Ib: He was of course late to the Cambodian maquis, fleeing there in 1967. Being of the Paris-educated generation, among other things, helped him to enter Sar’s group, that part of the smashed KPRP/CPK who had been in the jungle since 1963. Proved to be a dependable person who knuckled down. And due to his reputation and image, he was good for public relations both during the civil war and post-DK, when the CPK formally dissolved itself, the former leaders turned their backs on ‘Communism’ and focussed on fighting the Vietnamese. Some among their informal enemies but formal and uneasy allies would not deal with the likes of Pol Pot or Ieng Sary.

The above mentioned episode with Khieu Sengkhim is hilarious! He could escape the rage of his brother I guess only by ordering truly low quality rice with some cheap soup!

There’s some interesting info on Khieu Sengkim and Khieu Samphan in the book found here.

from page 255.

Also interview in French with Khieu Sengkim
http://ka-set.info/actualites/khmers-rouges/cambodge-khieu-sengkim-samphan-kampuchea-tribunal-interview-080430.html

I updated my website as http://khmersocialist.wordpress.com/

Samphan always seemed the most unfathomable of the DK cadres, to me, though perhaps the inconsistency of his position was merely a result of masquerading as the “acceptable face” of the regime for twenty years.

“Dura, nyet, vy ponimayete tak nemnogo.”