials clearly show the conquest of one country by another. The victorious country plunders the loosing one, carrying with it all it needs and destroying all that is useless or inconvenient. The cultural destruction of Khmer inheritance was nothing more than the buttbuttination of the national, cultural, and racial idenbreasty of a Nation. It is therefore easy for the invaders or attackers to radically eliminate at the same time the people, the culture, and the idenbreasty of a nation in order to introduce the new elements.

Evidently, April 17 1975 as January 7 1979 , both are nothing than Vietnamese expansionist strategic victory. Then the terms "Nationalism- ultra nationalist - ethnic purification..." to name a group of exterminators who is founded, trained and maintained by the foreigners (Vietnamese and other by Chinese), thus half of theirs were foreigners, are purely political manipulation to mystify national and international opinion for political goal of those who control the region and their accomplices.

It is interesting to note that the operations undertaken after April 17, 1975 repeated again following the victorious second step of Vietnamese expansionist strategy in Cambodia . January 7, 1979 but their plunder took another dimension even more significant quanbreasty than those undertaken on April 17, 1975 . All national heritage which was collected, sorted, and stored in various large warehouses throughout the country, especially in Phnom Penh since April 17 1975, were taken to Vietnam by boats, trucks, and planes - an operation strangely resembling a large scale national plundering. This shows that the step following that of April 17, 1975 was indeed that of January 7, 1979 .

All this meticulous expansionist policy cannot be the results of chance, but rather those of detailed, calculated, and planned policies well thought out by someone.

After openly occupying Cambodia in 1979, the Vietnamese placed their puppets to work for them. The various treaties that the Vietnamese was not able to conclude during the first wave of Khmer Rouge, they were successively and formally signed by the second wave of Khmer Rouge (CPP) in 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, in addition to the application of the K5 plan, etc... It is important to stress that the treaty "of friendships and co-operations between Vietnam and Kampuchea " was also submitted by the Vietnamese to Pol Pot for approval, however, the latter refused to the great disappointment of the Vietnamese. One can thus conclude that April 17, 1975 was a first attempt for the application of the "Don Dien" policy. If this first attempt would fail as it did, it was necessary to come up with provocations in order to achieve a second attempt (in this case, it was accomplished on January 7, 1979), and if this second attempt would still fail, it is therefore necessary to repeat the attempt again and again until achieving the final goal.

Why do the Khmer people suffer endlessly? Before the 1970-1975 war, people living along border areas were daily repressed and end by Vietcong and north-Vietnamese troops. During the war, Khmer people joined the marquis following the call made by Sihanouk, and they witnessed the rest of several thousands of their compatriots. Now, after the war, Khmer people still live today in the genocidal context of the past under the various communist regimes. These successive terrible tragedies undeniably contribute to destabilize Khmer society. The consequences of these disastrous conflicts are reflected in numerous and unending social crises. The painfully surviving Khmer people are physically, mentally, and morally handicapped. They do not dare fight for their life and their survival rights anymore. Thus, the enemies seize on the occasion to continue to mislead Khmer people, to falsify their history, thus subjecting Khmer people to eternal slave of poverty, to ignorance, and to fear. Each one of us should be aware that "national interest has priority over everything else," and that it is a duty to spread this idea in order for the Khmer Nation to be finally freed from the unending danger that the Vietnamese expansionism consbreastutes.

Amekhmer

* Avec spZcial remerciement aux personnes ayant contribuZ ^ ce mZmoire - With a special thanks to those who have contribuate to this memory.