I never heard @ Camdisc? regarding Cmdr Vong Sarendy 's negotiating case. Also from Pere. Pancho Book,..and Sak Suth Sakhan's document; nothing about Cmdr Vong Sarendy name...
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Khoar Chev <kourk_chh...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Yes sir, I will, I think bawng Thongsy probably knew or heard about this > guy's > fate. > I remember someone said in Camdisc a while ago that Cmdr Vong Sarendy ( > with him a young marine, I thought maybe ah Chauv his chauffer or Koma his > bodyguard ) with Ven. Huot Tat's group to negotiate with the KR, do you > remember who said that? > > ** > * > > * > > *From:* PuppyXpress <dara.t...@gmail.com> > *To:* camdisc <camdisc@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 2, 2013 4:04 PM > > *Subject:* Re: Tomorrow: April Fool's Day > > U should ask your T28 friends @ LB.. > I had heard; he landed his plane @ Kratie after the bombing..His name was > not @ Tuol Sleng..died or killed during KR? need to DO homework if U R > interested... > > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Khoar Chev <kourk_chh...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Thanks bro, I knew he was the 10th Promo guy but don't know about > happened > after the bombing, if anyone know I'm interrested to hear. > > Thanks, > ** > * > > * > > *From:* PuppyXpress <dara.t...@gmail.com> > *To:* camdisc <camdisc@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 2, 2013 2:33 PM > *Subject:* Re: Tomorrow: April Fool's Day > > Please check this link for Khiev Yos Savath (Class_10Promo_1973.) > > http://www.khmerairforce.com/AAK-KAF/CLASS_10_1973/P-CLASS_10_1973.html > > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Khoar Chev <kourk_chh...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > Does any body know why Prince Sisowatt Sirikmatak was not included in > the assembly? > and what was happened to the Pilot Khiev Yos Savath after the bombing? I > bet he wouldn't > survive the KR! > ** > * > > * > > *From:* PuppyXpress <dara.t...@gmail.com> > *To:* camdisc <camdisc@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, March 31, 2013 3:02 PM > *Subject:* Tomorrow: April Fool's Day > > April Fool's Day > > > > > Dear All, > > We should learn and teach our kids for many generation > to come about the real April Fool's Day. > > How the Official Departure of the Marshal President > from Phnom Penh, Khmer Republic > > on April 1, 1975 was decided and prepared. > > *** ---*** > > MEMORANDUM FOR THE HIGH ATTENTION > OF > H.E. THE MARSHAL, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC > > The Committee whose composition follows held a meeting > > from 09:30 Hours to 12:30 Hours: > > 1. Gen. Sau Kam Khoy, President of the Senate > 2. Mr. Ung Bun Hor, President of the National > Assembly > > 3. Mr. Long Boret, Prime Minister > 4. Mr. Hang Thun Hak, Vice Prime Minister > 5. Gen. Sak Sutsakhan, Vice Prime Minister, Minister > of National Defense and Chief of EMG/FANK > 6. Mr. Pan Sothi, Vice Prime Minister > 7. Mr. Long Botta, minister > 8. Mr. Thong Lim Houng, Minister > 9. Mr. Keam Reth, Minister > 10. Gen. Lon Non > 11. Gen. Les Kosem > 12. Mr. Kim Nguon Trach, Governor of BNC (absent > follow three-quarters hour of meeting, having been > convoked by the Marshal) > > Note : Admiral Vong Sarendy, retained by operations, > could not attend the meeting. > > The following personalities were designated as > spokesmen of the Committee to render an account to > the High Attention of H.E. the Marshal, President > of the Republic, of the conclusions extricated from > the deliberations of its members: > > - Mr. Sau Kham Khoy > - Mr. Ung Bun Hor > - Mr. Long Boret > - Mr. Hang Thun Hak > - Mr. Sak Sutsakhan > > 1) Resignation: > > Mr. President of the republic must not resign > from his present functions. > > 2) Departure for Abroad: > The Committee believes that we are only able to > pursue our struggle thanks to the aid and support of > friendly countries (USA, ASEAN and Japan, notably). > > Without their material and financial aid, and their > political and diplomatic support, our determination > alone will not suffice to safeguard our liberty and > our republic. > > Consequently, in this critical moment, we are > obligated to take into account their opinions and > suggestions. It is essential to be able to permit > these friends to offer new elements with a view toward > a new diplomatic assault in our favor. > > In case his tactical absence from the country would > not yield anticipated result, we would ask the Marshal > toreturn. > > 3) Form of departure: According to the opinions of the > Ambassadors of ASEAN and Japan, an official visit to > their countries would be faced with many obstacles in > the present circumstances: > > - security > - news media in their countries > - likelihood of hostile demonstrations from students > and leftist elements. > > The practical and best solution is for the Marshal to > go for a health cure in a friendly country in which > the security is assured and the atmosphere amicable. > He is suggested to choose Hawaii, as before. > > In any case, the departure must be carried out with > honor and dignity. > > In the opinions of the Ambassadors of friendly > countries (japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia), the > decision should be made asfast as possible because, > they emphasize, "time presses" and the speculations > would increase. > > The above opinion is given in all honesty, in all > loyalty and in all fidelity toward the Marshal and the > Republic. > > Phnom Penh, March 23, 1975 > > Signed: > > - Ung Bun Hor > - Sau Kham Khoy > - Lt. Gen. Sak Sutsakhan > - Hang Thun Hak > - Long Boret > > > * This was the " APRIL FOOL " in Cambodia, 30 years > ago. Its impacts on the Khmer History costed almost 2 > millions lives. This was a way in DEPENDING on other > country aid. > > Should every Khmer learn and teach this lesson to > his/her young generation ? > > > > > On Sun, 28 Mar 1999 10:20:28 EST, jayvarm...@aol.com > wrote: > > April Fool's Day: > > Dear Friends, > > April Fool's Day will be here in two days. Every > April, I always do have a flashback. A flashback that > scars my heart my mind and my soul for the rest of my > life. Certain personalities who associated themselves > with April Fool's Day in 1975 brought my memory back > clearly. Let's travel back to the past. > Everyone is welcomed with your inputs. > > In 1975, seemingly blind to the abyss before them, > Khmer Republic leaders allowed in squabbling and > blame-shifting that alienated everyone and > isolated Lon Nol, then the President of Khmer > Republic. Cambodian politicians eventually persuaded > their president, Mr. Lon Nol to temporarily leave > the country while a cease-fire was worked out between > them and the Khmer Rouge. > > Previously, the communist Khmer Rouge had rejected > peace feelers twice, in 1973 and 1974. They had > repeatedly demonstrated their fanaticism and > intent to seek total victory. And they were, in fact, > and everyone knew it well, on the verge of victory. > > On April Fool's Day 1975, President Lon Nol and his > entourage flew into exile, ending up in the United > States. The president of the senate, 61-year- old > Saukham Khoy, became acting president of the republic. > On April 12, seeing the end in sight, the U.S. Embassy > evacuated its staff and a number ofnon- Americans. I > stood and watched curiously the American evacuation > team with ton of butterflies in my stomach. > > That same morning, Cambodia's congress transferred all > power to the military. > > A Supreme Committee composed of four officers and > three civilians was selected. The next day, the > committee members named Lt. Gen. Sak Sutsakhan as > their president. A futile cease-fire proposal was sent > to the Khmer Rouge leadership. > > On April 14, for the third time during the war, a > defecting Cambodian pilot attempted an aerial > assassination of the nation's chief executive. > That morning, a T-28 armed trainer flown by the > defector Khiev Yos Savath, released at least four > 250-pound bombs over the FANK headquarters(EMG). Two > landed about 60 feet from where General Sutsakhan was > chairing a cabinet meeting. > > > The officials were unhurt, but seven others were > killed and many people were hurt. Less than 24 hours > later Takhmau, where I lived, the fashionable > capital of Kandal province only seven miles below > Phnom Penh and a keystone of the FANK defenses, was > overrun. Kandal province's Governor fled. The > east-west > dike that formed the main defense line to the North > were also fell. > > Ponchentong Airport was next. On April 16, the United > States arranged some air-supply missions to the > smoke-shrouded capital of Phnom Penh, whose > streets now teemed with leaderless soldiers and > homeless civilians. > > The plug was pulled on the 17th. General Sutsakhan and > a handful of otherpeople were helicoptered out, > subsequently finding temporary refuge in Thailand. The > remaining FANK strongholds throughout the country fell > > like dominos. Despite the confusion reigning in Phnom > Penh that April 17, most of its citizens were elated. > The five-year war finally was over. Surely the > victorious Communists, after making whatever changes > they wanted, would permit life to go on as before. > > Black-uniformed youths entered the capital, exchanging > greetings with the joyous population, accepting the > surrender of the FANK soldiers and even leading a > triumphal parade along the waterfront. It was all a > charade by student activists who had decided to join > the revolution by taking over the city and handing it > to the Khmer Rouge. > > By midday the real Communists, streamed into Phnom > Penh. The students were arrested as "CIA agents." > Government officials were rounded up for > execution. > > City residents, including refugees, were forced into > the countryside to labor or die. It was the beginning > of the Khmer Rouge's Year Zero and the notorious > killing fields in which millions perished. Majority of > those people were the one who was loyal to the > American backed government of Marshal Lon Nol:the > republicans. > > The principal Communist leader, 46-year-old Pol Pot, > returned to the capital on April 23 after a 12-year > absence. He was so paranoid and secretive that > it was not until 1977 that he publicly admitted that > Angkar (the organization), which ruled the renamed > democratic Kampuchea, was synonymous with the > PCK. > > > The Cambodian war may indeed have been what has been > called a sideshow--arguably less important in the > long run than the fighting in Laos and Vietnam--but it > nevertheless was a vital part of America's effort > to combat communism in Southeast Asia. > > According to public documents, the Khmer Republic > government received $1.85 billion in U.S. military > and economic aid. Some Americans were killed in the > conflict. U.S. air bombardment there cost another $7 > billion. > > Cambodian resistance diminished North Vietnamese power > and facilitated America's withdrawal from an unwanted > war. Sadly, the cost to the people > of Cambodia was prohibitive. The drawing out of the > conflict enabled the Khmer Rouge to gain supremacy > while its Communist North Vietnamese mentors > primarily concentrated on conquering South Vietnam. > Clearly, the Cambodian War of 1970-1975 is a tragic > episode in America's Southeast Asian military > heritage. > > April Fool's day is here again. Do you remember where > you were in 1975 on April Fool's day? > > Have a great April Fool's day! > > Virak Pruhm > > > -- > "There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, > and that's your own self." > ~ Aldous Huxley > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - http://www.cambodia.org/"; group. > > This is an unmoderated forum. 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