Word: kampuchea
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...present, the general situation of the revolution in Kampuchea is excellent, considering the fact that ours is a backward country just freed from devastating war launched by the U.S. imperialists...
...visit Cambodia, he was delighted. After all, he could observe firsthand a new socialist society in the making. He could take his family on sightseeing excursions to the temple ruins of Angkor Wat. But the ambassador had not reckoned with the xenophobia of the fanatical rulers of Democratic Kampuchea, as Cambodia is called...
Although the Kampuchea government has diplomatic relations with 86 states, only eleven foreign embassies have been allowed to open. With the possible exception of the Chinese, who have close ties with Cambodia's rulers, all foreign diplomats are subject to this strange honorable house arrest. They are not allowed to go more than 200 yards or so from their compounds. Because the embassies are not permitted autos, an envoy who wants to make a call or shop at a recently opened "diplomatic store" must request a car from the Foreign Ministry. Predictably, there is little social life. Summed...
...March of 970 the Khmer Rouge, or as it is known in Cambodia, the National United Front of Kampuchea set up broad outlines for social reform within the political and economic institutions established by Prince Norodom Sihanouk in the early 196. The United Front manifesto suggests democratic guarantees for civil, liberties, including freedom of speech. Its economic policies are committed to building an independent, self-sufficient national economy for Cambodia. And the United Front's program calls for the nationalization of banks and foreign trade, eliminating the two worst problems in Cambodia's recent history: foreign economic exploitation and widespread...
...certainly did. In an hour, the statement was finished. He nodded with satisfaction, then added, "But you must sign it." Then another surprise: "We would like to tape-record your voice so all the people of Kampuchea can hear...