March 1970 Photos

Acknowledgement: We would like to thank Dr. A. Gaffar Peang-Meth for making these photos available to us.

March 1970 Photos

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Part 5 of the never-ending battle: When the 18 March 1970 Putschists and their young supporters were divided

Translated from French by Tola Ek

History

“When the 18 March 1970 Putschists and their young supporters were divided”
By N. Sihanouk

The great, serious and prestigious French newspaper, “Le Monde,” (successively) published in 1972, several articles dedicated to Lonnolian students who started to denounce the extreme decay of the Lonnolian regime (Khmer Republic), its dictatorship, its multiple other flaws; (several articles) dedicated also to In Tam, to the “famous” Sirik Matak and other “Khmer Republic” personalities who became fierce “opponents” to Lon Nol, (and) who denounced their own regime formed on 18 March 1970.

(80s Decade). H.E. In Tam even became “Sihanoukist” again, and I made him “Commander of the Sihanoukist armed forces” … until the moment when the Republic of Singapore told me “not to use In Tam anymore” –sic!–

H.E. Cheng Heng also “returned” back to me.

I consider that H.E. In Tam and H.E. Cheng Heng derserve my affection (or, more precisely, the return of my affection to the two of them). As for Prince Sirik Matak, I raised his wife and his children to the rank of Royal Highnesses.

(Signed) Nodorom Sihanouk
May 2008