[Vietnamization: Military, Occupation, PRK] Bou Thang, January 1981

Bou Thang [Bou Thong], January 1981 (Roland Neveu)

Hun Sen ‘Unpredictable and Easily Angered,’ CIA Files Say

The Cambodia Daily | 23 January 2017

Despite being president, Mr. Samrin was described as the top Cambodian leader “in title but not in reality,” while Bou Thang, the longtime governor of Ratanakkiri province, was known as “the bulldozer” for his heavy-handed management style.

CIA Intelligence Assessment, 1986 -- CAMBODIA: How Viable the Heng Samrin Regime?

Appendix

Leading PRK Officials

Bou Thang [Bou Thong]

Minister of Defense and a vice chairman of the Council of Ministers since February 1982 . . . Politburo member responsible for defense since May 1981 . . . member of party secretariat known as "the bulldozer" because of management techniques joined anti-French Issarak Movement in 1954 and left to study in Hanoi same year . . .   became Khmer Rouge district commander in northeast in 1970 . . . turned against Pol Pot in 1974 and organized guerrilla movement in northern Cambodia . . . speaks Vietnamese and Laotian . . . about 48 years old [as of June 1986].

[Vietnamization: K5 Genocide, PRK, Occupation] សម រង្ស៊ី / Sam Rainsy: ផែនការ ក៥ | K5 Plan