14 February 1965Indochina ConferenceNorodom Sihanouk
Hosts the first Conference of the Indochinese Peoples in Phnom Penh
Historical records for Kampuchea in 1965, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Hosts the first Conference of the Indochinese Peoples in Phnom Penh
Continues efforts to strengthen Cambodian forces before the civil war
Goes to North Vietnam to gain approval for an uprising in Kampuchea against the Government. North Vietnam refused to support any uprising because of agreements being negotiated with the Kampuchean Government. After another wave of repression by Sihanouk in 1965, the Khmer Rouge movement under Saloth grew at a rapid rate, many teachers and students left the cities for the countryside to join the movement
Goes to North Vietnam to gain approval for an uprising in Kampuchea against the Government. North Vietnam refused to support any uprising because of agreements being negotiated with the Kampuchean Government. After another wave of repression by Sihanouk in 1965, the Khmer Rouge movement under Saloth grew at a rapid rate, many teachers and students left the cities for the countryside to join the movement
The region Pol Pot and others move to is inhabited by tribal minorities, the Khmer Loeu, whose rough treatment (including resettlement and forced assimilation) at the hands of the central Government made them willing recruits for a guerrilla struggle
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