3. He created the newspapers Democracy, Worker, Friendship, Unity, and others, which illuminated the path of political struggle for the people in the city and the countryside. At the same time he also created French-language newspapers.

4. He conducted agitation among students, intellectuals, workers, and laborers in the city in order to carry out strikes and uprisings opposing American imperialism and its lackeys such as Dap Chhuon, Sam Sary, and Son Ngoc Thanh, and in attacking the American Embassy.

Inside the party, the Brother Secretary fulfilled the following vital assignments:

He formulated the statutes of the Communist party of Kampuchea.

He formulated the strategic and tactical lines of the National Democratic revolution.

He formulated the united front policy of uniting forces.

He created the Communist Youth League of Kampuchea organization and the Democratic Women of Kampuchea organization.

He conducted brief or extended Party conferences and study sessions according to the time available for urban and rural cadres.

When he left for the bases [in 1963]:

In the countryside, Brother fought against subjugation by the revolutionary organization of Vietnam. He surmounted the hardship of the forests and mountains to fulfill revolutionary tasks, proceeding from a stance of independence-mastery and self-reliance. He conducted a civil war, starting with his bare hands and proceeding [to armed struggle] once we had weapons with which to attack the enemy. During the five year war [1970-1975] Brother fashioned many of the Party’s lines: the military line, the economic line, the united front line, etc. He had a firm grasp on the Cambodian situation....

When he lived in the city [i.e., before 1963] he did not live in comfort or abundance. Some of the time he taught by the hour in a private school in order to make profits for the revolution. Generally speaking, Brother Secretary lived in the most ordinary and common way, without any frivolity, carousing, or ostentation. It was his habit to wear nothing more [pretentious] than a short-sleeved shirt.

It was manifest from his origins and from his practical activities in the city and the countryside that he remained composed no matter what problem arose. He was able to resolve domestic and international contradictions correctly and well and was able to gather many friends while isolating the enemy. ...

Brother Secretary of the Party is a forceful Party member politically, ideologically, and organizationally. He is the iron rudder of the ship of Kampuchea leading Kampuchea to its destiny of making socialist revolution and building socialism and advancing toward permanent communism in Kampuchea.

Appendix 2: - Khmer Personnel at “Office 100,” 1963—1966

Appendix 2:

Khmer Personnel at “Office 100,” 1963—1966

1. Om (uncle) Pol: Pol Pot

2. Bong (elder sibling) Van (alias Penh): Ieng Sary

3. Bong Kham (alias Bong Ki, Bong Khieu): Son Sen

4. Bong Neu: Chan Chakrei?

5. Bong Phea: Ieng Thirith, wife of Ieng Sary

6. Bong At: Yun Yat, wife of Son Sen

7. Pu (uncle) Ya (aka Phu): Ney Saran, administrator of Office 100

8. Bong Pung: Keo Meas

9. Bong Tum: Siet Chhae

10. Mit (Comrade) Pang: Chhim Samauk

11. Mit Phoeun: identity unknown

12. Mit Ret: identity unknown