Cambodia

Communist Party of Kampuchea:

“Summary of Annotated Party History”, by the Communist Party of Kampuchea, circa Sept. 1973, 37 pages. This is an English translation (probably by the US military) of a Cambodian-language document they captured. It is apparently a rough draft of the first party history, covering its first 22 years (1951-1973). [Later, however, the CPK considered 1960 to be its true founding date.]   PDF format   [12,679 KB]

“Communique by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea Concerning the Dissolution of the Communist Party of Kampuchea”, December 6, 1981, 6 pages.   PDF format   [770 KB]

[Book:] “Pol Pot Plans the Future: Confidential Leadership Documents from Democratic Kampuchea, 1976-1977”, translated and edited by David P. Chandler, Ben Kernan & Chanthou Boua, (Yale Univ. Southeast Asia Studies, 1988), 364 pages.   Searchable PDF format   [15,020 KB]

Pol Pot:

“Interview with Tran Thanh Xuan, Vice-Director General of Viet Nam News Agency”, in Phnom Penh, July 20, 1976, 5 pages. (From the Journal of Contemporary History.)   PDF format   [329 KB]

“Speech at a Commemorative Meeting for Mao Zedong”, by Pol Pot, Phnom Penh, Sept. 13, 1976, 2 pages. From Peking Review, Vol. 19, #41, Oct. 8, 1976.   PDF format   [692 KB]

[The complete copy of this issue of Peking Review is available online at: http://www.massline.org/PekingReview/PR1976/PR1976-41.pdf]

“Long Live the 17th Anniversary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea”, a speech by Pol Pot, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Kampuchean Communist Party, and on the occasion of the solemn proclamation of the official existence of the Party, delivered in Phnom Penh on Sept. 29, 1977, 80 pages. [However this date must be in error, since Pol Pot was giving a different speech in Beijing on that date.] Unofficial translation prepared by the “Group of Kampuchean Residents in America” (New York City).   Searchable PDF format   [3,060 KB]

“Speech at a Banquet Given by Chinese Authorities in Beijing”, Sept. 29, 1977. Included in Peking Review, Vol. 20, #41, October 7, 1977, along with a welcoming speech by Hua Guofeng and other relevant information totaling about 16 pages.   PDF format   [1,297 KB]

“Discussion between Hua Guofeng and Pol Pot”, Sept. 29, 1977, 2 pages.   PDF format   [65 KB]

“Brief Report of Pol Pot’s Visit to North Korea in October 1977”, by the Romanian Embassy in Pyongyang, Oct. 10, 1977, 3 pages.   PDF format   [68 KB]

“Letter from the Communist Party of Kampuchea to the Canadian Communist League (M-L)”, Oct. 28, 1977, 1 page. (From The Forge, Vol. 2, #22, Nov. 25, 1977.)   PDF format   [144 KB]

“Speech Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea”, given by Pol Pot at a mass meeting in Phnom Penh, Jan. 17, 1978. (Phnom Penh: Dept. of Press & Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1978), 24 pages.   PDF format   [2,092 KB]

“Interview of Comrade Pol Pot, Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, Prime Minister of the Government of Democratic Kampuchea, to the Delegation of Yugoslav Journalists Visting Kampuchea, March 17, 1978”, (Dept. of Press & Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Democratic Kampuchea), 26 pages.   PDF format   [3,705 KB]

“Interview With Brother Number One”, an interview of Pol Pot by the Democratic Kampuchea Press Agency, focusing on Vietnam's invasion of Kampuchean territory, April 12, 1978, 3 pages. (Reprinted in Searching For The Truth, Number 16, April 2001.   PDF format   [146 KB]

“Pol Pot: Talks With the Delegation of the Association Belgium-Kampuchea”, Aug. 5, 1978, (Dept. of Press & Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Democratic Kampuchea), 38 pages.   PDF format   [6,006 KB]

“Pol Pot: Talks With the Delegation of the Sweden-Kampuchea Friendship Association”, August 1978, (Dept. of Press & Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Democratic Kampuchea), 16 pages.   PDF format   [2,466 KB]

“Interview with Jan Myrdal of the Delegation of the Association of Sweden-Kampuchea Friendship and for Swedish Television”, Aug. 24, 1978, 20 pages. (Phnom Penh: Dept. of Press & Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1978).   PDF format   [1,082 KB]

“Biography of Comrade Pol Pot, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea”, by the Communist Party of Kampuchea, (Dept. of Press & Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Democratic Kampuchea: Sept. 1978), 7 pages.   PDF format   [200 KB]

“Interview with the Turkish Magazine Aydinlik”, Sept. 14, 1978, 10 pages.   PDF format   [1,496 KB]

“Interview with Hong Kong Newspapers Wen Wei Po and Ta Kun Pao”, Sept. 21, 1978, 51 pages. (Phnom Penh: Dept. of Press & Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1978).   PDF format   [1,444 KB]

“Let us Continue to Firmly Hold Aloft the Banner of the Victory of the Glorious Communist Party of Kampuchea in Order to Defend Democratic Kampuchea, Carry on Socialist Revolution and Build Up Socialism”, by Pol Pot, speech on the 18th anniversary of the founding of the CPK, Phnom Penh, Sept. 27, 1978, 40 pages.   PDF format   [4,477 KB]

“Speech Made by Comrade Pol Pot, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, Prime Minister of the Government of Democratic Kampuchea, at the Banquet Given in Honor of the Delegation of the Communist Party of China and Government of the People’s Republic of China”, Phnom Penh, Nov. 5, 1978, 22 pages. [Some underlining; our apologies.]   PDF format   [3,223 KB]

“Summary of the Talks with the Delegation of the Xinhua News Agency”, Dec. 11, 1978, 19 pages. (Phnom Penh: Dept. of Press & Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1978).   PDF format   [1,469 KB]

“Deposed Pol Pot Gives Interview in the Jungle”, December 1979, 2 pages. (Newspaper report which quotes Pol Pot, The Guardian, Dec. 11, 1979).   PDF format   [68 KB]

“Japanese Press Interviews Pol Pot”, U.S. unclassified diplomatic cable, Dec. 11, 1979, 1 page.   PDF format   [76 KB]

“Peking Review Report on Japanese Press Interview of Pol Pot”, Vol. 22, #41, Dec. 21, 1979, 1 page.   PDF format   [337 KB]

“Nate Thayer Interview with Pol Pot”, Far Eastern Economic Review, Oct. 30, 1997, 14 pages.   PDF format   [148 KB]

“In an Interview Pol Pot Declares His Conscience Is Clear”, New York Times news story about Thayer interview of Pol Pot listed above, Oct. 23, 1997, 3 pages.   PDF format   [119 KB]

“Final Interview with Pol Pot”, April 2, 1998, published by the so-called "Radio Free Asia", 6 pages.   PDF format   [254 KB]

“Pol Pot Remembered”, by Elizabeth Becker, BBC Radio report, April 20, 1998, 3 pages.   PDF format   [74 KB]

“Dying Breath: The Inside Story of Pol Pot's Last Days and the Disintegration of the Movement He Led”, by Nate Thayer, The Far Eastern Economic Review, April 30, 1998, 10 pages.   PDF format   [497 KB]