1979 Chronology Of Cambodia History
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Jan. 1, 1979
KUFNS make their first victory statement, claiming capture of the town of Kratie.
Jan. 2, 1979
Dep. PM Ieng Sary and Pres. Khieu Samphan appeal to the UN to condemn what they call Vietnamese and Soviet aggression against Cambodia and to seek aid to counter the Vietnamese offensive.
ថ្ងៃ ២ មករា មានកងកុម្មុងដូរវៀតណាម លោតចុះពីជ្រោយចង្វារ បណ្តែតខ្លួនតាមទន្លេ ទូលកំប្លោក
តែត្រូវទ័ពខ្មែរក្រហមនៅមុខវាំង្គ កោះមុខវាំង្គ និងម្តុំកោះពេជ្រ បាញ់សំលាប់ទាំងអស់ ទាល់តែថ្ងែទី ០៥ មករា បានមានការប្រជុំបន្ទាន់ឲ្យត្រៀមចាកចេញ និងថ្ងៃទី ០៦ ចាកចេញ។ ឌុច គ្មានពេលកំទេចឯកសារ គុក ទួលស្លែងទេ ថ្ងៃ០៧ កងទ័ពរំដោះចូលមកដល់ គឺ ០៧ មករា ១៩៧៩។ ពេលរត់ទៅជំរំ ឌុច លាក់ខ្លួនខ្លាចគេតាមសំលាប់បំបាត់ភស្តុតាង(សាក្សីរស់)។
Nayan Chanda states that on January 2, 1979, Vietnamese commandos crossed the Mekong River in front of the Royal Palace, intending to kidnap Prince Sihanouk and have him lead a resistance movement against DK with Vietnamese assistance. However, the plan failed. As the Vietnamese were nearing Phnom Penh and the situation was growing tenser, Khieu Samphan moved the Prince to Sisophon near the Thai border. Two days later, he brought the Prince back to Phnom Penh, telling him that the Vietnamese forces had withdrawn. On January 5, Pol Pot summoned the Prince to a meeting and asked him to represent DK at the United Nations General Assembly in order to gain support from the UN Security Council against the Vietnamese aggression. In exchange, Pol Pot agreed to allow members of the royal family to fly out of Cambodia despite opposition from Ieng Sary, who wanted to take all members of the royal family as hostages. The Prince and his family left for China on a Chinese plane on January 6. Ibid.
Jan. 3, 1979
Vietnamese and KUFNS troops moved rapidly toward the capital Phnom Penh and the vital seaport of Kompong Som. Khmer Rouge officials conceded that the invading forces had already gained control of a fourth of the country.
Jan. 5, 1979
Chinese Dep. PM Teng Hsiao-ping says that China does not intend to send actual troops or military advisers to Cambodia.
Jan. 7, 1979
Vietnamese and KUFNS troops capture Phnom Penh, ending the murderous regime of Pol Pot in which more than one million Cambodians perished.
Jan. 8, 1979
The Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Council (KPRC), head by Heng Samrin was set up as a provisional govt. to run the country.
Jan. 10, 1979
The People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) was established to replace the Khmer Rouge's Democratic Kampuchea.
Jan. 11, 1979
The UN Security Council agreed, over the objections of the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia, to let Prince Norodom Sihanouk present a demand for the withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia.
Jan. 12, 1979
Vietnamese columns are said to have advanced as far west as Battambang.
Jan. 15, 1979
Khmer Rouge troops recapture port of Kompong Som from Vietnamese soldiers, inflicting the first major defeat of the war on Hanoi's invading forces……… The Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia voted against a resolution calling for the withdrawal of "all foreign forces" from Cambodia. The other 13 members of the Security Council vote in favor.
Jan. 14, 1979
Thai and Chinese held a secret meeting to support a guerrilla war against the Vietnamese's occupation of Cambodia.
Jan. 18, 1979
Prince Sihanouk says he will not return to Cambodia.
Jan. 25, 1979
PRCK Pres. Heng Samrin accuses leaders of ousted Pol Pot's govt. of genocide policies since they took control in 1975.
Feb. 17, 1979
"Teaching a lesson". Some 170,000 Chinese troops with 700 warplanes, and 250-300 tanks launched an invasion of Vietnam to punish it for invading of Cambodia.
Feb. 18, 1979
The PRK and Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) signed in Phnom Penh a 25 years friendship treaty. Heng Samrin, Pres. of the People’s Revolutionary Council, signed for Cambodia and Pham Van Dong, Premier of the SRV, for Vietnam.
Feb. 21, 1979
China and ousted Khmer Rouge DK govt. officials denounce the Cambodian-Vietnamese treaty signed on Feb. 18.
April 24, 1979
Cambodians poured into Thailand. About 80,000 Cambodian civilians and soldiers were reported to have crossed the border into Thailand.
April 28, 1979
Washington Post reports that military confiscation of food as well as the disruption caused by the fighting raises the possibility of widespread famine in Cambodia.
April 29, 1979
Thai officials reports that most of an estimated 50,000-80,000 Cambodian civilians and soldiers of the ousted regimes who fled across the border into Thailand have been returned to Cambodia.
May 13, 1979
UN Secy. Gen. Kurt Waldheim visits Cambodian refugee camps near the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet.
June 11, 1979
Thailand is reported turning back 30,000 Cambodian refugees in the past four days.
July 15, 1979
KPRC issued a decree (Kret) condemning Pol Pot and Ieng Sary for crime of genocide, which was committed during their reign of terror from 1975-1979, and that a court would be established to try the two.
Aug. 19, 1979
The People Revolutionary Tribunal sentenced Pol Pot and Ieng Sary, in absentia, to death for the crime of genocide and to confiscate all of their properties. [Accusation and judgment in Cambodian]
Sept. 19, 1979
Khmer Rouge kept UN seat. The nine members of the UN Credentials Committee refused to replace the Cambodian delegate representing the ousted Khmer Rouge govt. with the one representing the PRK (Phnom Penh govt.). Belgium, China, Ecuador, Pakistan, Senegal, and the US voted against the replacement, which was urged by Vietnam; voting for the replacement were Congo, Panama, and the Soviet Union.
Sept. 21, 1979
The UN General Assembly endorsed the decision of the Credentials Committee by a vote of 71-35 with 34 abstentions and 12 absentees, allowing the Khmer Rouge delegate represent Cambodia in the UN.
Sept. 27, 1979
US House of Rep. passes a resolution H.RES.431 expressing the sense of the House that the Pres. should direct US United Nations Ambassador to seek an emergency agenda item concerning an emergency food and medical relief program for the people of Cambodia.
Oct. 24, 1979
US Pres. Jimmy Carter participated in a meeting to discuss private and public efforts to aid refugees fleeing from Kampuchea to Thailand.
Oct. 27, 1979
Phnom Penh govt. rejects a proposal by three US senators to truck food from Thailand to starving Cambodians, calling the bid a maneuver by the imperialists to get assistance to the Pol Potist forces fighting the govt.
Nov. 14, 1979
The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution A/RES/34/22 calling for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cambodia. The vote is 91-21 with 29 abstentions.
Nov. 8, 1979
US Senator Javits introduces S.RES.277 a resolution relating to the commitment to ease the human suffering in Cambodia.
Nov. 16, 1979
US Senate passes a resolution S.RES.277 expressing the sense of the Senate that (1) all countries and all people be urged to respond generously to Cambodian relief efforts; (2) Cambodian authorities be encouraged to allow the use of all possible avenues for delivering food and medical supplies; and (3) the US and the U.N. should express their expectation that the great power supporters of the factions in Cambodia share in international responsibility for averting famine.
Dec. 2, 1979
Vietnam News Agency reports Phnom Penh govt. denials of reports that it is blocking Western relief shipments for starving Cambodians.
Dec. 5, 1979
An international relief official at the Cambodian border says an estimated 80-90 percent of relief supplies sent to Cambodia's starving population remain in Phnom Penh warehouses and at the port of Kompong Som………. US Rep. Solarz introduces H.CON.RES.219 a concurrent resolution calling for an international conference on Cambodia.
Dec. 13, 1979
UN relief official Henry Labouisse refutes a CIA report that charges the Soviet with blocking distribution of food and medicine in Cambodia, and says that supplies pile up in Cambodian centers because of a lack of transport……….. US Rep. Leach, J. introduces H.RES.507 a resolution condemning the use of chemical agents in Indochina.
Dec. 17, 1979
A two-day party congress held in Cambodia replace ousted PM Pol Pot with Khieu Samphan, who also keeps his post as president. Pol Pot is named commander-in-chief of guerrilla forces fighting the Vietnamese-supported govt. of Heng Samrin……….. US Sen. Glenn introduces S.RES.316 an original resolution concerning Thailand's assistance to Kampuchean refugees.
Dec. 18, 1979
US House of Representatives passes a resolution H.RES.509 commenting Thailand for assist Indochinese refugees and declaring that the US should seek to insure the survival of the Cambodian people.
Dec. 19, 1979
US Senate passes a resolution H.CON.RES.219 requesting the Pres. to work with the Secretary General of the UN and with other nations to convene an international conference on Cambodia.
Dec. 20, 1979
US House of Representatives pass a resolution H.RES.512 (by roll call#754 – 378-1) condemning the use of lethal chemical agents against the Hmong tribe-people in Laos and any such use in Cambodia.
US Senate passes a resolution S.RES.316 (by roll call#505 – 90-0) commanding Thai govt. for assisting Indochinese refugees, pledging continued US support for Thailand in its effort to assist such refugees, and declaring that the US seek to insure the survival of the Cambodian people.
Dec. 24, 1979 :Phnom Penh govt. denounces a report by Red Cross operations director Jean-Pierre Hocke that very little food and medical aid sent by the Red Cross had been distributed to the people.
Other events happened in 1979
Former Prime Minister Son Sann formed a resistant force, Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF), to fight against Vietnamese's occupation of Cambodia.
Abbreviations on this page
Jan. 1, 1979
KUFNS make their first victory statement, claiming capture of the town of Kratie.
Jan. 2, 1979
Dep. PM Ieng Sary and Pres. Khieu Samphan appeal to the UN to condemn what they call Vietnamese and Soviet aggression against Cambodia and to seek aid to counter the Vietnamese offensive.
ថ្ងៃ ២ មករា មានកងកុម្មុងដូរវៀតណាម លោតចុះពីជ្រោយចង្វារ បណ្តែតខ្លួនតាមទន្លេ ទូលកំប្លោក
តែត្រូវទ័ពខ្មែរក្រហមនៅមុខវាំង្គ កោះមុខវាំង្គ និងម្តុំកោះពេជ្រ បាញ់សំលាប់ទាំងអស់ ទាល់តែថ្ងែទី ០៥ មករា បានមានការប្រជុំបន្ទាន់ឲ្យត្រៀមចាកចេញ និងថ្ងៃទី ០៦ ចាកចេញ។ ឌុច គ្មានពេលកំទេចឯកសារ គុក ទួលស្លែងទេ ថ្ងៃ០៧ កងទ័ពរំដោះចូលមកដល់ គឺ ០៧ មករា ១៩៧៩។ ពេលរត់ទៅជំរំ ឌុច លាក់ខ្លួនខ្លាចគេតាមសំលាប់បំបាត់ភស្តុតាង(សាក្សីរស់)។
Nayan Chanda states that on January 2, 1979, Vietnamese commandos crossed the Mekong River in front of the Royal Palace, intending to kidnap Prince Sihanouk and have him lead a resistance movement against DK with Vietnamese assistance. However, the plan failed. As the Vietnamese were nearing Phnom Penh and the situation was growing tenser, Khieu Samphan moved the Prince to Sisophon near the Thai border. Two days later, he brought the Prince back to Phnom Penh, telling him that the Vietnamese forces had withdrawn. On January 5, Pol Pot summoned the Prince to a meeting and asked him to represent DK at the United Nations General Assembly in order to gain support from the UN Security Council against the Vietnamese aggression. In exchange, Pol Pot agreed to allow members of the royal family to fly out of Cambodia despite opposition from Ieng Sary, who wanted to take all members of the royal family as hostages. The Prince and his family left for China on a Chinese plane on January 6. Ibid.
Jan. 3, 1979
Vietnamese and KUFNS troops moved rapidly toward the capital Phnom Penh and the vital seaport of Kompong Som. Khmer Rouge officials conceded that the invading forces had already gained control of a fourth of the country.
Jan. 5, 1979
Chinese Dep. PM Teng Hsiao-ping says that China does not intend to send actual troops or military advisers to Cambodia.
Jan. 7, 1979
Vietnamese and KUFNS troops capture Phnom Penh, ending the murderous regime of Pol Pot in which more than one million Cambodians perished.
Jan. 8, 1979
The Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Council (KPRC), head by Heng Samrin was set up as a provisional govt. to run the country.
Jan. 10, 1979
The People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) was established to replace the Khmer Rouge's Democratic Kampuchea.
Jan. 11, 1979
The UN Security Council agreed, over the objections of the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia, to let Prince Norodom Sihanouk present a demand for the withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia.
Jan. 12, 1979
Vietnamese columns are said to have advanced as far west as Battambang.
Jan. 15, 1979
Khmer Rouge troops recapture port of Kompong Som from Vietnamese soldiers, inflicting the first major defeat of the war on Hanoi's invading forces……… The Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia voted against a resolution calling for the withdrawal of "all foreign forces" from Cambodia. The other 13 members of the Security Council vote in favor.
Jan. 14, 1979
Thai and Chinese held a secret meeting to support a guerrilla war against the Vietnamese's occupation of Cambodia.
Jan. 18, 1979
Prince Sihanouk says he will not return to Cambodia.
Jan. 25, 1979
PRCK Pres. Heng Samrin accuses leaders of ousted Pol Pot's govt. of genocide policies since they took control in 1975.
Feb. 17, 1979
"Teaching a lesson". Some 170,000 Chinese troops with 700 warplanes, and 250-300 tanks launched an invasion of Vietnam to punish it for invading of Cambodia.
Feb. 18, 1979
The PRK and Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) signed in Phnom Penh a 25 years friendship treaty. Heng Samrin, Pres. of the People’s Revolutionary Council, signed for Cambodia and Pham Van Dong, Premier of the SRV, for Vietnam.
Feb. 21, 1979
China and ousted Khmer Rouge DK govt. officials denounce the Cambodian-Vietnamese treaty signed on Feb. 18.
April 24, 1979
Cambodians poured into Thailand. About 80,000 Cambodian civilians and soldiers were reported to have crossed the border into Thailand.
April 28, 1979
Washington Post reports that military confiscation of food as well as the disruption caused by the fighting raises the possibility of widespread famine in Cambodia.
April 29, 1979
Thai officials reports that most of an estimated 50,000-80,000 Cambodian civilians and soldiers of the ousted regimes who fled across the border into Thailand have been returned to Cambodia.
May 13, 1979
UN Secy. Gen. Kurt Waldheim visits Cambodian refugee camps near the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet.
June 11, 1979
Thailand is reported turning back 30,000 Cambodian refugees in the past four days.
July 15, 1979
KPRC issued a decree (Kret) condemning Pol Pot and Ieng Sary for crime of genocide, which was committed during their reign of terror from 1975-1979, and that a court would be established to try the two.
Aug. 19, 1979
The People Revolutionary Tribunal sentenced Pol Pot and Ieng Sary, in absentia, to death for the crime of genocide and to confiscate all of their properties. [Accusation and judgment in Cambodian]
Sept. 19, 1979
Khmer Rouge kept UN seat. The nine members of the UN Credentials Committee refused to replace the Cambodian delegate representing the ousted Khmer Rouge govt. with the one representing the PRK (Phnom Penh govt.). Belgium, China, Ecuador, Pakistan, Senegal, and the US voted against the replacement, which was urged by Vietnam; voting for the replacement were Congo, Panama, and the Soviet Union.
Sept. 21, 1979
The UN General Assembly endorsed the decision of the Credentials Committee by a vote of 71-35 with 34 abstentions and 12 absentees, allowing the Khmer Rouge delegate represent Cambodia in the UN.
Sept. 27, 1979
US House of Rep. passes a resolution H.RES.431 expressing the sense of the House that the Pres. should direct US United Nations Ambassador to seek an emergency agenda item concerning an emergency food and medical relief program for the people of Cambodia.
Oct. 24, 1979
US Pres. Jimmy Carter participated in a meeting to discuss private and public efforts to aid refugees fleeing from Kampuchea to Thailand.
Oct. 27, 1979
Phnom Penh govt. rejects a proposal by three US senators to truck food from Thailand to starving Cambodians, calling the bid a maneuver by the imperialists to get assistance to the Pol Potist forces fighting the govt.
Nov. 14, 1979
The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution A/RES/34/22 calling for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cambodia. The vote is 91-21 with 29 abstentions.
Nov. 8, 1979
US Senator Javits introduces S.RES.277 a resolution relating to the commitment to ease the human suffering in Cambodia.
Nov. 16, 1979
US Senate passes a resolution S.RES.277 expressing the sense of the Senate that (1) all countries and all people be urged to respond generously to Cambodian relief efforts; (2) Cambodian authorities be encouraged to allow the use of all possible avenues for delivering food and medical supplies; and (3) the US and the U.N. should express their expectation that the great power supporters of the factions in Cambodia share in international responsibility for averting famine.
Dec. 2, 1979
Vietnam News Agency reports Phnom Penh govt. denials of reports that it is blocking Western relief shipments for starving Cambodians.
Dec. 5, 1979
An international relief official at the Cambodian border says an estimated 80-90 percent of relief supplies sent to Cambodia's starving population remain in Phnom Penh warehouses and at the port of Kompong Som………. US Rep. Solarz introduces H.CON.RES.219 a concurrent resolution calling for an international conference on Cambodia.
Dec. 13, 1979
UN relief official Henry Labouisse refutes a CIA report that charges the Soviet with blocking distribution of food and medicine in Cambodia, and says that supplies pile up in Cambodian centers because of a lack of transport……….. US Rep. Leach, J. introduces H.RES.507 a resolution condemning the use of chemical agents in Indochina.
Dec. 17, 1979
A two-day party congress held in Cambodia replace ousted PM Pol Pot with Khieu Samphan, who also keeps his post as president. Pol Pot is named commander-in-chief of guerrilla forces fighting the Vietnamese-supported govt. of Heng Samrin……….. US Sen. Glenn introduces S.RES.316 an original resolution concerning Thailand's assistance to Kampuchean refugees.
Dec. 18, 1979
US House of Representatives passes a resolution H.RES.509 commenting Thailand for assist Indochinese refugees and declaring that the US should seek to insure the survival of the Cambodian people.
Dec. 19, 1979
US Senate passes a resolution H.CON.RES.219 requesting the Pres. to work with the Secretary General of the UN and with other nations to convene an international conference on Cambodia.
Dec. 20, 1979
US House of Representatives pass a resolution H.RES.512 (by roll call#754 – 378-1) condemning the use of lethal chemical agents against the Hmong tribe-people in Laos and any such use in Cambodia.
US Senate passes a resolution S.RES.316 (by roll call#505 – 90-0) commanding Thai govt. for assisting Indochinese refugees, pledging continued US support for Thailand in its effort to assist such refugees, and declaring that the US seek to insure the survival of the Cambodian people.
Dec. 24, 1979 :Phnom Penh govt. denounces a report by Red Cross operations director Jean-Pierre Hocke that very little food and medical aid sent by the Red Cross had been distributed to the people.
Other events happened in 1979
Former Prime Minister Son Sann formed a resistant force, Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF), to fight against Vietnamese's occupation of Cambodia.
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