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p Pravda, January 12, 1979

p The Kampuchean Information Agency (SPK) has released the Manifesto of the Kampuchean People’s Revolutionary Council.

p The uprising staged by the Kampuchean people to save the country has triumphed, the document states. On January 7, 1979, the capital city of Pnom Penh was fully liberated. The reactionary dictatorial regime of the Pol Pot-Ieng Sary clique has fallen. Henceforth Kampuchea is genuinely free and independent, and the Kampuchean people are truly the masters of their country and their own lives.

p The great victory won under the banner of the Kampuchea United Front for National Salvation has ushered in a new era in the history of Kampuchea, an era of genuine independence and freedom, when the country is not subjugated to any foreign state. The glorious triumph has put an end to the unjust war unleashed by the Pol Pot-Ieng Sary clique at the instigation and with the support of a foreign state, a war that ran counter to the country’s national interests and undermined the traditional friendship between the Kampuchean and Vietnamese peoples.

p On behalf of the whole Kampuchean people, the Kampuchean People’s Revolutionary Council declares: the dictatorial nazi-type regime of the Pol Pot-Ieng Sary clique is eliminated and the People’s Republic of Kampuchea proclaimed.

p The Manifesto states that the People’s Republic of Kampuchea is implementing the aspirations of the people concerning democratic freedoms, freedom of religion, the right to work, to rest and to education; it respects the dignity and privacy of all citizens and establishes sexual equality and 113 The inhabitants of a liberated region of Kampuchea welcome the
formation of the Kampuchea United Front for National Salvation.
(SPK-TASS photo) Meeting in support of the declaration of the Kampuchea United Front for National Salvation. (SPK-TASS photo). Soldiers of the Revolutionary Armed Forces teach the population of liberated regions to use weapons. (VNA-TASS telephoto) Guarding the democratic victories of People’s Kampuchea (TASS
photo). Soldiers of the revolutionary army snatch a minute’s rest. (TASS
photo) Meeting in the outskirts of Pnom Penh. The banners read: “Glory
to the Kampuchean People’s Revolutionary Council!”, and “Glory
to the complete liberation of Kampuchea!” The people of Pnom Penh welcome their liberators. (VNA-TASS
telephoto). Flag of free Kampuchea flying from a Pnom Penh theatre building. (TASS photo) People from Swairieng Province returning home from concentration camps. (TASS photo) Orphaned Kampuchean children. (MTI-TASS telephoto) Peasants, forced by the Pol Pot regime into so-called “communes”, returning home. (TASS photo) Representatives of people’s power distribute rice among the population. (TASS telephoto) Kampucheans who had fled from the brutality of the Pol Pot-Ieng
Sary regime to neighbouring countries wait to cross the Mekong River.
(TASS photo) Soldiers of the Revolutionary Armed Forces help peasants harvest rice. (TASS telephoto) In the fields of Swairieng Province. (TASS photo) equality among the various nationalities living in Kampuchea.

p The People’s Republic of Kampuchea is pursuing a foreign policy of peace, friendship and non-alignment, striving to contribute to the cause of peace, stability and prosperity in South-East Asia, and to the cause of peace and progress the world over.

p The People’s Revolutionary Council of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea, declares that it is the only legitimate representative of the country in interstate relations, in the UN, in the non-alignment movement and in other international organisations that Kampuchea has joined. The Council declares that it will maintain the diplomatic relations existing between Kampuchea and other countries, and that it is pre. pared to establish diplomatic relations with other states on the principles of peaceful coexistence, respect for the independence, sovereignty and the territorial integrity of other nations, non-interference in the internal affairs of each state, and equality of and respect for mutual interests.

The Kampuchean People’s Revolutionary Council is firmly convinced that peace-loving peoples and governments all over the world will continue to support the just struggle of the Kampuchean people, whose goal is to build a peaceful, independent, democratic, neutral and non-aligned Kampuchea, a Kampuchea progressing towards socialism.