SECTION I

Kingdom of Cambodia
​& The Khmer Republic 

Kingdom of Cambodia Prior to 1970

Khmer Republic 1970-1975

Kingdom of Cambodia Post 1991

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Historical retrospective of Cambodia

Cambodia, while officially neutral, tolerated communist intrusions—and was bombed by the United States for those intrusions.
Unsurprisingly, the North Vietnamese likewise moved troops and supplies through neighboring Cambodia, which, though officially neutral, tolerated the communist intrusions. 
Prince Norodom Sihanouk “basically felt that he was surrounded by dangerous enemies, and he had to make nice with some of them,” Moise says, adding that “he could not afford to offend” the North Vietnamese despite being “anti-communist in Cambodian politics.”
The United States responded with a secret bombing campaign that Nixon drastically ramped up in 1969. Nixon then sent troops across the border in 1970, taking advantage of a coup that ousted Sihanouk in favor of a pro-American general. 
U.S. bombs killed tens of thousands of Cambodians, which, some historians contend, may have increased popular support for the Khmer Rouge, a communist insurgency group that initiated a brutal genocide upon taking power in 1975. 
Though Vietnamese communists allied with the Khmer Rouge during the Vietnam War, they eventually deposed the regime in 1979.
​https://www.history.com/news/vietnam-war-combatants#section_7

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Further reading on Cambodia, The Khmer Republic & Communist Resistance.

Further Reading

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CIA Officer, Chip Beck recounts his service in Cambodia in an interview on AFIO Vidieos.
​Interview about his book, "Final Days of Heroes"- Cambodians Defying the
​Khmer Rouge.

https://youtu.be/8ljCS136Cuc

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN REASEARCH
The relational archive of the Khmer Republic ( 1970-1975 ):
re-visiting the 'coup' and the 'civil war' in Cambodia throughout written sources.
​by Stephanie Benzaquen-Gautnier, Published online by Taylor & Francis Online, Nov.5, 2021

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0967828X.2021.1989987

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Cambodia
CSPAN broadcast, October 3, 1989
Dith Pran, Photographer for the New York Times & Kassie Neou, Cambodian Documentation Commision,  both survivors of Khmer Rouge prison camps discussed current events in Cambodia.

           https://www.c-span.org/video/?9381-1/cambodia

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SECTION II

Timeline Series 
Kingdom of Cambodia & The Khmer Republic

Cambodia & Khmer Republic

Getty Images of the Cambodia during and after the war - https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/cambodia-war

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Additional Timelines

Cambodian Timeline since 1950, Yale University - https://cla.umn.edu/chgs/holocaust-genocide-education/resource-guides/cambodia#:~:text=Lasting%20for%20four%20years%20(between,following%20the%20Cambodian%20Civil%20War.

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Khmer Rouge Events, CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2014/08/06/world/asia/cambodia-khmer-rouge-timeline/index.html

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Cambodian Holocaust and Genocide, University of Minnesota - https://cla.umn.edu/chgs/holocaust-genocide-education/resource-guides/cambodia#:~:text=Lasting%20for%20four%20years%20

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Khmer Rouge Tribunal - https://cambodiatribunal.org/history/cambodian-history/chronology-of-the-khmer-rouge-movement/

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SECTION III

Document Donations

​Khmer Mike Force Team Members - 

Mike Force Members

Khmer Republic Long Hai Camp Roster 1972 -
Joel Pellis Collection

Long Hai Camp Roster 1972

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SECTION IV

Descriptions and Definitions

White Scarfs (KKK) - Kampuchea Krom Khmer  - 

Khmer Serie - 

SECTION V

Further Reading and Viewing

Books

​Eisenhower & Cambodia: Diplomacy, Covert Action, and the Origins of the Second Indochina War ( Studies in Conflict Diplomacy Peace)
​https://www.amazon.com/Eisenhower-Cambodia-Diplomacy-Indochina-Conflict-ebook/dp/B015JUDYNK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1S39M437W8WV5&keywords=cambodia+eisenhower&qid=1692763510&sprefix=cambodia+esenhower%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-1

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Last Days of Heroes: How a CIA Agent and his Cambodian Allies Fought, Defied, and Resisted the Khmer Rouge 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1732125708/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Movies or Film

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"Lost Lands" A film by Andy Ball - Second Place Winner of the Yale Environment 360 Film Contest
​https://e360.yale.edu/features/2023-film-contest-second-place-cambodia-sand

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Music Videos

"Time to Rice" by VannDa. feat. Master Kong Nay
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rvje5oblrLw&pp=ygUXY2FtYm9kaWFuIHJhcHBlciB2YW5uZGE%3D​

"Workers Blood" by Kea Sokun - Blood of Demonstrators | Blood of Khmer Garment Workers.
​​https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0IA16u-Je3c&pp=ygUYd29ya2VycyBibG9vZCBrZWEgc29rdW4g

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News & Event

VOA - Effort to Honor Khmer Krom Fighters Allied with the US in Vietnam War.
https://www.voanews.com/a/effort-to-honor-khmer-krom-fighters-allied-with-us-in-vietnam-war/4031914.html

SECTION VI 

Current Conditions in Cambodia

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Current Conditions

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Fighting The Criminal Regime and Advocating
​for Human Rights 

Fighting Despotism

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United States Report on Human Rights Practices in Cambodia

State Dept. Report

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United Nations Commission of Inquiry For Cambodia

WHAT IS THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY FOR CAMBODIA?
The Commission of Inquiry for Cambodia is an independent, citizen-based, fact-finding committee that brings together experts, decision-makers, the Khmer people and the international community. The main objective is to build a cohesive and coordinated effort to generate high-level international attention to enact systemic changes and bring Cambodia back into compliance with international human rights and democracy standards and the Rule of Law.

Special Rapporteur Report

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​ "Action Plan of Reform Measured."
United Nations ​Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia

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Conclusion of the United Nations Special Rapporteur Report:
​​The past year, the United Nations made clear in a series of unusually frank and hard-hitting reports and statements that the 2023 elections cannot be taken seriously or treated as legitimate, free and fair. In order for the results of the elections to be accepted and recognized as valid and legitimate by the international community, the United Nations’ “Action Plan Reform Measures” need to be implemented before the July vote.
These necessary reform measures included:

1. Overturn the decision declaring the main opposition political party illegal and allowing meaningful political opposition activities to take place.
2. End the mass criminal trials of leaders of the political opposition and other critics of the government.
3. Avoid politically motivated criminal convictions and free those convicted from jail.
4. Allow independent media outlets to reopen and function without interference.
5. Stop the arrests and criminal trials of independent journalists and other critics of Hun Sen government policies and practices.
6. Reverse the destruction of civil society institutions to allow the exercise of free speech and free association rights.

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Update

United Nations Human Rights Council
46th Session of Universl Periodic Review of Cambodia
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UN Web TV :     https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1m/k1myt1y4lw