Fwd: Re: Fwd: William Louis ... Pol Pot speaks...

[Brian B. Riley]

 I forwarded a copy of the above article to my friend Roger who lives and 
works in Thailand and this was his response ... I thought it might be of 
interest to the list.

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Date:        11/02  9:13 AM
Received:    11/02  10:39 AM
From:        Roger Adams, rogera at mozart.inet.co.th
To:          Brian B. Riley, brianbr at together.net

>Brian B. Riley wrote:
>>I came across this piece the other day and am rereading it for the 
>>fourth or fifth time. "Food for thought" doesn't even begin to 
>>describe it in my rarely very humble opinion. 
>  (snip)
>>Pol Pot Speaks
>>
>> On Oct. 16 Nate Thayer, an American correspondent for the weekly 
>>Far Eastern Economic Review, conducted the first known interview 
>>since 1979 with Cambodian Communist Pol Pot. The New York Times 
>>printed excerpts Oct. 23. 

>Brian,
>
>Nate is actually based in Bangkok and I have met him quite a few 
>times in one of my favourite watering holes. I was there last Friday 
>(31st Oct) and was told that he had gone back to Phnom Penh to 
>confront Hun Sen for calling him a liar and questioning the validity 
>of his interview with Pol Pot. Nate apparently got very upset at 
>this so he decided to sort it out. All of us who know him feel that 
>he is risking his life by going back to Cambodia at this time. The 
>situation there is very unstable and life is very cheap. We all 
>hope he makes it back safely.
>
>Just for some background information, Nate is a very intense and 
>proud fellow who takes his profession very seriously indeed. He is 
>the only journalist to have been able to get close enough to Pol 
>Pot (by close, I mean in very near proximity) to be able to watch 
>and film him being tried by his fellow commanders and to interview 
>him. A very facinating chap and very likeable. I am sure you came 
>across some of these types during the Vietnam War.
>
>Will keep you posted.
>
>Roger  

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