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Zone Secretary, Ta Mok, and the Sector 13 Secretary, Ta Soam, attending meetings with
Angkar in Phnom Penh.2130 Once every three to six months, the zone would meet with the
sector committee. Following these meetings, the sector would meet with the district and
subdistrict to convey the work plan and to give instructions on how the people under their
authority should be controlled and educated. The situation both within and outside the
country was also discussed.2131 Former District Youth Chairman, [REDACTED],
remembers attending such meetings at which the Sector Secretary Ta Saom would read out
documents containing instructions from 870 (a code number which [REDACTED]
understood to mean the office at the Centre) including Revolutionary Youth and
Revolutionary Flag. He says these meetings would take place two to three times a month,
not including special circumstances when 870 would issue a circular requiring everyone to
meet at the sector office. The sector invited the chairmen of the districts and subdistricts to
these meetings, who would in turn disseminate instructions to their units.2132
492.
Former Secretary of District 105, [REDACTED], recalls being present at a Sector
Committee meeting at which Ta Soam reported to Ta Mok on matters relating to Kraing Ta
Chan.2133 After the meeting had ended, Ta Mok and Ta Soam discussed the fate of a group
of 60 people living in Tram Kok District who had been implicated in confessions. Ta Mok
ordered the district secretary to monitor and examine these people.2134 [REDACTED] also
recalls attending several Party anniversary meetings presided over by Ta Mok. These
meetings were initially held at secret sites, but later moved to the sector headquarters. The
meetings were attended by senior members of the zone to discuss politics and the
revolution. Ta Mok lectured on how to recognise CIA and KGB agents and their activities.
[REDACTED] understood from Ta Mok that these enemies were to be identified and
smashed.2135 [REDACTED] also remembers attending a Sector level meeting presided over
by Ta Soam. He states that, in relation to politics, Ta Soam told those present to observe if
there were hidden enemies burrowing from inside. He ordered them to report such cases to
the upper echelon, and said that such observations could only be carried out by the
cooperatives.2136
493.
The chairman of Kraing Ta Chan would usually report and send confessions to the district
committee, which would in turn send them to the sector. However, if the matter only
concerned the Sector, he would report to the sector committee directly.2137 At the end of
every month, the district secretary would send a written report on its activities to the
sector.2138 [REDACTED] recalls, and District 105 documents from July and November
1977 show, that the Chairman of Kraing Ta Chan would also make a monthly report to the
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.
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