Pol Pot (115 page)
Authors: Philip Short
,
120
,
190
,
434
blacklisted as subversive
5
,
142
–3
becomes Party leader, convenes
2
nd Congress
6
,
141
–2
multiple aliases
5
,
192
,
212
–14
childhood
15
,
16
schooldays
20
,
28
,
31
,
34
,
36
,
42
–3
influenced by Buddhism
21
–3
adolescent affairs
27
sense of fun
27
,
28
,
44
,
190
love of music
31
,
117
visits Angkor Wat
32
–3
first job
33
talents as cook
45
–6
studies in France
47
–52,
57
–60,
68
,
82
acquires a girlfriend
49
–50
member of Cercle Marxiste
63
–6
joins PCF
66
influenced by Stalin, Mao
67
–8,
70
–2
meets Khieu Ponnary
68
inspired by French Revolution
72
–4
criticises Sihanouk
79
–80
returns to Cambodia
81
–3,
86
reports to Cercle Marxiste on state of resistance
89
–90
at Eastern Zone HQ
95
–100
returns to Phnom Penh
104
–5
and Democratic Party
107
–8,
113
lives double life
116
–17
marries Khieu Ponnary
117
–18
appearance and personality
118
,
120
,
338
–41,
396
–7,
435
member of Phnom Penh Party Committee
119
,
121
–2
member of General Affairs Committee
135
prepares CPK’s
1
st Congress, elected to Standing Committee
135
–9
at Office
100
143
–6
elaborates distinctive Khmer communist ideology
147
–50
travels to Hanoi (1955)
156
–9
visits Beijing
159
–61
convenes
3
rd Plenum of
2
nd CC
161
–2
draws lessons from fate of Indonesian CP
164
decides on armed uprising
169
–70
in Ratanakiri (1968–69)
172
–3,
176
–7
alliance of peasants and intellectuals
179
,
192
forges alliance with Sihanouk
186
,
198
–200,
202
holds talks in Hanoi
202
–5
relations with Vietnamese
204
–7,
236
–9,
249
–51
in Ratanakiri (1970)
210
–13
and ‘independence-mastery’
213
at new base on the Chinit river
222
–7
convenes CPK
3
rd Congress
227
radicalises CPK policy
227
–33,
235
–6,
244
–9
allows Sihanouk to visit ‘liberated zones’
242
–4
at Chrok Sdêch
251
–6
convenes Central Committee meeting at Meakk
256
–60
and final offensive
262
–6
enters Phnom Penh
286
justifies evacuation
286
–8
defines policies of slave state
288
–9,
291
–6,
305
–8,
320
–1,
325
–7,
350
–1
leads CPK delegation to Hanoi
296
–8
travels to Beijing and Pyongyang
298
–303
restructures army
303
–4
decides to abolish money
308
–9
resides at Bank Buildings (K–1)
312
watches Sihanouk’s return
330
and diplomatic missions
333
and Sihanouk’s resignation
334
–6
becomes Prime Minister
336
conception of power
339
–40,
344
presides over memorial meeting for Mao
340
revolutionary vision
341
–3
refuses to consider that vision might be flawed
353
launches purge of internal enemies
354
–5,
357
–61
resigns as Prime Minister
362
travels secretly to Beijing
362
widens purge
363
–4,
368
–9
personally decides key arrests
371
‘bristly dog gambit’ towards Vietnam
372
–4
announces existence of CPK
375
visits China and North Korea
375
–7
proposes united front
380
–1
envisages personality cult
381
decides opening to outside world
381
–3
orders Eastern Zone purge
383
–7
travels secretly to meet Deng Xiaoping
388
–9
approves Sihanouk’s re-emergence
389
purges Vorn Vet and Kong Sophal
392
receives British and US guests
393
–4
meets Sihanouk
396
–7
flees Phnom Penh
398
builds new anti-Vietnamese alliance
402
–3,
406
–8,
415
,
419
–21
in Thailand
408
–9,
422
,
432
at Office
131
411
,
413
–14,
418
–19,
421
–2
travels secretly to China (1981)
415
–16
dissolves Communist Party
416
–18
learns he has Hodgkin’s disease
421
–3
attempts to prepare succession
422
–3
marries Meas
423
and Paris peace accords
425
–7,
429
–31
resumes military struggle
432
–4
at Anlong Veng
434
–41 ff
overthrown by Mok
441
interviewed by Nate Thayer
441
–2
‘sentenced’ to life imprisonment
442
dies peacefully in bed
442
Pol Saroeun
386
polygyny
17
Pomme, Madame
330
Ponchaud, François
209
,
266
,
270
,
273
,
444
Pondicherry
24
Ponlâk
400
Pracheachon
384
registered as party
107
contests 1945 elections
111
–12
harrassed by Sihanouk
114
–16,
128
,
134
contests 1958 elections
123
–4,
140
Pracheachon
in,
139
,
140
,
169
,
171
Pracheathippadey
108
Prasith
259
–60
Preah Vihear
227
,
385
,
410
,
440
Preap In
155
–6
Prek Kdam
273
Prek Phneou
273
Prek Sbauv
15
,
17
,
20
,
25
,
26
,
118
Prey Nokor
see
Saigon
Prey Veng
104
,
112
,
328
prisons
254
pro-independence movements
58
Proclamation of Independence
54
–5
PRPK
see
People’s Revolutionary Party of Kampuchea and People’s Revolutionary Party of Khmerland
Puth Chhay
40
,
58
,
86
,
87
,
88
Puth Tumniay
285
Pyongyang
334
,
415
Ra Smach
252
,
268
,
276
Radio Beijing
198
Radio Phnom Penh
324
–5
Ratanakiri
171
,
181
,
191
,
204
,
227
Pol Pot’s headquarters
162
,
166
,
170
,
178
–9,
211
armed uprising begins
174
,
175
–6
intellectuals arrive
177
Pol Pot leaves
212
,
224
Rath Samoeun
337
,
456
Ieng Sary’s best friend
36
,
51
protests against National Assembly suspension
37
–8
campaigns for Democrats
51
student days in France
52
,
59
,
61
and Cercle Marxiste
63
personality
64
–5
joins PCF
66
meets Ea Sichau
89
travels to Eastern Zone HQ
95
departs for North Vietnam
104
uncertain fate
250
n
Ravensbrück
61
Reaksmei
(‘the Spark’)
68
Réaltiés Cambodgiennes
134
Ream
297
,
302
Reamker
8
Red Guards
179
Renovation Party
197
Renseignements Généraux
63
–4
Revolutionary Youths
361
n
Revolutionary Youth League
153
–4
Risterucci, Jean
77
,
92
,
93
,
94
Robespierre, Maximilien
73
,
74
,
206
,
248
Romania
332
Ros Chantrabot
448
–9
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
36
,
73
,
148
,
168
,
173
,
212
Royal Ballet
20
,
21
Royal Cambodian Army responsible for security in Siem Reap
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