The territory of Kampuchea Krom, which is about half the size of present-day Cambodia, was ceded by the French colony during the Indochina occupation To Vietnam administratively in early June 1949.
The territory of present-day Kampuchea Krom, or former Cochinchina, has been inhabited by Cambodians since the Funan period.
A book on Khmer history entitled "The Story of Kampuchea Krom" as a copy by Tea Then Since 2005, it has been said that by the beginning of the 17th century, Anam or Vietnam due to war and manipulation interfered. In the territory of Kampuchea Krom or Cochinchina.
The Khmer people, both Khmer Kampuchea mainland and Khmer Krom in Cambodia, the flood did not allow the Anam to invade the territory of The Khmer provinces were not peaceful, the Khmers fought against the Anam, pushing them out many times. In 1959, with the help of the Khmer King Ang Duong, the French conquered Prey Nokor, Changva, Trapeang and Preah. Heaven of Kampuchea Krom land under Anam. The Khmer army continued to fight to recapture Moat Chrouk, Kramuon Sar, Preah Trapeang and Khleang provinces.
A guidebook of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Federation, published in 2009, states that by 1861, a French general named Shakner came to the Khmer King, Samdech Preah Bat Norodom, to tell him about France's decision to establish a permanent territory. Kampuchea Krom.
France and Vietnam then signed a treaty on June 5, 1862, stipulating three conditions: First, Vietnam had to cede the province. Three Khmers to France, second, Vietnam must give freedom to Catholics, and third, Vietnam must pay 3 million for war expenses Frank.
The King of Cambodia, Samdech Preah Bat Norodom, signed a treaty of friendship, trade and guardianship with France on August 11, 1863, in which France enjoys exclusive rights in foreign affairs and national defense of Cambodia.
In 1864, King Norodom went to meet French official De La Grandiere, asking France to return the provinces to Cambodia. From Long Hor to Teuk Khmao province, which was occupied by Vietnam. At that time, he received a promise of approval from France. However, in 1867, French officials, including Governor Cochinchina, annexed the whole of Kampuchea Krom as a French colony. France divided Kampuchea Krom into four districts with a total of 19 communes and 2,350 villages. By 1887, Cochinchina, Annam, and Tonkin were annexed by the French Indochina Alliance.
By 1948, the French government intended to connect Kampuchea Krom to Vietnam first, leaving Cambodia and Vietnam to find a solution later. But a group of Cambodian delegates, including Prince Yukunthor, Sim Va, Sok Chhong and Thon Ouk, met in the French Parliament to Call on the French government to hold immediate talks with the Royal Government of Cambodia on the transfer of power in Kampuchea Krom.
From that meeting, Mr. Sok Chhong made a detailed report confirming the position and intentions of the Khmer people on the territory of Kampuchea Krom: "We demand "Everything that belongs to us. We do not demand anything that does not belong to us."
But the result that Cambodia got from France was that French President Vincent Auriol signed an agreement called the Elysee Agreement with the Vietnamese emperor. Bao Dai on March 8, 1949, in which France agreed to cede Kampuchea Krom, which France called Cochinchina or Vietnam. Nam Ky went to Vietnam and Vietnam agreed to form a Vietnamese government in the French parliamentary group called the State of Vietnam.
France hopes that by handing over Kampuchea Krom to the Vietnamese King Bao Dai, France will be able to maintain its influence in Cochinchina for a long time. Continuing.
Thach Vien, president of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Federation in Europe, said that although the agreement was not attended to and agreed to. The Khmer side.
Mr. Thach Vien said: "France is preparing to call Bao Dai back to the throne and negotiate the status of Cambodia under King Sihanouk. There is a letter written that in the negotiations with Vietnam, there are some changes in Kampuchea Krom, please let me know, but France is not busy, it only talks with Vietnam and gives everything, Your Majesty has not received Consult France, it does not suggest anything.
The head of the Cambodian government, Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk, sent a delegation led by His Excellency Son San to Paris, France on April 25. 1949 - Opposition to the French Parliament to suspend the decision of the French National Assembly to hand over Kampuchea Krom to Vietnam . But the demands of the Cambodian delegation were not followed by the French government.
The United States, on the other hand, intends to help France establish its influence in Indochina, said Abbott, the US ambassador. Prey Nokor, or Ho Chi Minh City today, has asked the State Department in Washington to make a statement. Encourage the Vietnamese government.
Finally, on June 4, 1949, French President Vincent Oriol signed the handover of Kampuchea Krom to the Vietnamese government.
Thach Ngoc Thach, Executive Director of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Federation, said: Strengthen and expand the power of France, and they were handed over to Vietnam as a part of the administration and in handing over That is for the Khmer Krom people, you do not know. The Khmer people in Kampuchea Krom are losing everything, the Vietnamese government is in control. We see that we have a war called the Indochina War, so we Khmers need that war to hide the truth and the world Also understand that all those stories are the story of Vietnam. "So we lost in the last 60 years, there were no protests, no legal demands."
Ang Chanrith, former executive director of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Human Rights Defenders Association in Cambodia, said that as a Cambodian, Although he was not born in Kampuchea Krom, the loss of Kampuchea Krom was a loss Serious for the whole Cambodian nation.
Ang Chanrith said: “The loss of Kampuchea Krom is a painful thing, a very sad thing. Almost half of the territory of Cambodia today is controlled and administered by Vietnam to this day. And it is a tragedy for our Cambodian that he is living in Kampuchea Krom to suffer abuse Many rights have been shut down so far. ”
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