Thanks again, Lbawng Baphuon. I had dinner with Bang Ka Chhay Hong on 2013 New Year Eve. I forwarded your document to one of your student @ the Faculty of Science and ESCA. He is happy to hear from you. I talked to him on the phone and we discussed about the document.
I agreed with you: *"As the bible said, start first to discuss: Au commencement il y a le verbe!!!" * *Chumreap Lea !!** * On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 11:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > *1)-- Hi Hong Chi Kong!* > > I like your story. Cambodia belong to us all. We must write our > collective memoir of Cambodia struggle for liberty. Each Khmer combatant > must write down his sacrifice, his struggle for freedom of our nation. > > *Kong Chhay Hong* was my student. I met him several times but only > during the last three years he started to tell me about his military > actions in Kampot. Sometimes you have to listen two or three times to fully > understand the story. What I did with Hong. I never heard before about > Khmer Republic Army heroic defense of Kampot. I asked him several questions > to clarify what I want to understand. I like so much his story. So I > decided to put his story in my memoir. I encourage you all to write down > your own story. It is very interesting for us all, for our future > generation and for Cambodia. The same I did with Lt Col Tiem Kim Sour. > > I am not a soldier. > > កងវរៈសេនា តូច = Battalion (Nokia Dictionary) > > I would like to thank K2 and Davan Long. > Thank you all so much. > > Baphuon > > *2)-- Hi Perom!* > > The atomic bombs had devastated Hiroshima on August 6, and Nagasaki on > August 9, 1945 that leaded to Japan surrender on August 15, 1945. > > Son Ngoc Than had no knowledge about the bombing of Japan by the two > atomic bombs at that time. Cambodia was under French Vichy which was under > Japan control. > > The first question: Why did Sihanouk not execute all the plotters of > August 9? while he put to death them all in public so that people can see > in the movies theaters all over Cambodia the executions of Preap Inn, Chau > Bory, Mathura, Long Nam, Long Seth, all more than twenty Kanseign Sar > leaders? > > Why did he not execute generals Kim An Dore, Thach Sary, Trung Ton who > were in the FARK until 1975? > > The only reasonable answer is: Sihanouk did not know all of them. But > all the names of the plotters or maybe some of them must be in Colonial > French Police reports who arrested and tortured some of them. > > > In 1945, Cambodia had no national army. It was French army which was in > charge of Cambodia defense. Japan started to create Cambodia militia to > support Japan Army. And it was Sisowath Monireth who was in charge to > create Cambodia militia under the supervision of Japan. After Japan > surrender, it was under the USA pressure that Cambodia Army started to be > created under Cambodian command but still under French supervision. > > All this is to say that Son Ngoc Than had no Army nor Police forces. So > how SNT can proclaim Khmer Republic under French occupation and Japanese > occupation? He can do it only with agreement of French Vichy and Japan > imperial. > > > > SNT's contribution to Cambodia is the wake up call for Cambodia > nationalism. That is enormous! I feel it right now. Because it is very > hard right now to appeal to nationalism spirit, to not despair, to continue > our national struggle for freedom. People heart it but not listening. > Hence SNT had no room to proclaim Republic Khmer. August 16, 1945 Thanh was > arrested by the allied forces. > > I hope that your generation can create a forum, a kind of Cambodia Think > Thank that we can discuss what can be done for Cambodia survival, and > freedom. > > As the bible said, start first to discuss: Au commencement il y a le > verbe!!! > > > Baphuon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hong Chi Kong <[email protected]> > To: camdisc <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Apr 8, 2013 8:09 am > Subject: Re: Khmer Republic Part 1 > > What a coincidence? I was the first navy contingent to enter Kampot thru > that shallow river and > it was low tide. My patrol boat got stuck several times until I reach the > city. Luckily, there were no > rock in that river, but sand. Many thank to you, the KR were not too close > to the river. However, I > stayed only two weeks in the city and was rotate by another two patrol > boats. It was so unfortunate > that the KR were able to break your line of defense about two weeks after > I left. The KR had reached > the river bank at the time the two patrol boats were on their way to the > sea. Two KR B41 were fired > at the first boat, piercing one side of the boat and exiting the other > side without exploding. The second > boat was not so lucky. It got sunked by the KR B41 and its commander was > capured. The KR killed > him and cut his head right a way. A few days later, one of his friend > volunteered to enter the rive again > and he successfully retrieve his friend body. > > I am not familiar with the army term. Is កងវរៈសេនាl តូច លេខ ៥២ means > regiment or batallion? > The Navy had only two battalions to defend its naval base at Ream and > Airforce base at Kang Keng. > Yet, the Navy sent one of its batallions to help defending Kampot. Not > understanding why the Navy > made such decision until I've met an army colonel in the state a decade > ago. The Kampot Governor was > Sustene Fandandez brother. > BTW, since your កងវរៈសេនាl តូច លេខ ៥២ were near KEP, were you stationed > at Kep before it fall to the KR? > The might Kep fall, I was about 1.5KM away watching the bullet.s flying > like Fourth of July. Some of the bullets > did fly into my direction. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Krakmo <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, April 8, 2013 4:40 AM > *Subject:* RE: Khmer Republic Part 1 > > ជំរាបសួរ, > លោកប្រហែលជា មានដំណើរជ្រួសនឹងខ្ញុំដែរ? ។ កាលនោះ ខ្ញុំធ្វើការនៅ កងវរៈសេនាតូច > លេខ ៥២ តាំងនៅខ្សែរក្រវ៉ាត់ការពារខេត្តកំពត តាមផ្លូវទៅកែប ។ > ក្រាក់ម៉ូ > > *De :* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *De la > part de* Hong Chi Kong > *Envoyé :* lundi 8 avril 2013 03:02 > *À :* [email protected] > *Objet :* Re: Khmer Republic Part 1 > > > Mr Baphon talk about defending Kampot and I happened to be there too. I > met a Para Colonel who just came > from the front line to report to the situation to Kampot Governor at > operation room. He looked worrisome. I knew > this colonel since before the war. His parent house was across from my > house. I met him several times when I > was student and playing chess against his brother at his parent house. He > was already colonel before the war and > didn't get any promotion even toward the end of 1973. I didn't know his > full name, but I call him Bawng On. > If you come across any survival Para, ask him about the fate of this > colonel. > ------------------------------ > *From:* Perom Uch <[email protected]> > *To:* camdisc <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, April 7, 2013 2:18 PM > *Subject:* Re: Khmer Republic Part 1 > > > Dear Lbawng Baphuon: > > Thanks for sharing your very important document. > I had talked to to Lok LEUK SAMOEURN about his prospected book Khmer > Republic before he died.. > > I would like to add on... > Here are some dates to remember. > The following info. Are taken from the book:"From Freedom to HELL= A > History of Foreign Interventions in Cambodian Politics and Wars" by Punnee > Soonthornpoct, Ph.D. page 39...” ISBN: 0-533-15083-3 (gifted book from my > god brother). > [1]-On August 6, 1945, U.S. war planes bombed Hiroshima, followed by > Nagasaki bombing three days later. The effect of the bombing had not yet > reached Indochina when on August 9, 1945, the same day of the Nagasaki > bombing, Son Ngoc Thanh attempted a coup d’état by storming the Royal > palace, seizing power and forcing the resignation of King Sihanouk. Thanh > eliminated the pro-French cabinet, and named himself the prime minister of > the newly independent Cambbodia. > > *Note by Perom: Lok Kru Keng Vann Sak told me that he was at Sisovath > High School Dorm that night. He had told me during my stay at his house on > Feb. 28, 2006. He said: Son Ngoc Thanh can declare the Khmer Republic > during that time. Why not? He said because Son Ngoc Thanh was very close > with Suramarith and his wife..and had promised to take care King Sihanouk. > Lok LEUK SAMOEUN agreed KVS note.* > > *The success of the Enola Gay mission had forced the Japanese to > surrender on August 15, 1945.* > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 12:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bio: Hang Thun Hak and Neal Vy, the founder of Kanseign Sar. > > In honor of their ultimate sacrifice, I wrote this memoir. > > > Please click the link. > > > Baphuon > > > -- > -- > 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. 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