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Khmer Rouge (Cambodia)

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[Flag of the Khmer Rouge] image by by James Dignan, 24 October 1997

 


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This flags (in fact the hoist part should be blue) is a old motive of confusion. It was attributed to Khmers Rouge, to "moderate faction of the Khmer Rouge" and to the MONATIO. Philippe attributed it to the provisional government (between 13 and 17 April 1975). Smith shows another flag to the Khmer Rouge.
Jaume Ollé, 25 October 1997


The flag is the Khmer Rouge Party, which was headed by Pol Pot. The flag as shown is detailed in The Flag Bulletin, No XIII;3.
Steve Stringfellow - 25 October 1997, 27 October 1997


The flag red and blue (not black) with a white cross in the center belonged to the "MONATIO", or "Mouvement National" (in french). The Catholic priest François Ponchaud, witness of the facts of April 17, 1975, said in his book Cambodge anée zero (Spanish translation: "Camboya a sangre y fuego. Año Cero", second edition, Buenos Aires, February 1979):

Algunos instantes más tarde, se apartó un grupo de hombres de negro. Gente joven de largos cabellos rodeaban un hombre misterioso, cara redonda, sin armas, con buzo negro. Supusimos todos que era un emisario khmer rojo llegado para negociar la rendición de las tropas gubernamentales. Los habitantes de las casas que bordeaban el bulevar Monivong (Prachéathipatei) se aventuraban por la acera por donde pasaba el pequeño cortejo, y, tranquilos ya al ver entrar al vencedor sin derramamiento de sangre, le aclamaron tímidamente" (page 16). "Nosotros, espectadores extranjeros, estábamos completamente desconcertados: ¿se termi