One of the atrocious source of King-Father's sufferings: The protectors of the CGDK

Translated from French by Tola Ek

History

In 1987, I took the initiative to negotiate with His Excellency Hun Sen and his regime which was established in Phnom Penh in January 1979. My goal was to make the occupation troops of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam leave and to put to an end the Protectorate of this Vietnam on my country.

If I were able to achieve the national reconciliation (between Khmer people), and better yet, the unity of the Khmer People and Nation, my Viet friends would not have any reason to stay in Cambodia as its “Protectors.”

This sacred goal, I achieved it in 1989-1990.

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However, in 1987, some of the “Protectors” of the Khmer tripartite Resistance (Sihanoukists, Sonsanians and Khmer Rouge) admonished me with extreme harshness because I took the liberty to negotiate with Mr. Hun Sen and his regime.

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Nowadays (in the year 2000, in the 21st Century), what do we see?? All these powerful people who blamed me about my patriotic meetings with H.E. Hun Sen, are bumping into each other in order to woo, pamper, praise, perfume with incense the almighty Samdech Akka Décho Hun Sen, and to satisfy him and his regime with colossal “gifts,” and to “invest” everywhere in the “2nd Kingdom” Cambodia. Bravo!!!

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However, this unfairness, these blames made by the Protectors of the CGDK (Coalition Government of the Democratic Kampuchea) make me suffer atrociously (morally).

(Signed) Norodom Sihanouk
May 2008

King Father Joined Coalition for Sake of Refugees

As the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia begins it work of charging former senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, it is of paramount importance that the historical record not be forgotten or altered for reasons of expediency.

In this regard, I draw to your attention that the graphic "Khmer Rouge regime," sourced to the US Central Intelligence Agency and the BBC, published on page 2 [of The Cambodia Daily] on Thursday, which is not accurate. In effect the said graphic states that in 1981 the "Khmer Rouge and Prince Sihanouk form exiled government."

The Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea, which had three components—the Party of Democratic Kampuchea led by Mr Khieu Samphan, the Khmer People's National liberation Front led by Samdech Son Sann, and Funcinpec led by HRH Samdech Norodom Sihanouk—was formed in Kuala Lumpur in June 1982, following strong pressure by Asean, China and the US.

Between February 1979 and June 1982, Samdech Sihanouk refused to join any government in exile with the Khmer Rouge. He agreed to join the CGDK only after it was made clear to him that the thousands of Sihanoukist refugees at the Thai Cambodia border would not get any assistance unless he joined such coalition. At the time, Funcinpec was the smaller component of the CGDK with few armed forces; while the PDK had the remnants of the Khmer Rouge army, and the KPNLF had established an army led by generals of the former Lon Nol regime who had survived the Khmer Rouge regime.

Ambassador Julio Jeldres,
Official Biographer
HM the King Father,
Australia