Like it or not, after Western imperialist powers had gone through the two world wars, let alone the First Indochina War which had bled the French; they were exhausted physically and financially. So hanging on to their colonies worldwise were not an easy task and infeasible.
While it is not meant to undervalue his achievement, King Ta overclaimed the credit, as usual. On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:42 AM, Kenneth So <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Dear All, > > Cambodia was celebrating her 55th anniversary of Khmer independence from > France yesterday. Most of the younger Khmer generation may not be aware of > how we obtain the independence from France. Every Cambodians have > contributed to this struggle, but the main architect of the road to Khmer > independence was King Father Norodom Sihanouk. He was brilliant in his > approach and a true Khmer nationalist who dared to go against the French > government that had put Him on the throne twelve years earlier. It was a > bold move by His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk because His action against > the French could have cost Him the throne. > > Enclosed please find an article (The Road to Khmer Independence) that I > wrote in collaboration with a friend of mine about how we obatined > independence from France. > > http://www.caraweb.org/articles/roadtokhmerindependence.html > > Enjoy! > > > -- > Kenneth So > Aryasatya (Sanskrit) > Chattari Ariyasachchani (Pali) > Chatuk Arey Sachak (Khmer) > The Four Noble Truths (English) > > > > -- MR, Khlean + Khlao + Khlach = Khmer --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
