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Committee.802 Radio programs reported on matters such as agriculture, construction
projects, arrests and perceived enemies, and exhorted listeners to work hard, defend
the country and follow the Party line.803 One program was targeted in particular at
Khmer listeners in Kampuchea Krom.804 Another program, broadcast at least partially
in Vietnamese, consisted of recordings of the confessions of Vietnamese soldiers
captured in Cambodia.805 In March 1976, the Standing Committee ordered frequent
radio broadcasts on the topic of the forthcoming ‘elections’, observing that “if we do
not broadcast they [enemies] will say we are dictators and there is no democracy”. 806
257. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also prepared propaganda for foreign
consumption: radio programs on the situation in DK were broadcast in Vietnamese,
English, French and Chinese.807
258. At some work sites in Cambodia, loudspeakers were installed so that local
people could listen to the CPK radio station.808 Witness CHEA Say recalled that he
and his colleagues listened to a shared radio at K-12, but did not have personal radio
802
T. 22 August 2012 (KIM Vun), pp. 38-39; KIM Vun Interview Record, E3/381, 28 July 2009, pp.
3-4, ERN (En) 00365528-00365529; T. 25 September 2012 (NOEM Sem), pp. 23-24. See also,
Standing Committee Minutes, E3/225, 1 June 1976 (showing that the Standing Committee gave
detailed instructions as to e.g. the content of broadcasts and the number and background of writers);
Standing Committee Minutes, E3/228, 9 January 1976.
803
CHUM Cheat Interview Record, E3/5504, 8 October 2009, p. 6, ERN (En) 00398838 (“I heard
from radio broadcasting that Ta Thuch, HUO Nim and HUO Yun had been arrested”); T. 15 August
2012 (SÂ Siek), pp. 80-81 (confirming that information was broadcast on the radio concerning the
conflict with Vietnam, and stating that radio broadcasts were “meant to educate people to understand
the aggressive neighbours” and that listeners “were told to devote themselves to defend, to fight, to
protect the country and territory”); T. 16 August 2012 (SA Siek), pp. 73-75 (confirming that radio
broadcasts sought to encourage the people and addressed matters such as the Party line, the
construction of canals and the defence of the country); T. 25 September 2012 (NOEM Sem), p. 23
(referring to the reading of articles “encouraging the people to dig canals, [and] to build dams”, as well
as articles on the defeat of LON Nol and the Americans, on the radio); PES Math Interview Record,
E3/352, 18 March 2008, p. 4, ERN (En) 00195709 (“I heard there was a war and arrests of Vietnamese
on the radio”).
804
T. 22 August 2012 (KIM Vun), p. 39; KIM Vun Interview Record, E3/381, 28 July 2009, pp. 3-4,
ERN (En) 00365528-00365529.
805
T. 22 August 2012 (KIM Vun), pp. 38-39; T. 16 August 2012 (SÂ Siek), p. 79; CHHOUK Rin
Interview Record, E3/361, 9 April 2008, p. 9, ERN (En) 00766455.
806
Standing Committee Minutes, E3/231, 8 March 1976, p. 1, ERN (En) 00183360.
807
T. 6 August 2012 (SUONG Sikoeun), pp. 38-39; T. 22 August 2012 (KIM Vun), pp. 70-71.
808
T. 24 April 2013 (CHUON Thi), pp. 80-81.
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