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5 Aug 89
CAMBODIAN MEETING ON REAR-LINE POLICY ADDRESSED BY CHEA SIM
Phnom Penh home serive (i) 1300 gmt 29 Jul and (ii) 1200 g 31 Jul 89
(i) Abstract of report
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A meeting to sum up the outcome of the 10-year implementation of the policy towards the rear battlefield throughout the country was held on 29th July. Present on the presidium of the meeting were Chea Sim, member of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of the National Assembly and of the KUFNCD National Council; Gen Bou Thang, member of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ministers, and chief of the general politicial department of the Cambodian people's armed forces; Lt- Gen Ke Kimyan, member of the Party Central Committee and First Vice-Minister of National Defence; Sam Sundoeun, member of the Party Central Committee and secretary of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Youth Union Central Committee; Ros Chhun, member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary-General of the KUFNCD National Council.
(ii) Excerpts from recording of speech by Chea Sim, member of the Political Bureau and Chairman of the National Assembly and of the KUFNCD National Council, to the closing session of the conference in Phnom Penh on 31st July
...The front-line and rear-line compensation policy is an important policy of the party directly affecting the will and spirit of the cadres and combatants who are discharging their day-to-day duties as well as combat duties and inspiring the youths to fulfil their national defence obligations. In whatever situation and under whatever circumstances, the armed forces are always closely linked to the rear, for only when the localities perform their duty well can cadres and combatants have confidence and become resolute in their task. . .
In order to carry out this policy successfully, I urge all participants in the meeting to pay close attention to the following important tasks:
(1) The party committees at all levels, both inside and outside the army, must review their leadership in this endeavour and see whether it is correctly prepared or not so that they can work out ways to further improve this leadership. Regarding the specialised institutions, authorities and mass organisations at all levels, they must also review the ways in which they have organised past implementation of the party and state compensation policy to see whether anything is incorrectly carried out and thus needs correction so that methods and measures can be worked out to organise implementation in an even more effective manner.
(2) It is imperative to continue educating all sectors and levels and the whole people so that they can clearly see that the sacrifices made in flesh and blood at the cost of their own comfort and happiness by the cadres, combatants, militiamen and workers are meant for the cause of the nation and motherland and for all of us and, therefore, they must be awakened and be grateful and respectful and affectionate to
them and, consequently, they must actively contribute to implementing this compensation policy set by the party and
state...
(3) The Party Secretariat, party committees, people's committees, the commands at all levels, and the head of each institution must intensify leadership, counselling, monitoring and tutoring for their subordinates so that they can correctly implement the policy towards the families of fallen soldiers, disabled and sick combatants, the families of active combatants, and the families of those having rendered good service to the motherland. . . There are some other points, too. In the past, the provision of financial support for deserving individuals experienced many hurdles. We have yet to learn how to tackle this problem successfully...
(4) The local authorities and mass organisations at all levels must launch a campaign to motivate the masses of people into respecting and implementing the rear-line policy in order to help comfort the cadres and combatants engaged in national defence task. When the combatants clearly see that those in the rear really care about them, they will be heartened and happy to fight and win victories. . . The ministries, offices and other authorities must give priority to accepting the children and wives of dead, disabled or sick soldiers to work at jobs commensurate to their capacity or providing them with vocational training to help boost their living standard. In particular, pay attention to enabling the children of dead soldiers to go to school by giving them favourable treatment such as waiving school fees or contributions and providing them with special coaching and tutoring by the teachers.
The provinces and cities must pay attention to quickly building centres that cater to the disabled and sick people who have lost all capacities to work and must accept these people from appropriate institutions for immediate lodging and feeding. The hospitals both at the front and in the rear must increase medical treatment, care and custody of wounded, disabled and sick cadres and combatants, providing them with moral, material and technical assistance to the best of their ability commensurate with the great services and lofty sacrifices of the combatants.
(5) Ministries, offices and specialised institutions at all levels must increase guidance and advice according to their respective roles and duties by correctly implementing the decisions of the higher authorities, seeing to it that compensations are correctly, consistently and sufficiently doled out to the deserving parties in a timely manner... Front-line units must do their best to send news about the deaths of their men to the rear so that compensation can be given to the bereft families in a timely manner. They must take good care of wounded and sick combatants. Moreover, we must encourage cadres and combatants to write frequent letters to their families and relatives in the rear. We must pay attention to strengthening and expanding postal networks to facilitate and expedite correspondence...
(6) Along with providing compensation for the deserving parties, we must also heighten education for families of dead soldiers, disabled and sick combatants, and families having rendered service to the national defence and reconstruction
efforts so that they can clearly see the attention and care given them by the party, state and people, strive to strengthen and
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