002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 instructions”.525 At the same meeting, the Standing Committee established a number of committees surrounding Office 870,526 with responsibilities in relation to agriculture, commerce and economics,527 and gave instructions on matters such as foreign trade negotiations with North Korea and China,528 the expansion of rubber production and early season rice yields,529 and building and distributing water pumps.530 On 30 May 1976, the Standing Committee established guidelines for the agricultural production action of the army, which was considered as having the “joint duty to build the country”.531 Finally, in August 1976, the Standing Committee developed a four-year plan to build socialism in all fields including rapid agricultural development.532 172. The Council of Ministers also affirmed the need to “do whatever we possibly could to produce 3 tons of crops per hectare”,533 which required that “the Standing Committee must make sure it goes down to the rice fields frequently, at least 15 days each month”.534 At a Council of Ministers meeting on 22 April 1976, it was noted that the task of the Cambodian government was to “build the country in every sector, economics, agriculture, industry, communication, social affairs, health, etc … in concert, according to Party objectives. Do whatever is necessary so that each ministry, each office, each unit makes sure it fulfils its tasks well, in quantity, in the momentum of the great miraculous leap”. 535 At a meeting on 31 May 1976, details from visits to “many bases” were reported, including progress on dike systems,536 rice production from specific districts,537 and matters relating to canals and fertilizer.538 At this meeting, the Council of Ministers noted a shortage of rice rations and “human diseases”, but stated that they would be able to resolve the issue.539 173. The People’s Representative Assembly similarly endorsed this policy on 11-13 April 1976, which called for “the entire people to be on the offensive on every battlefield of production in every sector, especially in agriculture, aiming to produce the maximum amount of rice… to push the building of our country even faster in a great and miraculous leap”.540 Purported representatives of the workers,541 peasants,542 and army543 expressed their resolve to support this policy. A major Party gathering elaborated the three tons per hectare objective in early November 1975 and, thereafter, it became “the common resolution for the entire Party, the whole population and the whole Revolutionary Army”.544 Army units regularly held meetings at which this policy was discussed and details of its implementation were reported.545 174. CPK directives546 and CPK meetings also addressed this policy.547 For example, minutes from a meeting on 8 March 1976 note that instructions were issued regarding the agricultural situation in Sectors 106 and 103, and the goal of exporting rice from Sector 106 by 1977,548 requiring regular reporting on all details of its implementation.549 Rice shortages and disease, 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. 46