The armed struggle and life of the Khmer people in liberated areas in pictures

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KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA

THE ARMED STRU rfri aKVi OF THE KHMER PEOPLE IN THE LIBERATED AREAS ft

IN PICTURES

N.U.F.C. PRESS (National United Front of Cambodia)

1972

The propaganda machinery

of U.S. imperialism

and

its

stooges in

Phnom-Penh

tries

freedom- and independencehard to convince people that the armed resistance of the of National people does not exist, and that "the People's Armed Forces loving

Khmer

Cambodia (P.A.F.N.L.C.)" are "Vietcong and North Vietnamese" (sic!). have reproduced photographs we obtained from Cambodia's liberated areas and

Liberation of

The

shameful on the following pages expose better than words the of the anti-popular

lies

and dastardly slanders

Washington and Phnom-Penh administrations.

vividly proving the existence of the

struggle for national salvation

Khmer

P.A.F.N.L. and the

and the complete liberation of

They are evidence

Khmer

people's heroic

their beloved fatherland.

M.B.D.

(MONTHLY BULLETIN OF DOCUMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE HEAD OF STATE, 1972)

CHAPTER The P.A.F.N.L.C.

I

(the People's

Armed Forces

of National Liberation of Cambodia)

and

Proof of Their Glorious Victories

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Mr, Khieu Samphan, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia, poses for a picture with a group of affectionate young fighters who have distinguished themselves in battle.

Mr. Khieu Samphan

6

at an

advance headquarters of the P.A.F.N.L.C.

An

outstanding P.A.F.N.L.C. unit on the eve of an important battle.

A new P.A.RN.L.C.

B

unit.

A

P.A.F.N.L.C. fighter loads a machine-gun.

P.A.F.N.L.C. fighters at grenade-throwing practice.

10

Training recruits of the P.A.F.N.L.C.

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11

P.A.F.N.L.C. infantrymen train to shoot

down enemy

planes.

Young

villagers

at

rifle

practice.

13

Mountain dwellers who have volunteered for the P.A.F.N.L.C, traditional

bow.

14

with

weapon,

their

the

Stung Treng citizens train for their task of defending the

city.

15

16

P.A.F.N.L.C. •^

fighters

enter a city they have liberated.

A

town and important

section of a national

highway

just liberated

by the P.A.F.N.L.C. 17

The

P.A.F.N.L.C.

use mortars.

P.A.F.N.L.C. artillerymen at the front.

19

The P.A.RN.L.C defend

20

the sky of the liberated areas.

Anti-aircraft unit of the P.A.F.N.L.C.

21

The P.A.F.N.L.C. guard areas'

22

the

safe-

liberated

territorial

air.

A

P.A.F.N.L.C.

signal

unit

P.A.F.N.L.C. volunteers pledge to wage a life-and-death struggle against U.S. imperialism and the Lon Nol mercenaries until their beloved fatherland is completely liberated.

24

Fair fighters of the

P.A.F.N.L.C.

25

The P.A.F.N.L.C. wage 26

people's

war

.

.

.

with a smile.

Pretty messengers of

the P.A.F.NX.C.

27

A

P.A.F.N.L.C. sentry at a seaside

post in

28

Kampot

Province.

P.A.F.N.L.C. sentinels guard the coast of

Kampot

Province.

29

P.A.F.N.L.C. fighters patrolling the sea coast. 30

P.A.F.N.L.C. sentry on guard at a Kratie City entrance.

jg**3$

A

liberated area.

An armed

village lad guarding a bridge.

P.A.F.N.L.C, fighters guard an ancient bridge in the Sicmrcap-Kompong

Thom

Region.

33 !

Angkor-Thorn liberated and

been defended by the P.A.F.N.L.C.

34

has

is

Angkor-Vat has

also been liberated by the P.A.F.N.L.C.,

who now

protect

it.

35

Members

of

the

A. F. N. L. C. on guard at AngkorP.

Vat.

36

Angkor-Vat, liberated and defended by the P.A.F.N.L.C.

Angkor-Thom has been liberated: Lon Nol's soldiers, defeated and taken prisoner, pass by the Bayon.

38

Victorious P.A.F.N.L.C. fighters assault

a

stronghold

of

the

Phnom-Penh "Republic". On the ground He Lon Nol casualties.

39

A 40

small Lon Nol "fortress" in flames after an assault by a crack P.A.F.N.L.C. unit.

Military

Quarter

Phnom-Penh destroyed N.L.C.

by

of

the

"Republic", the

P.A.F.

41

Liberation

of

a

town

in

Siemreap Province by the P.A.F.N.L.C.

42

Citizens of a provincial city

liberated by the P.A.F.N.L.C. help a valiant United Front National fighter to demolish porrecently

of

traits

puppet the

Phnom-Penh

the

Head

traitor

of

State,

Cheng

Heng.

Two tional

44

spies

for

the

American

United Front guerrillas

captured by Nain a northeastern province. C.I. A.,

Lon Nol

defeated by the P.A.F.N.L.C., are glad to join the National United Front of Cambodia. soldiers,

45

These active young P.A.F.N.L.C. sent to rescue the 46

Yankee

fighters repulse a Saigon unit

pilot of the U.S.

which has been down.

helicopter they have shot

A

U.S. armoured car knocked out by the P.A.F.N.L.C.

47

A

U.S. helicopter

downed

by the P.A.F.N.L.C.

48

I

I

Another enemy helicopter downed.

The P.A.F.N.L.C.

cheer the victory.

49

Heavy tank of the U.S. mercenary Saigon army captured by the P.A.F.N.L.C.

U.S.

munitions cap-

tured by the P.A.F.

N.L.C. in

Cham

Kompong

Province.

After the battle of Snuol. Miserable defeat of "proud" Saigon soldiers, mercenaries of U.S. imperialism. 52

During a rest break these hardy P.A.F.N.L.C. fighters listen attentively to "A Message to the Nation" by Samdech

Norodom

Sihanouk,

Head

of State and

Chairman

of the National of

United Front

Cambodia.

53

The Snuol 54

battlefield after the Saigon army's

defeat.

It*

A

Saigon armoured car destroyed by the P.A.F.N.L.C.

55

Villagers

56

warmly applaud the P.A.F.N.L.C.,

their liberators.

CHAPTER

II

The Enemy's Unpardonable Crimes

Peasant man and woman killed by Lon Nol's planes in a liberated area. Lon Nol claimed in a communique that they were "North Vietnamese aggressors"! 59

1 Men

and

women

peasants of a liber-

ated area massacred in the paddy-field

by ,

The

"Cobra"

U.S.

gunship

helicopters.

U.S. imperialists

claimed in their mil-

communique

itary

that

the

were North soldiers!

victims

"Vietcong-

Vietnamese"

A

primary

school

in

Phnom-Penh "Republic"

a

liberated

planes, gifts

destroyed by of U.S. imperialism. area

61

A

secondary school in

a liberated area gutted

by the U.S. Air Force.

62

ivy/1

In a liberated area. civilian

hospital

A

after

a U.S. Air Force raid.

Buddhist temple

Lon Nol

64

bombed by Lon Nol's planes. This same Buddhism from the menace of communism".

in a liberated area

claims he

is

a "saviour of

Buddhist temple

in a liberated

ruined and its principal statue decapitated in air raids

area

from

Phnom-Penh "Reself-styled "Buddhism-

the

public",

preserving regime".

65*

r

CHAPTER The

Life

and

III

Activities of the

in the Liberated

Khmer

Areas

People

Mr. Khieu Samphan, Vice-Prime Minister of the Royal Government, the authentic government of the Khmer people, in his plain office room.

69

Mr. Hou Yuon, Minister of Interior of the Royal Government of National Union, in his modest office room in the countryside, where Royal Government ministers live like the ordinary people. 70

Mr. Hu Nim, Minister of Information of the Royal Government of National Union, sets up his office not in the city, not, for instance, in Kratic or Stung Trcng, but in the country among the peasants.

71

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Village

weaver, her submachine-gun by her side to defend the liberated area.

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Mountain region dwellers cultivate rice and develop agriculture under the leadership of the National United Front of Cambodia.

73

£«'

A

frm* .«

liberated area.

».)

Young members

help the peasants with their

74

l>

A

•

of the P.A.F.N.L.C.

work

in

the rice-fields.

Between military operations, P.A.F.N.L.C.

fighters

help

peasants of a liberated area to

husk

rice.

75

Fishing for the fighters' meals.

76

An

agricultural

co-operative.

77

A

78

large factory liberated by the P.A.F.N.L.C.

Repairing a damaged

air-

raid shelter in a provincial

town of a liberated area.

79

Girls of a liberated area learning military

art.

These N.U.F.C. women cadres' smiling faces show their confidence of final victory in the total liberation of their fatherland.

81

Students

who

fled

from towns controlled by the

Matak "government"

82

traitor

listen attentively to a report

Lon Nol-Sirik

by Mr. Hou Yuon.

'Special courier"

83

Supplying the P.A.F.N.L.C. by pony. R4

'Jrff

Kg

»*.

Patriotic peasants deliver produce

by buffalo

.,