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Authors: Philip Short

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270
,
399
and revolutionary morality
284
and Pol Pot
338
,
415
and Vietnamese invasion
399
–400,
411
Mey Mann
453
early interest in politics
30
,
32
,
37
schooldays
36
,
43
on Pol Pot’s ‘famous smile’
44
as a student in France
45
,
48
,
49
,
52
,
57
–9,
61
,
63
,
78
,
83
joins PCF
66
Cercle Marxiste sends Pol Pot back to Cambodia
90
at Krâbao
96
quits CPK leadership
119
expelled from Phnom Penh
274
–5
Mey Pho
103
Mey Prang
336
n
Mey Sichân
266
–7
Meyer, Charles
44
–5,
152
,
290
‘Middle Houses’
438
,
440
,
441
Military Tribunal
131
,
140
,
167
Minh Mang, Emperor of Vietnam
40
Mirabeau, Comte de
206
Mitra, Sir Dhirendra
110
Modus Vivendi
34
,
37
Moeun
210
–12,
358
,
389
n
Mok
453
in South-Western Zone
175
,
178
, 184,
221
,
228
,
255
,
398
,
408
,
412
and François Bizot
259
–60
and occupation of Phnom Penh
263
,
265
,
274
,
286
as Issarak
281
opposes use of money
307
as Pol Pot’s enforcer
369
,
384
,
385
becomes CPK second deputy secretary
392
and Vietnamese invasion
395
,
398
–9
as resistance commander
408
,
431
,
437
overthrows Pol Pot
440
–2
captured and imprisoned
443
Mom, Princess
330
Monatio (National Movement)
266
Monde, Le
73
,
163
,
167
Mondulkiri
171
,
172
,
181
,
204
,
384
money
7
,
11
,
257
–8,
306
–8,
342
,
383
Monique, Princess
163
,
198
,
424
and corruption
153
,
182
tours ‘liberated zone’
242
–4
returns to Phnom Penh
329
–30
and Khmers Rouges
334
–5
Monireth, Prince
90
,
153
Monivong, King
17
,
27
,
28
,
49
Montesquieu, Baron de
36
,
73
More, Sir Thomas
343
Moscow
334
,
374
International Communist conference (1957)
136
Moscow Declaration (1960)
142
moutakeaha
89
,
90
Nagaravatta
newspaper
21
,
29
–30,
75
,
110
Narindrapong, Prince
334
Nasser, Gamal Abdel
113
national anthem
54
,
248
National Assembly
76
,
78
,
81
,
128
,
162
,
187
,
194
,
425
suspended (1949)
37
suspended (1953)
83
deposes Sihanouk (1970)
197
,
284
n
National Library, Phnom Penh
36
National Salvation Front
393
National Solidarity Party
439
nationalisations
155
Nayan Chanda
409
–10
Neak Luong
30
,
207
,
263
neak ta
19
Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal
58
,
106
,
109
New China News Agency bureau, Phnom Penh
180
New York Times
91
,
163
,
413
Ney Sarann
454
as Issarak
114
at Office
100
146
in North-Eastern Zone
172
,
177
,
263
,
281
and Vietnam
356
arrested and purged
358
–60
Nghet Chhopininto
and Pol Pot
43
,
45
,
337
in Paris
49
,
63
and Yugoslavia
50
,
69
on Hou Yuon
62
Ngo Dinh Diem
121
,
125
,
136
,
138
,
155
Ngo Dinh Nhu
126
n,
127
Ngo Trong Hieu
125
,
126
Ngork, Mt
172
Nguyen Cao Ky
195
–7
Nguyen Chi Thanh
161
Nguyen Co Thach
298
Nguyen Thanh Son
fosters Khmer revolutionary movement
54
–6,
139
,
205
,
356
alleged secret agreement with Sihanouk
113
Nguyen Van Linh
121
,
141
,
144
,
192
,
223
,
297
Nguyen Van Thieu
263
Nhan Dan
100
–1,
298
Nhek Bunchhay
437
–40
Nhek Tioulong
163
,
164
Nhun Nget
23
Nikân
153
,
454
in the maquis
147
,
193
and Son Sen
252
and evacuation of Phnom Penh
398
and foreign diplomats
402
at Samphou Loun
412
defects to Hun Sen government
440
Nixon, Richard
182
,
204
,
221
,
261
–2
Nixon administration
94
Nokor Khmer (Khmerland)
54
,
61
Non Suon
454
as member of Pracheachon
114
,
116
,
134
detained and condemned to death
140
–1
amnestied
226
as Khmer Rouge leader
226
,
306
,
336
n
denounced as traitor
358
Non-Aligned Movement
113
Nop Bophann
114
,
130
Norodom Phurissara, Prince
107
,
169
,
304
,
336
n
Norodom Ranariddh, Prince
454
and peace process
424
leads FUNCINPEC
428
,
431
,
433
makes overtures to Khmers Rouges
436
,
438
–9,
441
overthrown by Hun Sen
442
,
448
Norodom Sihanouk, King
5
,
8
,
9
,
16
,
17
,
415
,
437
–8,
445
,
454
overthrown
5
,
197
in exile in Beijing
8
,
239
–42
chosen to succeed Monivong
28
–9
education
28
–9,
36
–7,
45
proclaims independence
31
appoints Son Ngoc Thanh
32
sees himself as moderniser
37
suspends National Assembly
37
personality
37
,
62
,
76
,
153
,
163
,
190
and bursaries
43
–4,
79
and Son Ngoc Thanh’s rebellion
75
–6
assumes full powers
77
,
80
–1
and Khmer students in Paris
77
–81,
83
–4
‘Royal Crusade’
77
,
87
,
90
–5,
100
and the Viet Minh
100
–3
and Geneva Conference
103
–4
and the US
91
–3,
108
–9,
155
–6,
181
–2
abdicates
109
–10,
335
forms the Sangkum Reastr Niyum
110
sanctions strong-arm tactics
111
,
114
wins 1945 election
111
–12
alleged agreement with Nguyen Thanh Son
113
,
120
treatment of political parties
123
and ‘Bangkok plot’
125
–8
becomes head of state (1960)
132
warns about Khmer communists
139
–40
publishes list of subversives
142
–3
neutrality policy derailed
155
allows parliament to choose government
162
–3
and flight of Khieu Samphân
167
–8
orders harsh repression of rebels
175
–6
quarrels with China
179
–80
margin of manoeuvre shrinks
182
–3
issues casino licence
184
–5
flies to Grasse
188
visits Moscow
196
–8
forms alliance with Khmers Rouges
198
–202
and Ieng Sary
241
visits ‘liberated zones’
243
–4
tours friendly states

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