A note by H.E. Dr. Say BoryAugust 16, 2000
The Vietnamese had given this island a Vietnamese name: Phu Quoc
Historical Benchmarks:
1856: King Ang Duong apprise Mr. de Montigny, French envoy in visit to Bangkok, through the intermediary of Bishop Miche, his intention to yield Koh Tral to France (cf. “The Second [French] Empire of IndoChina”).
1863: Establishing the Protectorate of Cambodia, France annexed Kampuchea Krom, made a French colony out of it, and named it “Cochinchine”.
May 25, 1874: Koh Tral (Phu Quoc) which belonged to Cambodia (under the reign of King Ang Duong) was placed under the administration of the Governor of Cochinchine, i.e. under the administration of France, by the French Protectorate.
June 16, 1875: Koh Tral is attached to the inspection district of Hatien which was colonized by France. One needs to recall that in 1855, King Ang Duong reminded Napoleon III [first French President (1948-1852), later French Emperor (1852-1870)] that “the territories annexed by Vietnam located between the Western branch of the Mekong [River] and the Gulf of Siam (Hatien area) were “actually Cambodian land” (cf. A. Dolphin-Dauphin-Meunier – “History of Cambodia”, pg. 99). Therefore, Koh Tral always remains a Cambodian island, even though it is under the administration of colonial France.
January 31, 1939: the “Brévié Line” which is not a maritime border demarcation, but rather a line dividing the police and administrative authority “on the islands along the Gulf of Siam” [was established]. By this act, Koh Tral was placed, as it did in 1875, under the French colonial administration of Cochinchine. Brévié himself specified that “the territorial dependence of these islands (including that of Phu Quoc) remains entirely reserved”.
June 04, 1949: In spite of Cambodian protests and the Deferre Motion [the Deferre Motion has been part of the Bill of Transfer of French Cochinchine to Vietnam which spelled out specific rights of the Khmer Krom people], France voted a law allowing the attachment of the Cochinchine territory (Khmer territory) to Vietnam.
April 24, 1954: at the Geneva Conference, Cambodia still continued to protest against the unjust and uneven transfer of her Cochinchine lands to Vietnam by France, and reserved her right to litigate the case at the United Nations.
June 07, 1957: Norodom Sihanouk, President of the Council of Ministers, requested in a letter to Lon Nol, then National Defense Minister, to ensure the protection of all islands located along the Gulf of Siam (thus also including Koh Tral), and in particular, the group of islands of Poulo-Pangjang (Khmer name: Koh Krachak Ses; Vietnamese name: Tho Chu), Koh PouloWai (Khmer name: Koh Ach Ses) and Koh Tang.
December 30, 1957: In his Kret regarding the delimitation of the Cambodian continental shelf, King Norodom Suramarit clearly reaffirmed that Cambodia reserved her retention on her historical rights to Koh Tral (cf. Article 6 of the Kret).
1963: In the book “Cambodia Geography” published in 1963 by Tan Kim Huon, a Khmer scholar who was also an agricultural engineer and forestry expert, [he indicated that] Koh Tral is indeed a Cambodian island (cf. maps no. 3, 12, and 19).
1969: Koh Tral (Phu Quoc) is included in the official list of Cambodian islands published by the Industry and Mineral Resources Ministry, and was numbered 61 (on a total of 64 islands).
July 01, 1972: Following the July 1, 1972 Kret, the Khmer Republic Government maintains its
reaffirmation of its sovereignty on its continental shelf and warns oil companies against [potential] consequences of any of their actions undertaken in this zone. Koh Tral still remains Cambodian.
1975 to End of 1978: Status quo.
July 07, 1982: Koh Tral (Phu Quoc) and Poulo-Pangjang (Tho Chu) appear in the Vietnamese territory, on a map attached to the “Treaty on the Historical Water Zone between the Popular Republic of Kampuchea and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”.
Therefore, Vietnam annexes 30,000 sq. km. of Khmer maritime territory, and it creates the “historical sea” extending 10,000 sq. km. off of Koh Tral (cf. Cambodia: Oil Research, Continental Shelf - Mr. Sean Pengse, April 1995).
Conclusion:
Based on the facts cited above, a self-conclusion is obvious.
Notes:
Several of the Krets referred above are available at: http://www.cfcambodge.org/Anglais/CadreA.htm
A map showing the Brevie Line is attached below. It was adapted from a map published on the CBC
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The Vietnamese had given this island a Vietnamese name: Phu Quoc
Historical Benchmarks:
1856: King Ang Duong apprise Mr. de Montigny, French envoy in visit to Bangkok, through the intermediary of Bishop Miche, his intention to yield Koh Tral to France (cf. “The Second [French] Empire of IndoChina”).
1863: Establishing the Protectorate of Cambodia, France annexed Kampuchea Krom, made a French colony out of it, and named it “Cochinchine”.
May 25, 1874: Koh Tral (Phu Quoc) which belonged to Cambodia (under the reign of King Ang Duong) was placed under the administration of the Governor of Cochinchine, i.e. under the administration of France, by the French Protectorate.
June 16, 1875: Koh Tral is attached to the inspection district of Hatien which was colonized by France. One needs to recall that in 1855, King Ang Duong reminded Napoleon III [first French President (1948-1852), later French Emperor (1852-1870)] that “the territories annexed by Vietnam located between the Western branch of the Mekong [River] and the Gulf of Siam (Hatien area) were “actually Cambodian land” (cf. A. Dolphin-Dauphin-Meunier – “History of Cambodia”, pg. 99). Therefore, Koh Tral always remains a Cambodian island, even though it is under the administration of colonial France.
January 31, 1939: the “Brévié Line” which is not a maritime border demarcation, but rather a line dividing the police and administrative authority “on the islands along the Gulf of Siam” [was established]. By this act, Koh Tral was placed, as it did in 1875, under the French colonial administration of Cochinchine. Brévié himself specified that “the territorial dependence of these islands (including that of Phu Quoc) remains entirely reserved”.
June 04, 1949: In spite of Cambodian protests and the Deferre Motion [the Deferre Motion has been part of the Bill of Transfer of French Cochinchine to Vietnam which spelled out specific rights of the Khmer Krom people], France voted a law allowing the attachment of the Cochinchine territory (Khmer territory) to Vietnam.
April 24, 1954: at the Geneva Conference, Cambodia still continued to protest against the unjust and uneven transfer of her Cochinchine lands to Vietnam by France, and reserved her right to litigate the case at the United Nations.
June 07, 1957: Norodom Sihanouk, President of the Council of Ministers, requested in a letter to Lon Nol, then National Defense Minister, to ensure the protection of all islands located along the Gulf of Siam (thus also including Koh Tral), and in particular, the group of islands of Poulo-Pangjang (Khmer name: Koh Krachak Ses; Vietnamese name: Tho Chu), Koh PouloWai (Khmer name: Koh Ach Ses) and Koh Tang.
December 30, 1957: In his Kret regarding the delimitation of the Cambodian continental shelf, King Norodom Suramarit clearly reaffirmed that Cambodia reserved her retention on her historical rights to Koh Tral (cf. Article 6 of the Kret).
1963: In the book “Cambodia Geography” published in 1963 by Tan Kim Huon, a Khmer scholar who was also an agricultural engineer and forestry expert, [he indicated that] Koh Tral is indeed a Cambodian island (cf. maps no. 3, 12, and 19).
1969: Koh Tral (Phu Quoc) is included in the official list of Cambodian islands published by the Industry and Mineral Resources Ministry, and was numbered 61 (on a total of 64 islands).
July 01, 1972: Following the July 1, 1972 Kret, the Khmer Republic Government maintains its
reaffirmation of its sovereignty on its continental shelf and warns oil companies against [potential] consequences of any of their actions undertaken in this zone. Koh Tral still remains Cambodian.
1975 to End of 1978: Status quo.
July 07, 1982: Koh Tral (Phu Quoc) and Poulo-Pangjang (Tho Chu) appear in the Vietnamese territory, on a map attached to the “Treaty on the Historical Water Zone between the Popular Republic of Kampuchea and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”.
Therefore, Vietnam annexes 30,000 sq. km. of Khmer maritime territory, and it creates the “historical sea” extending 10,000 sq. km. off of Koh Tral (cf. Cambodia: Oil Research, Continental Shelf - Mr. Sean Pengse, April 1995).
Conclusion:
Based on the facts cited above, a self-conclusion is obvious.
Notes:
Several of the Krets referred above are available at: http://www.cfcambodge.org/Anglais/CadreA.htm
A map showing the Brevie Line is attached below. It was adapted from a map published on the CBC
>> Go to the top
© 2013 CARA. All rights reserved.
10 comments:
the evil Youn will repay for their sins for the 2 million dead Khmer and for the destruction of Prey Nokor, Koh Tral and destruction of our land and forest.
king ang doung did reminded the france colonial administration that koh tral and the westerm side of khmer krom territory was always a cambodian territory. france apparently ignored that and instead handed koh tral to youn control when france granted independence to cambodia. cambodia have lots of evidence about this and should demand youn give back koh tral island to cambodia. it's not right for france to hand it to youn control after france left "indochina", you know!
1:17 PM. Mi Youn Chkae. King Ang Doung did remind the French that Koh Tral belong to Cambodia. Thats why from the 1900s to the 1981, there was not a single Youn on the island. Even Pol Pot fought the Youn from invading Koh Tral.
Khmer Men are pussies that why Uncle Ho own Angkor Watt Temple.
Koh Tral Island Must Not Be Forgotten by ...(Any Patriot Khmers)
We'll get this island back by ICJ with peaceful resolution by law.Please gather all useful documentations so we'll present our case to ICJ to get this Koh Trial island back.
okeo becomes oc eo, note the youn changed the k to c in okeo, just look at it closely, ok! also, watch out khmer, youn will change takeo to tac eo as well, if khmer people keep on being isolated like in the dark ages, you know. no wonder all of khmer krom territory is under youn control because youn changed all khmer names to youn spellings to fool the foreigners that khmer krom's mekong delta region is youn control. i told you, youn is thieves stealing from khmer people! just study khmer history and you will see and understand why khmer hated youn so much, really! khmer people wanted justice for what youn did to cambodia during the dark ages and when they liberated cambodia from that stupid, primitive KR regime as well. so learn about khmer history and you will have a rude awakening, really! that's all!
and koh tral island how khmer people called our beloved khmer island, not phuc quoc or whatever youn thugs wanted to call it, you know!
youn are opportunist migrants, they they must've think they are french or american, the superpower, that is why they act like that to cambodia. i hope china will permanently teach youn a lesson again! i say youn have to give back koh tral island to cambodia, no exception, ok! and youn go back to being a province of china again, this time permanently forever, ok! leave cambodia alone, ok youn! youn is no superpower like china, so don't even go there, ok! cambodia don't see youn as such at all, so don't even try to tell cambodia that youn is acting like superpower nations, not even close, you know! if you study khmer history, cambodia was an empire during angkor. cambodia in the beginning of civilization was call funan by china, they chenla, but in khmer tradition, we khmer people always called our nation cambodia from the founder of the cambodian nation in the 1st century a.d., you know. i told you to study khmer history and you will have a rude awakening, ok! there was no youn in the mekong delta until they were opportunists and migrated there to steal from cambodia. and of course, that included cambodia's beloved and largest island called koh tral island, really!
youn steal cambodia mekong delta and koh tral island and they mistreated khmer krom people. where is the justice for khmer krom people under youn control? khmer krom are indigenous people, remnant of the huge khmer empire that stretced all over southeast asia peninsula during the 600 years plus of angkor great civilization, you know. how could any educated people in the world ignore this historical facts to favor and support youn thief to steal from cambodia! how could they do that without study khmer history? where is the justice for cambodia and its khmer people? what gave youn thief the right to steal and control koh tral island, let alone khmer krom region of the mekong river delta! if youn use their thiefy population over cambodia, i say china must teach youn thief a lesson they will never forget forever, that is making youn country a province of china once and for all, that is permanently. well, after all, youn did it to cambodia, so not why china do it to youn in return. i told you what goes around must come around again and again, you know. according to cambodia, youn is no superpower like china or france or america even, you know. so what gave youn the rights to steal lands, people and territories from cambodia? youn big population is nowhere close to china, you know. so why youn even compare their country to cambodia in that sense! if you love cambodia, of course, you will hate youn for what they stole from cambodia, you know! i say there is no good excuses fro youn to steal from cambodia like koh tral island, etc, really! none, ok!
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