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telephone.796 However, in a meeting with senior officers in December 1976, SON Sen
cautioned military personnel to avoid “liberal use” of the telephone so as to prevent
the interception of communications by “the enemy”.797
6.1.4. Radio
254. Prior to 1975, a FUNK radio station in Hanoi – staffed mainly by CPK
members, including IENG Thirith – broadcast revolutionary propaganda in Khmer to
Cambodians in Cambodia and abroad.798 The CPK also maintained a mobile radio
broadcast unit in Cambodia, which had a more limited transmission range, and which
similarly broadcast news, propaganda and revolutionary messages.799
255. After the fall of Phnom Penh in 1975, the CPK established a radio station in the
capital at Stung Meanchey.800 The station broadcast news, propaganda, music,
recordings of speeches by the CPK senior leaders (including NUON Chea and
KHIEU Samphan) and recordings of interviews with CPK leaders (including KHIEU
Samphan).801
256. The Ministry of Propaganda and Information was responsible for preparing
material for broadcast, under the guidance and close scrutiny of the Standing
796
T. 5 September 2012 (NORNG Sophang), p. 45. See e.g. DK Report, E3/928, 1 April 1978
(summarising a “secret telephone” message from Division 164); DK Report, E3/859, 15 April 1978
(referring to a “confidential phone conversation”); DK Military Report, E3/1082, 12 August 1977
(containing a report from Division 164 made “via secret telephone”).
797
DK Military Meeting Minutes, E3/804, 15 December 1976, p. 11, ERN (En) 00233720.
798
T. 7 December 2011 (LONG Norin), pp. 65-66; T. 2 August 2012 (SUONG Sikoeun), pp. 91, 9396; T. 25 September 2012 (NOEM Sem), pp. 19, 21, 69; SA Siek Interview Record, E3/379, 24 March
2009, p. 9, ERN (En) 00323329.
799
T. 15 August 2012 (SA Siek), pp. 80-83, 85; US Department of Defense Report, E3/5702, January
2001, p. 2, ERN (En) 00387392; Interview with CHEA Sim, E3/1568, 3 December 1991, p. 10, ERN
(En) 00651871.
800
Standing Committee Minutes, E3/225, 1 June 1976, p. 2, ERN (En) 00182716; SÂ Siek Interview
Record, E3/379, 24 March 2009, p. 9, ERN (En) 00323329.
801
T. 15 August 2012 (SA Siek), p. 106 (mentioning a “news reading section” at the Ministry of
Propaganda); T. 20 August 2012 (SA Siek), p. 75 (confirming that recordings of leaders’ speeches
were played on the radio); T. 18 April 2012 (SAUT Toeung), p. 79 (recalling listening to speeches by
NUON Chea on the radio); T. 20 September 2012 (CHEA Say), p. 39 (recalling listening to speeches
by KHIEU Samphan on the radio); T. 25 September 2012 (NOEM Sem), pp. 23-25 (referring to the
broadcasting of news, songs and propaganda); CHAK Muli Interview Record, E3/5234, 13 January
2009, p. 9, ERN (En) 00288206 (mentioning an interview with KHIEU Samphan broadcast on the
radio). See Section 8: Roles and Functions – Khieu Samphan, para. 367.
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