01005754 Case File No. 002/19-09-2007/ECCC/TC E313 refuge in Phnom Penh, contributing to a massive increase in the city’s population.456 The bombing also had an effect on the Khmer Rouge forces and delayed the Khmer Rouge’s ability to take over Phnom Penh by several years. 457 Several witnesses testified to being affected by the American bombings and attempting to seek shelter.458 156. American bombings ended on 15 August 1973 after the U.S. Congress passed a law blocking funding for the continued bombing of Cambodia on 10 May 1973.459 There was some evidence of post-15 August 1973 bombing raids on CPK-controlled territory prior to the evacuation of Phnom Penh. Some of these attacks were attributed to the Americans, although these were more likely the result of action by remaining Khmer Republic forces.460 456 T. 23 July 2012 (David CHANDLER), pp. 45-47; T. 9 April 2013 (François PONCHAUD), p. 16; T. 11 April 2013 (François PONCHAUD), pp. 28, 40; T. 6 June 2012 (SAO Sarun), pp. 50-51 (after the liberation of Mondulkiri by the Khmer Rouge in 1970, witness’ village was bombed almost every day forcing all of the residents to flee, including monks whose pagoda was destroyed in Chi Miet). 457 Book by Khieu S.: Cambodia’s Recent History and the Reasons Behind the Decisions I Made, E3/18, p. 110, July 2004, ERN (En) 00103778 (the American bombings “not only decimated the Khmer Rouge army, they also accelerated the collapse of Cambodia’s rural society […].”); T. 25 July 2012 (ROCHOEM Ton alias PHY Phuon), pp. 83-85 (the American bombing campaign in Cambodia forced the revolutionary movement into the jungles in Ratanakiri and required moving their offices frequently); T. 23 July 2012 (David CHANDLER), p. 41; T. 21 August 2012 (KIM Vun), pp. 53, 61 (fear of air raids prevented cadre from moving freely). 458 T. 3 April 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 76-77 (witness testified that when he was working at M13, between 1971 and 1975, when B-52 bombers flew overhead, he had to take refuge in trenches. The entire ground shook and bombs left big craters); T. 10 January 2013 (UNG Ren), pp. 54-56 (witness testified he experienced American bombings along road number 26); Witness EK Hen testified that her father died in 1971 in Svay Teab as a result of bombing. She attributed the bombing to LON Nol aircraft although the American bombings coincided with this time frame. See T. 3 July 2013 (EK Hen), pp. 18, 21, 67. 459 T. 6 June 2013 (Sydney SCHANBERG), p. 44, 46; T. 11 July 2013 (Stephen HEDER), p. 75; T. 28 January 2013 (Al ROCKOFF), p. 10-11 (“I remember that date very well. I was out on National Road No. 3 most of that morning. I remember right around 12 noon, which was supposed to be the end of the American bombing campaign, there were a few bombing missions in the vicinity and then it stopped. So I have a very clear recollection of 15 August.”); T. 6 May 2013 (Philip SHORT), pp. 1213; DK Publication: Black Paper, E3/23, September 1978, p.60, ERN (En) 00082543(“from February to 15 August 1973, the U.S. imperialists were launching a savage air war against Kampuchea’s revolution carrying out intensive bombings, days and nights, against Kampuchea.”); Book by Khieu S.: Cambodia’s Recent History and the Reasons Behind the Decisions I Made, E3/18, p. 52, ERN (En) 00103749 (“Finally, the US Congress suspended the war budget and, by the middle of August 1973, demanded that the United States stop the bombing.”); See also, Book by W. SHAWCROSS: Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of Cambodia, E3/88, pp. 284, 299, 400, ERN (En) 004299987, 00430002, 04430103. 460 T. 25 October 2012 (KUNG Kim), p. 36 (several months before the final assault on Phnom Penh, there were aerial bombardments during the surge of the attack by soldiers, there were casualties. Each time, there were between 20 to 30 casualties); T. 10 January 2013 (UNG Ren), pp. 54-56 (bombings happened before the attack on Phnom Penh, and only stopped when Khmer Rouge advanced to the Case 002/01, Judgement, 7 August 2014 - Public 87