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basis.815 Prior to 1975, Revolutionary Flag was prepared and circulated in secret: it
was written by hand, and a small number of copies were made for distribution.816
262. From 1975 onwards, Revolutionary Flag magazines were typewritten, and
copies were produced by offset printing.817 Both Revolutionary Flag and
Revolutionary Youth were printed at the K-25 and K-26 facilities, which came under
the authority of the Ministry of Propaganda and Information, headed by HOU Nim.818
Witness KIM Vun, who worked for the Ministry of Propaganda and Information, was
unable to give a precise estimate of the number of copies printed. However, for each
issue he recalled seeing “stacks of magazines” being prepared for delivery. 819
263. Revolutionary Flag and Revolutionary Youth magazines were distributed only
to CPK members, although not every member was given his own copy.820 Copies
were expected to be shared amongst several members.821 Copies were delivered to
DK Ministries, military units and offices of the Party Centre, and to officials at the
Zone, Sector, District and sub-district levels.822
815
T. 5 April 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), pp. 111-112; T. 21 August 2012 (KIM Vun), pp. 81-82; T.
18 April 2012 (SAUT Toeung), p. 63; T. 22 August 2012 (KIM Vun), p. 72.
816
T. 10 January 2012 (NUON Chea), pp. 7-8; T. 30 January 2012 (NUON Chea), p. 42; T. 15
December 2011 (NUON Chea), p. 73; T. 5 April 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), pp. 111-112.
817
T. 23 August 2012 (KIM Vun), p. 20. It is possible that only the cover pages were printed using
the offset printing technique: see T. 21 August 2012 (KIM Vun), p. 79; T. 23 August 2012 (KIM Vun),
p. 21.
818
T. 21 August 2012 (KIM Vun), pp. 77-79; T. 29 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 20; T. 15
August 2012 (SA Siek), p. 78; T. 1 October 2012 (KHIEV En), p. 15. After HOU Nim’s arrest in 1977,
the Ministry of Propaganda merged with the Ministry of Education, and YUN Yat took control of the
combined Ministry: S-21 Confession – HU Nim, E3/1550, 18 May 1977; T. 29 March 2012 (KAING
Guek Eav), p. 20; T. 1 October 2012 (KHIEV En), p. 28; T. 15 August 2012 (SA Siek), p. 107.
819
T. 21 August 2012 (KIM Vun), pp. 95, 97.
820
T. 22 August 2012 (KIM Vun), p. 51; T. 18 July 2012 (David CHANDLER), p. 47; T. 14
December 2012 (SUON Kanil), p. 51; T. 8 April 2013 (CHHAOM Se), p. 55; Article by T. CARNEY:
The Organization of Power, in Cambodia 1975-1978: Rendezvous With Death, E3/49, p. 87, ERN (En)
00105136.
821
T. 23 April 2013 (CHHOUK Rin), p. 35.
822
T. 27 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), pp. 20-21 (stating that multiple copies of Revolutionary
Flag were delivered to S-21); T. 31 July 2012 (ROCHOEM Ton alias PHY Phuon), p. 30 (stating that
copies of Revolutionary Flag and Revolutionary Youth “were distributed to all ministries”); CHUON
Thi Interview Record, E3/4593, 2 March 2010, p. 5, ERN (En) 00513315 (recalling that magazines
with two or five flags on the covers were distributed to the Youth League, and that he could read these
magazines because they were sent to the units); T. 24 April 2013 (CHUON Thi), p. 64 (“Revolutionary
Flag magazines were distributed tosoldiers for reading”); T. 21 August 2012 (KIM Vun), pp. 95-97
(indicating that Revolutionary Flag magazines were distributed to people in the Zones and Sectors); T.
26 January 2012 (PRAK Yut), pp. 42-43 (recalling seeing Revolutionary Flag magazines at the Sector
office); T. 19 June 2012 (YUN Kim), p. 18 (indicating that copies of Revolutionary Flag were passed
on by the District committee to Witness YUN Kim, a commune chief); T. 12 December 2012 (PHAN
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