Sweden-Kampuchea Friendship Association
Abbreviation | SKFA |
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Formation | October 1976 |
Founded at | Sweden |
Dissolved | December 1980 |
Leader | Gunnar Bergström |
The Sweden-Kampuchea Friendship Association was a Swedish Maoist pro-Khmer Rouge Kampuchea friendship organization.
The five people of the organization (including Jan Myrdal) made a trip to Democratic Kampuchea in 1978 in which they met with Pol Pot.[1][2]
History[]
The Sweden-Kampuchea Friendship Association was founded in 1976 as part of associations against the Vietnam War.[3] It was influenced by the Maoist "Communist Workers' Party of Sweden" and other Pro-Khmer Rouge organizations in Denmark and Norway.
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Gunnar Bergstrom pictured with a photograph of his meeting with Khmer Rouge
Visited to Kampuchea[]
In August 1978, 5 members of the organization visited Democratic Kampuchea for 14 days. In this they met with Pol Pot and Ieng Sary.[4]
Reference[]
- ^ "Swedish man who dined with Khmer Rouge's Pol Pot 40 years ago: I regret it". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ Pol Pot; Sweden-Kampuchea Friendship Association (1978). Talks with the delegation of the Sweden-Kampuchea Friendship Association [August 1978 (PDF). Phnom Penh: Dept. of Press and Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Democratic Kampuchea. OCLC 5114522.
- ^ emao2015 (2015-08-12). "The propaganda contest to win international support". cambodia to kampuchea. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ "Cambodia - English site". Kambodja. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
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