VII. The Contemporary Period, 1945–2000 > F. South and Southeast Asia, 1945–2000 > 2. Southeast Asia, 1941–2000 > b. Mainland Southeast Asia > 3. Cambodia > 1964, Jan. 5
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1964, Jan. 5
 
French defense minister Pierre Messmer, conferring in Phnom Penh with Prince Sihanouk, offered French tanks, trucks, and combat aircraft to Cambodia to help defend its neutrality.  1
 
Feb. 8
 
Prince Sihanouk charged the U.S. with “great responsibility” for the South Vietnamese attack on a Cambodian village on Feb. 4, and asked the U.S. to finance truce observation posts along the Cambodian–South Vietnamese border.  2
 
Feb. 11
 
Prince Sihanouk proposed an international conference to guarantee Cambodia's neutrality, and on Feb. 19 suggested that Thailand, South Vietnam, and the U.S. sign an agreement to neutralize Cambodia.  3
 
March 10
 
A delegation left for Beijing and Moscow to negotiate arms purchases.  4
 
March 11
 
Cambodians attacked the British and U.S. embassies and information offices. Prince Sihanouk offered his regrets and withdrew his demand for a four-power conference to guarantee Cambodia's borders.  5
 
March 24–25
 
Cambodia and South Vietnam formally ended their border talks, and Prince Sihanouk reiterated his demand for an international conference. The British government rejected a Soviet request that their two nations, as cochairs of the 1954 Geneva Conference on Indochina, call an international conference on Cambodian neutrality. In a letter to Prince Sihanouk, Pres. Charles de Gaulle promised to use his influence with the U.S. and Britain to effect the calling of an international conference.  6
 
 
 
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