MONATIO
| Mouvement National | |
|---|---|
| MONATIO | |
.jpg) Flag used by MONATIO | |
| Dates of operation | 17 April 1975 |
| Ideology | Khmer nationalism |
| Opponents |  Khmer Rouge |
| Battles and wars | Fall of Phnom Penh |
MONATIO, short for Mouvement National (lit. 'National Movement'), was a short-lived, supposedly nationalist, political faction in Cambodia. The exact nature of the group is still obscure. On April 17, 1975, as the Khmer Rouge had entered Phnom Penh, this group took out a motor-cavalcade on the streets of the capital welcoming the arrival of the Khmer Rouge.[1]
The group consisted of a handful of soldiers, dressed in black uniforms, accompanied by a number of students. MONATIO was headed by student leader Hem Keth Dara and the whole group in turn manipulated by Lon Non, brother of Lon Nol.[1][2]
Initially tolerated by the Khmer Rouge, MONATIO members were later rounded up and executed.[2][3] The Khmer Rouge later claimed that MONATIO had been a CIA conspiracy against the revolutionary government.[4]
A movie on the events of 1975, called MONATIO, was made by Norodom Sihanouk.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ponchaud, François (1978). Cambodia Year Zero. Henry Holt & Co. p. 17. ISBN 9780030403064.
- ^ a b Shawcross, William (1979). Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of Cambodia. Andre Deutsch Limited. p. 365. ISBN 0-233-97077-0.
- ^ Swain, Jon (1997). River of Time: A Memoir of Vietnam and Cambodia. St. Martin's Press. pp. 136–7. ISBN 978-0425168059.
- ^ Isaacs, Arnold R. (1999). Without Honor: Defeat in Vietnam and Cambodia. JHU Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780801861079.
- ^ New Page 5 Archived 2009-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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Media related to MONATIO at Wikimedia Commons
