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Brief memoir by Norodom Sihanouk about his school years in Saigon in the 1930s
In this brief memoir Norodom Sihanouk describes his love for the classics.
The Cambodian Monarchy: Activities of HM Norodom Sihanouk for the Independence of Cambodia 1941-1955
Compilation of articles published in “Réalites Cambodgiennes” between September 1958 and January 1959.
"Norodom Sihanouk: Extraits de mes écrits des Années 50 & 60”
Excerpts from writings by HRH Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia in the 1950s and 1960s
Report by US Embassy in Cambodia assessing the first three months of the Sihanouk administration
This report, prepared by Charge d’Affairs McMurtie Godley, later to become Ambassador to Laos and Thailand, is an assessment of the first quarter of the administration under Prime Minister Norodom Sihanouk, following his abdication as King of Cambodia in 1955.
“Participation de l’Armée Royale Khmére au développement de l’industrie nationale du Cambodge” (Participation of the Royal Khmer Army in the development of the national industry of Cambodia) Pamphlet – in French and Khmer – 1960s
Speech by Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian Head of State
Conference of Heads of State of Governments of Non-Aligned Countries at Belgrade, 1961.
Prince Norodom Sihanouk’s visit to Belgrade for the Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Countries, 1-6 September 1961
Booklet published by the Secretariat of the Head of State, Phnom Penh, undated, 20 pages
Several Publications about the Sangkum Reastr Niyum (People’s Socialist Community) 1963-1969
Correspondance Officielle sur le Problème de la Neutralité et des Frontières du Cambodge (Official Correspondence Concerning the Problem of Cambodia’s Neutrality and its borders), 1964
Booklet published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia – 1964
“La Renaissance du Cambodge: De Jayavarman VII, Roi d’Angkor à Norodom Sihanouk Varman”, by Robert Garry, 1964
Booklet – in French – 14 pages
[Editorial note: Professor Robert Garry of the University of Montreal (Canada) writes about the renaissance of Cambodia from the time of Angkor to the time of Norodom Sihanouk in 1964]
Booklet: “Recent Diplomatic Exchanges concerning the Proposal for an International Conference on the Neutrality and Territorial Integrity of Cambodia”, British Foreign Office - 1965
“Our Buddhist Socialism”, by Norodom Sihanouk, 15 November 1965
“La Monarchie Khmére”. Article by Norodom Sihanouk on the Cambodian monarchy.
This article was originally published in the monthly Le Sangkum, April 1966
Letter dated 17 May 1966 from the Permanent Representative of Cambodia addressed to the President of the UN Security Council concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear
Speech of General Charles de Gaulle, President of France, at a mass meeting during his State Visit to Cambodia, 1 September 1966
Toast in honour of HRH Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia by General Charles de Gaulle, President of France
Toast given by French President General Charles de Gaulle during Norodom Sihanouk’s last official visit to France in his role as Head of State of Cambodia in February 1967
Two speeches by Norodom Sihanouk, 1967
This folder contains the FBIS English translation of two speeches by Norodom Sihanouk given on 21 and 22 April 1967 concerning the activities of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
“Jacqueline Kennedy’s Secret Mission in Asia”, McCall’s Magazine, June 1968
[Editorial note: Article about the visit of Jacqueline Kennedy to Cambodia in November 1967. The authors suggest that behind the tourist aspect of the visit there was a secret agenda for the restoration of diplomatic ties between Cambodia and the USA.]
“Sihanouk’s Talks”: an interview by William Attwood, Look Magazine, 2 February 1968
Interview with Sihanouk, Life Magazine, 16 February 1968
Cambodia’s Non-Alignment: an Interview with Norodom Sihanouk in The Times of India, 13/14 December 1968
Report of the World Bank and IRRD Mission to Cambodia – October-December 196
Various Documents for the period 1970-1977 – in French and English
This folder contains speeches, telegrams, statements and declarations by Norodom Sihanouk, while he was in the People’s Republic of China and North Korea.
Statement of Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia, 23 March 1970 – in French
This folder contains the statement in French issued by Norodom Sihanouk in Peking.
[Editorial note: This was two days after he was overthrown by a military coup led by Lon Nol and Sirik Matak.]
“Le Cambodge de Norodom Sihanouk” – in French
[Editorial note: This brochure reproduces an article authored by Mr. Gerard Brissé, a French specialist who worked in the Cabinet of King Sihanouk prior to the March 1970 coup and again after the Paris Agreements on Cambodia in 1991. The article was originally published in the French journal L’Annee Politique et Economique, no. 220, April 1971.]
3rd Message of Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia, to the Khmer Nation, 20 April 1971
24th Message of Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia, to the Khmer Nation, 30 July 1971
Articles about Cambodia in magazine, Jeune Afrique, no. 575, 15 January 1972 – in French
37th Message to the Khmer Nation from Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia – Peking, 23 September 1972
This message by Norodom Sihanouk was addressed to the soldiers of the Lon Nol army.
38th Message to the Khmer Nation from Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia – Peking, 8 October 1972
Interview with Norodom Sihanouk in the magazine, Afrique-Asie, 13 November 1972
[Editorial note: In this interview Norodom Sihanouk discusses the possibility of a ceasefire in Indochina and how the Cambodian resistance opposes it.]
Speech by HRH Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia, at the banquet in honour of H.E the Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinea, 12 December 1972
Speech by Mr. A K Sandy-Atangana, Charge d’affaires of the Embassy of Cameroon on the occasion of the visit to the Embassy by HRH Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia – Peking, 4 January 1973
43rd Message of Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia, to the Khmer Nation, 16 July 1973
Interview with Prince Norodom Sihanouk by T.D. Allman, Algiers, 17 September 1973
Interview with Prince Norodom Sihanouk in Le Monde (Paris), 25-31 October 1973 – in French and English
[Editorial note: Important interview with Norodom Sihanouk by a correspondent of the French newspaper in China in which Norodom Sihanouk candidly exposes his misgivings about the Khmer Rouge.]
44th Message to the Khmer Nation by Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia – undated
Telegram from Prince Norodom Sihanouk to HE Houari Boumediene, President of the Algerian Democratic People’s Republic and Chairman of the 4th Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Countries, 23 November 1973
Copy of a telegram sent by Norodom Sihanouk to the Algerian President informing him – and through him, the Non-Aligned countries – of changes which had taken place within the Royal Government of the National Union of Cambodia during the month of November 1973
Telegram to the French Press Agency (AFP), 24 November 1973
Copy of telegram sent from Guangzhou (Canton) by Norodom Sihanouk to the French Press Agency in Beijing, dismissing the idea of a “Third Force” to settle the conflict in Cambodia
Telegram from Prince Norodom Sihanouk to the Editors of the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune, 18 December 1973
Copy of a telegram from Prince Norodom Sihanouk responding to an article which suggested that the Khmer Rouge insurgency “was increasingly remote from the exiled Prince Norodom Sihanouk”.
Various documents for the year 1974 – in French
This folder includes Telegrams, Statements and Interviews given by Prince Norodom Sihanouk during 1974
Article about Cambodia from Afrique-Asie no. 49, 4 February 1974 – in French
Speech by Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia at the reception on the occasion of the visit to Peking by Mr. Khieu Samphan, Deputy Prime Minister of GRUNC and Commander in Chief of the Cambodian People’s National Liberation Army – Peking, 3 April 1974
Record of Conversation between US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, and Algerian Foreign Minister , Abdelaziz Bouteflika, New York, 21 December 1974
The folder contains a record of conversation that took place at the UN Building in New York, where Bouteflika was Chairman of the US General Assembly.
[Editorial note: During their meeting they discussed the role of Norodom Sihanouk in any peace effort undertaken for Cambodia.]
Articles from the French newspaper Le Monde, with hand-written comments by Norodom Sihanouk, 1975
The articles are mostly about Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos and cover the year 1975.
Exchange of correspondence between Ambassador George Bush, Chief of the US Liaison Office to the People’s Republic of China, and HRH Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia (GRUNC)
[Editorial note: The exchange took place a week before the fall of Phnom Penh in April 1975. The US government was urging Sihanouk to return promptly to Cambodia and assume power before the final Khmer Rouge offensive against the Cambodian capital. Yet it was too late, as the Khmer Rouge were already circling the capital. The final push against Phnom Penh began within days of the delivery of US message.]
Letter from Prime Minister Zhou Enlai of the People’s Republic of China to Norodom Sihanouk on the occasion of the latter’s 53th Birthday Anniversary - October 1975
Miscellaneous press articles (some with hand-written comments by Norodom Sihanouk) 1976
Record of Conversation between HRH Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and the Rt Hon. Sir Malcolm MacDonald of the United Kingdom – Peking, 20 March 1979
This folder contains a record of conversation (8 pages) between Prince Norodom Sihanouk, who had recently been allowed to leave Cambodia by his Khmer Rouge jailers, and Sir Malcolm MacDonald, a senior British diplomat who was visiting China at the time.
[Editorial note: The record of conversation is of particular importance because of the discussion about events in Cambodia and China at the time of the meeting.]
Interview with Norodom Sihanouk in Paris Match, December 1979
Interview with the former Cambodian monarch by Jean-Edern Hallier.
Documents concerning HRH Princess NORODOM Monique Sihanouk – 1970-1993
This folder contains copies of Statements and Letters concerning the role of Princess Monique Sihanouk (now Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk) in Cambodian politics for the period 1970-1993.