01005720 Case File No. 002/19-09-2007/ECCC/TC E313 him to these positions without his knowledge and that the titles were meaningless. 272 He admitted however that he served as the link between NORODOM Sihanouk and POL Pot, stating that, “I had to agree to assume the role as an important leader of the country’s internal resistance. Frankly, this greatly embarrassed me a lot. But it was a ‘sacrifice’ I could not refuse if I wanted to contribute, in accordance with my possibilities at the time, to the battle for the salvation of our country.” 273 KHIEU Samphan confirmed that since NORODOM Sihanouk did not know POL Pot, it was incumbent upon him to establish relations between the CPK and GRUNK.274 99. The FUNK’s official policy was to unite and mobilise the social classes and to “overthrow the fascist and racist dictatorship of the American imperialists’ flunkeys headed by Lon Nol-Sirik Matak.”275 The FUNK also guaranteed to all Cambodians basic freedoms including the freedom of religions and beliefs. 276 The GRUNK, and KHIEU Samphan in particular, officially supported this vision.277 100. In reality, the GRUNK administration in Cambodia was a façade, although GRUNK/FUNK had certain propaganda functions outside of Cambodia. 278 SUONG Sikoeun testified that NORODOM Sihanouk retained influence overseas and in diplomatic relations while the CPK was responsible for the armed struggle in Cambodia.279 In 1973, for instance, NORODOM Sihanouk visited the Khmer Rouge liberated territories in Cambodia, providing support to the CPK in their fight against 272 T. 13 December 2011 (KHIEU Samphan), pp. 90-91; KHIEU Samphan Interview Record, E3/27, 13 December 2007, p. 5, ERN (En) 00156745. 273 T. 13 December 2011 (KHIEU Samphan), p. 90; Book by KHIEU S.: Cambodia’s Recent History and the Reasons Behind the Decisions I Made, E3/18, p. 42, ERN (En) 00103744. 274 KHIEU Samphan Interview Record, E3/27, 13 December 2007, p. 5, ERN (En) 00156745. 275 FUNK Political Programme, E3/1391, ERN (En) S 00012636 [(Fr) 0029139189]. 276 FUNK Political Programme, E3/1391, ERN (En) S 00012638 [(Fr) 00291391] (The FUNK’s objective as to “build a democratic and prosperous Cambodia [and to] Guarantee to all Cambodians, except traitors known to the country, the freedom of speech, the press opinion, association, demonstration, residence, travel at home and going abroad etc […] Safeguard the inviolability of the person, property, wealth and privacy of correspondence. Guarantee equality to both sexes […] Buddhism is and will remain to be the State religion, but the NUFK recognizes and guarantee the freedom of all other religions and beliefs […]”.) 277 GRUNK Report: Cambodia’s Seat in the United Nations, E3/28, 19 June 1973, ERN (En) 00068116-7 [(Fr) 00068109-10]; T. 8 February 2012, p. 35; KHIEU Samphan Issues Statement on Current Situation (in FBIS Collection), E3/118, 1 April 1975, ERN (En) 00166898 (“Now the seven traitors have already forsaken you; you must follow the path of honor and national solidarity by joining the NUFC […] to build a prosperous nation in accordance with the policy of independence, peace, neutrality, sovereignty, democracy, territorial integrity and nonalignment.”) 278 See Section 5: Administrative Structures, paras 230-239. 279 T. 8 August 2012 (SUONG Sikoeun), p. 41; T. 15 August 2012 (SUONG Sikoeun), pp. 60-61. Case 002/01, Judgement, 7 August 2014 - Public 53