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Three men beside a propaganda poster
This photograph shows of three young soldiers standing next to a poster representing two soldiers (a man and a woman) from the Kampuchea United Front for National Salvation (KUFNS, also known as FUNSK) [Front or Renakse] fighting against the Khmer Rouge-Chinese enemy. The three soldiers stand at the entrance to a hut. The poster is about 1.80 metres in height. It is pinned on the hut’s external wall. It shows a female soldier and a male soldier standing below the Kampuchea United Front for National Salvation flag. The female soldier points her rifle to the bottom of the poster, at the enemy. The latter is clad in black and wears a krama (traditional scarf). He is obviously a Khmer Rouge fighter. The writing in Khmer, at the centre of the poster, reads: “Fight for victory”.
This photograph is part of the collection held by the Agence Khmère de Presse (AKP) and Cambodia’s Ministry of Information. This collection, which documents the early years of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea as photographed by the Vietnamese and a small team of Cambodian photographers, has not yet been classified or indexed.
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