002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 for the zone level leadership, subject to the approval of the Central Committee.197 They were also statutorily required to maintain a “system of reporting to the Central Committee on the situation and work of the Zone”.198 70. The Statute of the CPK gave similar tasks and functions upon the sector committees,199 the district committees200 and the subdistrict committees201 providing for the implementation of instructions and the reporting back to the administrative tier above. 71. In addition to the six monthly meetings of the Central Committee,202 there was an annual meeting in Phnom Penh between the secretaries of the zones and the CPK Centre203 as well as frequent meetings in Phnom Penh between the Centre and members of the zones, sectors and districts.204 In addition, direct meetings would be held between the zones and the sectors; the sectors then inviting the secretaries of the districts and subdistricts to meetings who would in turn disseminate instructions to their units.205 IV. 72. COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE The CPK Standing Committee was at the top of the Party’s nation-wide communications. It was at the centre of a system of constant information between each part of the administrative hierarchy. It issued the instructions: “Send general reports through various spearheads. Propose short reports by telegram, (all this so) the Standing Committee knows the situation in order to provide timely instructions”.206 A. CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION 73. The channels of communication were meticulously organized at the level of the Centre (among ministries and offices around the Centre, within the Centre armed forces and within the Centre’s S-21 security apparatus); between the Centre and the zones (with no inter-zone communication allowed); and between zones and sectors. Communication between sectors and districts depended on available means, but was less formalized. Communication Within the Centre 74. The distribution of messages that arrived at the Centre from outside entities was coordinated by Office K-1, where it was decided which of the leaders were to receive copies of messages which were subsequently delivered to them.207 This decision was taken by Pol Pot and his Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, National Road 4, Choam Chao, Dangkao Phnom Penh Mailing address: P.O. Box 71, Phnom Penh; Tel: +855(0)23 218914 Fax: +855(0) 23 218941. 25