ORIGINS OF THE FREE CAMBODIAN MOVEMENT; PERSONALITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200230010-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 19, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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7x, Nai irri Phonesathat: Free Cambodian now in Bangkok- working for
the-Siamese Publicity Department. Constantly seen it the company
of Prince Norodon and ":a1 Pane. lie was responsible for taorkin
out the Cambodian appeal to the United rrations. He does not
like Phra Phiset or Chlat Hbhaiwong.
Ba General de Jonguieres: French official who received the returned
provinces from Siam. He was French r:ilitary mttache in. Bangkok
during the war and was popular with the I i?:mese; h pp?~ t c
like thee; also. The general is much the same type or' Frenchman as
Baron Surcouf, , minus some of the personal charm. Fe seems to be
a calm, sensible, diplomatic sort of a person._
t,'ichel--Read: British Consul-Cenere; in Saigon. His manner is
described as more French then the French themselves. Ise went to
Phnom.renh recently to talk to a Cambodian `overnment official
and stated he found the latter so ignorant he was obliEed to
consult the French cdviser to achieve any results,,
10.. i2Q.,, oriden: French Charge d taffaires in Bsaragkok. Approximately
3i years see - a pleasant, serious-minded person.
114, IF ny Cochin China Annamite. Assumed name.! :",The former governor
of Cochin China in the interim per.tod between the end of the wear
and the return of the French. He is now in Bangkok. I?oang was
head of the anti-Japanese underground in Ccthin China during the war.
Prior to that time he had served five years as a political prisoner
of the French. He is the ],eerier of the Viets in Siam.
12. Drg, Lua ~, Lives with t oang lie is a medic.l doctor and an artist.
Studied in J1ttris. An.namite.
13. Fhn Le Van: Intimate friend of Dr. Lean rnd Roang. Ile is head
of the native staff of the Belgian Legation in Bangkok and is now
acting as caretaker of that Legation. Ile left Indo Chin:, ter=enty-
three years because of political pressure.
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