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1959 in Kampuchea
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Historical records for Kampuchea in 1959
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The major argument in Khieu Samphans 1959 thesis, Kampucheas Economy and Industrial Development, was that the country had to become self-reliant and end its economic dependency on the developed world. Khieu Samphan returned from Paris in 1959, taught as a member of the law faculty of the University of Phnom Penh, and started a left-wing, French-language publication, LObservateur
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Khieu Samphan returned from Paris in 1959, taught as a member of the law faculty of the University of Phnom Penh, and started a left-wing, French-language publication, LObservateur
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