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17
–19
early literary efforts
20
–1
student days in Paris
49
,
57
–61,
63
,
68
and Pol Pot
51
–2,
65
,
108
attacks Sihanouk
78
–9
Virgin Heart
107
in 1945 elections
107
–11
abandons politics
113
accepts government post
129
and Lon Nol
209
Kennedy, Jacqueline
181
Kennedy, John F.
155
Keo Meas
451
–2
works for Democratic Party
37
joins Khmers Viet Minh
99
meets Pol Pot
99
meets Mao
100
attends World Peace Conference (1952)
100
heads Pracheachon
107
,
114
,
140
elected to CPK CC
138
–9
flees to Ta Not
146
with Pol Pot to Vietnam (1965)
156
,
159
becomes unofficial CPK representative in Hanoi
186
–7
arrested
358
–60,
361
n,
367
Keo Moni
39
,
97
,
103
Keo Yann
433
Kep
134
,
250
,
255
KGB
359
,
367
–8,
382
Khemara Nisut
48
,
50
,
57
,
58
,
78
Khieu Ponnary
83
,
188
,
227
,
450
,
452
meets Pol Pot
68
marries Pol Pot
117
–18
personality
118
–19
teaching
123
joins Pol Pot at Office
100
172
evades capture
183
–4
fêted in Hanoi (1970)
202
paranoid schizophrenia
210
–12,
422
at K–1
222
at Soy Dao
432
Khieu Samphân
178
,
204
–6,
434
,
440
,
452
popularity
5
flees to the maquis
5
,
167
–9,
173
–4,
182
principal spokesman for the Khmers Rouges
5
meets Mao
5
hosts Sihanouk’s visit to the ‘liberated zones’
6
,
243
and Khmer Rouge victory
7
schooldays
29
,
31
–4
in Paris
69
,
120
and
l’Observateur
132
–4
personality
132
–3,
336
member of the Sangkum
141
,
151
,
164
on communist ideology
149
,
233
,
316
–17
supports Sihanouk after overthrow
200
manages CPK liaison with Sihanouk
224
elected a CPK CC alternate
227
inspects evacuation of Phnom Penh
286
–7
makes the case for autarky
289
–90
and Sihanouk
329
,
333
–4,
344
,
347
,
388
,
397
becomes Head of State
336
and Vietnam
356
consulted on key arrests
371
leaves Phnom Penh with Pol Pot
397
participates in CGDK
419
heads the Party of Democratic Kampuchea
423
beaten by government mob
428
negotiations with FUNCINPEC
439
,
441
defects to Hun Sen government
443
Khieu Sengkim
132
–3,
168
Khieu Thirith
452
and Ieng Sary
3
,
64
,
172
as teacher
123
heads ‘Voice of FUNK’ radio
240
Minister of Social Affairs
336
n,
345
,
369
,
398
reports on conditions in North-West Zone
369
Khmer Daeum
79
,
144
,
213
Khmer Issarak
36
,
39
,
56
,
58
,
76
,
151
n
fight for independence from the French
5
,
35
founded (1940)
35
royal pardons
81
casualties and prisoners
85
treatment of alleged spies
87
–8
pledge support to Sihanouk’s cause
94
Khmer Krauk
75
Khmer Krom
42
,
131
,
165
,
374
–5
Khmer loeu
171
Khmer National Liberation Committee
393
Khmer National United Front
54
Khmer National United Front for National Salvation (KNUFNS)
390
,
409
Khmer Rouge High Command
395
–6
Khmer Rouge Foreign Ministry
see
B–1
Khmer Serei (Free Khmers) formed by Son Ngoc Thanh
77
–8,
82
Pol Pot’s report on
89
–90
and Sam Sary
125
sabotage activities
131
,
139
,
155
–6,
303
Khmer Student Association
see
AEK
Khmer superstitions
19
–20
Khmer-Chinese Friendship Association
180
Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital
9
Khmer-Soviet Technical Institute (K–15)
315
Khmers Rouges
203
,
218
,
221
,
414
term coined by Sihanouk
115
armed uprising
174
–6,
187
form alliance with Sihanouk
198
–202
military strength
226
–9,
250
,
412
–13
initial moderation
229
,
231
social levelling
230
–3,
236
‘criticism and self-criticism’
233
–5
‘Twelve commandments’
234
manual labour
235
–6
radicalisation of policy
245
–9
final offensive
262
–5
evacuate Phnom Penh
269
–80 ff
complexity of behaviour
281
–2
reasons for evacuation
287
–8
build slave state
291
–6,
309
,
322
preserve Cambodian monuments
313
n
ideology
316
–17,
323
–5,
347
–8
regional variations
319
–20,
322
linguistic reform
324
–5
food shortages under
351
–3
failures of system
371
,
382
ousted by Vietnamese invasion
395
–401 ff
get second wind
411
policy changes following defeat
414
,
416
–17,
419
accept Paris accords
426
–7
refuse to disarm
430
withdraw from Phnom Penh
432
Khmers Rumdoh
236
Khmers Viet Minh and independence struggle
58
,
61
,
82
,
89
,
190
Pol Pot reports on
89
–90
at Krâbao
95
–100
in North Vietnam
104
,
186
,
238
and Sihanouk
120
,
167
return to Cambodia
211
–13,
227
,
238
,
250
Khoun Sophal
12
Khrushchev, Nikita
147
Khvan Siphan
34
Killing Fields, The
(film)
278
Kim II Sung and Sihanouk
179
,
240
,
329
,
331
meets Pol Pot
303
,
329
supports Khmers Rouges against Vietnam
376
–7
Kirirom
354
Kirk, Donald
295
Kissinger, Henry
3
,
242
,
251
,
261
,
264
Kit Mân
211
–13
K’mab prison
254
Koh Kong
190
,
228
,
354
Kompong Cham
31
,
32
,
36
,
86
,
135
,
140
,
144
,
176
,
206
,
273
South Vietnamese troops invade
204
Khmers Rouges attack provincial capital
251
,
257
,
271
as HQ of Highway
7
Front
385
,
395
and Vietnamese invasion
396
,
398
Kompong Chhnang
319
Kompong Som
302
–3,
438
used for military supplies to Viet Cong
182
,
301
,
380
oil refinery destroyed
221
,
297
Kompong Speu
81
,
87
,
101
,
354
Kompong Thom
86
,
175
,
228
,
232
,
273
,
337
in Pol Pot’s childhood
15
,
20
,
25
during civil war
216
,
219
,
230
,
355
n
Kompong Trabek district
104
,
105
Kompong Tralach
262
Kong Duong
253
–4,
338
Kong Sophal
452
as Revolutionary Youth League leader

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