The following comes from excerpts compilled by Ixabert, a Democratic Kampuchea enthusiast.

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These are some excerpts I have taken from a secret and anonymous diary of the Khmer Rouge Foreign Ministry, 1976-79. It can be read in full here: http://www.yale.edu/cgp/iengsary.htm A note on the translation (by the translator): "We have chosen accurate reproduction of the form of the original document over a more elegant presentation despite difficulties readers might have with the informal and incomplete nature of the notes." The party takes Marxism-Leninism as its basis. * * * It does not take Marxism-Leninism to copy however it likes. It implements Marxism -Leninism by standing the concrete situation in our country and our revolution. And by observing correctly and observing the movement. * * * ... we must practice Marxism-Leninism flexibly, according to the concrete situation. Take the laws of Marxism-Leninism to observe them flexibly in our situation. What is Marxism-Leninism? It is the total experience in the class struggle up to now. Some have concluded already, some in the wrong way and some others in the right way. We must reflect on our movement and creatively improve according to our movement and our revolution. * * * The party instills and takes the firm proletarian world view and proletarian life view; that is, firm in the proletarian tool for working and thinking. If we stand on the side of other classes, we can not find firm basis. We have no firm basis. But If we stand on the proletarian class standpoint, even if we are strategically wrong, we are basically right, whether in building, or in building our consciousness, or in criticizing our internal building. * * * The Communist Party was organized on the principle of Democratic Centralism. This is our old provision. It is the effective provision in terms of organization and leadership of our party. Democratic Centralism has two natures: The first is the nature of democracy and the second is the nature of centralism. To just practice democracy is not provision of the party. Centralism also is not provision of the democratic party alone but of rightist free democracy. Absence of discipline, vanguard, and organization is dangerous for the revolution. The enemies could easily infiltrate; this is not the way of a firm and solid party. This is rightist. Centralism alone means a single individual or one group, or one committee. They can not gather forces in terms of consciousness, morale, or activities. Others will not be clear in their mind. The masses won?t be clear and won't accept, won?t be strong. Therefore, we have to combine centralism and democracy. The meaning of the concrete implementation is not in its form but in its essence. If we have any problem, we must discuss it in committee, conference or public congress. We must also go down to the bases to conduct surveys and observe the situation and follow the situation. * * * The Communist Party of Kampuchea takes criticism and self-criticism as daily means to struggle to build up the internal forces of the party. Criticism and self-criticism refers not to cell meetings, but learning how to make livelihood criticism at committee meetings and assessments of advantages and disadvantages is also a form of self-criticism and criticism. In every framework, we seek the advantages and disadvantages and find the correct solutions; this is what we call criticism and self-criticism. If you keep doing internal constructive criticism and self-criticism through the political, consciousness, and organizational standpoints of the party and gather the masses to our side, according to the political consciousness and organizational standpoint of the party, enemies will not be able to undermine us. * * * The Communist Party of Kampuchea adheres to the standpoint of independence, self-reliance, and self-support, and absolutely decides the destiny of its own resolution in all circumstances. This standpoint arose from our concrete movement. We have begun this already. Especially, while we are reconstructing our country, everyone asks to come and help us. We are in a difficult situation, we lack everything. However, we have the standpoint of independence, self-reliance, and self-support. We do this not just for the sake of being self-supporting. It is for independence. Because if they come, they spit on us. They come to contact [one another]. They don?t just give medicine or materials. They come themselves. If one comes, that is difficult. If two come, that is difficult. If many come it is increasingly difficult and complicated for us. Therefore, they don't come to help us but instead they increasingly pose difficulties and complications. Therefore, based on the past experience, we now have the correct standpoint. * * * The Kampuchea revolution led by the Communist Party of Kampuchea is an inseparable part of the international revolutionary movement. Therefore, the Communist Party of Kampuchea fulfills the tasks of the national and international revolution on the principle of absolute proletarian patriotism and internationalism. The Communist Party of Kampuchea and the Kampuchean revolution are dedicated to solidarity with the Marxist-Leninist parties in the world and the world revolution on the basis of absolute mutual territorial integrity respect and equality. We are opposed to narrow nationalism and to the doctrines of the great powers. Another line is that relations with the world parties and world revolution must be established on the ground of equality and mutual respect. We make no profit from violation of other countries but we don't let them violate us either. This must be put into practice not just for the sake of speaking. If they just pay lip service and turn to destroying us, we will absolutely take counter-measures. * * * We must instill vigorously and to the depth the spirit of the proletarian class of the party by distinguishing the composition of each class in the society at present. We must upgrade the spirit of the proletarian class dedication and according to the real nature and essence of this class, still the proletarian patriotism, and internationalism of the party. We must also instill the spirit of the revolutionary pride of the people, military, and the party by placing complete trust on the people, military and the party. We are dedicated to eliminate the spirit of foreign subordination and beliefs in foreigners. We must further upgrade the national reputation and uphold the mass view and mass line of the party. We must further instill the communist morale, especially in livelihood and in the battles with enemies and Marxism and Leninism. * * * - Proletarian patriotism: never see ourselves better than others or attempt to swallow someone else's country. - Proletarian internationalism: helping other countries that are exploited or oppressed by others. ... Must have the standpoint of proletarian patriotism and internationalism. ... Enhance the consciousness of patriotism, internationalism and proletarianism.