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1960
Kampochean Workers Party established in Phnom Phen
At a congress held in Phnom Penh, the Communists founded a Cambodian Marxist-Leninist party, the Kampuchean Workers' Party (renamed the Communist Party of Kampuchea in 1966)
Scott Walker-
Cambodia​

1960
SNCC - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, often pronounced /?sn?k/ snick) was one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960. SNCC grew into a large organization with many supporters in the North who helped raise funds to support SNCC's work in the South, allowing full-time SNCC workers to have a $10 per week salary.


United States​

1960
Kampuchean Workers Party established
At a congress held in Phnom Penh, the Communists founded a Cambodian Marxist-Leninist party, the Kampuchean Workers' Party (renamed the Communist Party of Kampuchea in 1966)


Cambodia​

1960


1960 - Sihanouk's father dies. Sihanouk becomes head of state.


Cambodia​

1961
1961: The US supported forces begin to lose control. President Kennedy increases the number of advisers from 600 in 1960 to 16,000 in 1963. Still, he rejects providing direct US  military support.
South Vietnam​

1962
1962: The Selective Service or “draft” is implemented by the US government.​
United States

1963
Saloh Sar becomes Gen. Sec. of the Cambodian communists
At the second Congress, Saloh Sar became secretary general of the Party. Most leaders leave Phnom Penh to build their movement in the maquis.
Scott Walker-
Cambodia​

1963
Saloh Sar named General Secretary of the Kampuchean Workers Party 
At the second Congress, Saloh Sar became secretary general of the Party. Most leaders leave Phnom Penh to build their movement in the maquis.
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