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Bluffer’s Guide CAMBODIA, 1975-79
The Khmer Rouge Regime
Timeline
1951 MARCH 1970 17 APRIL 1975 1976
Pol Pot joins a Prince Sihanouk is The Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge
secret Marxist removed as head of capture Cambodia’s bans commercial
cell, while state for his pro- capital, Phnom ishing. Eighty per
studying radio Vietnamese policies. Penh. Many of those cent of Cambodians
electronics in The Khmer Rouge ighting mistakenly depend on ish for
Paris. After failing request military believe the Khmer protein so starvation
all his exams, he support from Vietnam, Rouge will reinstate and malnutrition
returns to Cambodia. triggering civil war. Prince Sihanouk. rates soar.
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