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272. CPK leaders also corresponded by letter; for example, Witness OEUN Tan
(who worked at K-1 from 1975 to 1979857) remembered delivering letters back and
forth between POL Pot and NUON Chea, and between POL Pot and SON Sen.858 As
previously noted, offices of the Party Centre occasionally exchanged orders, requests
and information by telephone too.859
273. Telegrams received by the Party Centre from the lower echelons were usually
taken to K-1, where they would be decoded (if necessary), sorted and redistributed as
appropriate.860 Witness OEUN Tan told the Chamber that all of the telegrams he
delivered to POL Pot were subsequently delivered to NUON Chea. 861 Having
reviewed the telegrams on the Case File, and having heard evidence to the effect that
there were frequent meetings and consultations between NUON Chea and POL Pot
and that they worked together closely, the Chamber is satisfied that most of the
telegrams sent to POL Pot during the DK period were also seen by NUON Chea.862
6.2.2. Between the Party Centre and the Zones or Autonomous Sectors
274. Zones and Autonomous Sectors reported directly to the Party Centre. 863 At a
meeting attended by several Zone and Autonomous Sector representatives in March
1976, the Standing Committee issued the following instructions concerning the
applicable procedure for writing reports:
It is proposed that a report on the status of dykes be sent to the
Standing Committee every week. The report should either present a
general description of the situation or, where necessary, provide
details on each aspect. It is proposed that a brief report be sent by
Functions – Nuon Chea, para. 317; Section 8: Roles and Functions – Khieu Samphan, paras 373, 386,
408.
857
T. 13 June 2012 (OEUN Tan), p. 38.
858
T. 13 June 2012 (OEUN Tan), p. 98.
859
See Section 6: Communication Structure, para. 252.
860
OEUN Tan Interview Record, E3/33, 9 October 2008, p. 9, ERN (En) 00235133; T. 29 August
2012 (NORNG Sophang), pp. 72-73; KUNG Sokha Interview Record, E3/465, 21 January 2008, p. 6,
ERN (En) 00204758. See also, T. 29 August 2012 (NORNG Sophang), pp. 69-70; T. 3 September
2012 (NORNG Sophang), p. 31 (indicating that “Pon” and “Thé”, who worked at K-1, had the
authority to decide to whom incoming telegrams would be copied).
861
T. 13 June 2012 (OEUN Tan), p. 64.
862
See also Section 7: Roles and Functions – Nuon Chea, paras 317, 328.
863
T. 11 June 2012 (SAO Sarun), p. 13; T. 19 June 2012 (YUN Kim), pp. 28-29; T. 4 September
2012 (NORNG Sophang), pp. 16-17.
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