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	Sisowath Sirik Matak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sirik Matak was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
		In March 18, 1970, Sirik Matak assisted General Lon Nol, who had been serving as prime minister, in a in a coup d'état and was granted emergency powers by the National Assembly.
		Prince Sirik Matak and the officials that remained along with him, were executed by the Khmer Rouge on April 21, 1975, in Phnom Penh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sirik_Matak (417 words)

	Sisowath Sirik Matak -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak (January 22 1914 — April 21 1975) was a (A male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)) prince of (A nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946) Cambodia.
		Sirik Matak was born in (The capital and largest city of Kampuchea) Phnom Penh, (A nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946) Cambodia.
		In March 18, 1970, Sirik Matak assisted General (additional info and facts about Lon Nol) Lon Nol, who had been serving as prime minister, in a in a (additional info and facts about coup d'état) coup d'état and was granted emergency powers by the National Assembly.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/sisowath_sirik_matak.htm (271 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Spreading Aggravation
		According to Sirik Matak, "The important thing is to open a dialogue" in which no demands of any of the participants should be barred.
		Sirik Matak appears to recognize that it will be necessary to form a new government in Phnom Penh; he told The New York Times that when the United States supports a regime such as that of Lon No1 which lacks the people's confidence, "you help the Communists."
		Sirik Matak's proposal appears amenable to the position outlined by Prince Sihanouk on March 23, 1970, although the very complexity of the Cambodian situation would appear to work against a rapprochement.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=108784 (716 words)

	The Radical Republican: Promises to keep
		Along with 1.7 million of his countrymen, Matak was murdered by the Khmer Rouge.
		Matak’s death was especially gruesome – he was shot in the stomach and left to die, which did not come for three days.
		Matak’s letter left me numb and speechless with the terrible realization that my nation was guilty of a grave injustice.
	freesoiler.blogspot.com /2005/05/promises-to-keep.html (522 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Khmer Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sirik Matak, an ultraconservative royal prince who in 1941 had been passed over by the French in favor of his cousin Norodom Sihanouk as king, retained his post as deputy prime minister.
		(The others were non-communist, nationalist leaders Sirik Matak, Son Ngoc Thanh, In Tam, Prime Minister Long Boret, Cheng Heng, who became head of state after Sihanouk's ouster, and Sosthene Fernandez, the FANK commander in chief).
		But Sirik Matak, Long Boret, Lon Non (Lon Nol's brother), and most members of Lon Nol's cabinet declined.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Khmer_Republic (2928 words)

	Before the Holocaust: The Coup
		Lon Nol initially wavered at Sirik Matak's plan, so the prince went to Lon's house with several army officers and insisted that he sign an official declaration against Sihanouk.
		It was only when the prince was on his way to the airport to catch his flight to Beijing that he received the official news: Lon Nol and Sirik Matak had successfully convinced the National Assembly to remove the prince from power.
		The immediate impact of the Lon Nol/Sirik Matak coup was the end of Cambodian neutrality.
	www.edwebproject.org /sideshow/history/coup.html (1386 words)

	Encyclopedia: History of Cambodia
		The Khmer Republic's leadership was plagued by disunity among its three principal figures: Lon Nol, Sihanouk's cousin Sirik Matak, and National Assembly leader In Tam.
		But disunity, the problems of transforming a 30,000-man army into a national combat force of more than 200,000 men, and spreading corruption weakened the civilian administration and army.
		Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak (January 22, 1914 — April 21, 1975) was a prince of Cambodia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Cambodia (4060 words)

	Ending The Vietnam War by Henry Kissinger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sirik Matak, former Prime Minister and the only leader of the 1970 coup still in Phnom Penh, expressed the attitude of the Khmer leaders in more elevated language.
		Between one and two million Khmer were murdered by the Khmer Rouge until Hanoi occupied the country at the end of 1978, after which a civil war raged for another decade.
		Sirik Matak was shot in the stomach and left without medical help.
	www.craigmaas.net /2003/kissinger.html (1396 words)

	Before the Holocaust: The End of Cambodia
		On April 1, a weeping Lon Nol, crippled by nervous breakdowns and a series of minor strokes, fled Phnom Penh for Hawaii with his family and entourage while Prince Sirik Matak and other Lon Nol supporters remained behind in the hopes of organizing a last-minute peace talks.
		US Ambassador to Cambodia John Gunther Dean quickly made plans to evacuate US embassy staff and their families along with key Cambodian government officials, including Sirik Matak, Lon Nol's brother Lon Non, and acting prime minister Long Boret.
		Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak, former contender for the Cambodian throne and co-conspirator in the Lon Nol coup, would be executed by the Khmer Rouge two weeks later, along with Long Boret, Lon Non, and the other remaining members of the Lon Nol government.
	www.edwebproject.org /sideshow/history/end.html (610 words)

	The Beginning Sideshow Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of Cambodia
		Many Cambodians and almost all the foreigners who remained in Phnom Penh now made their way to the French embassy, which, despite Sihanouk's order to close, was still manned by the vice-consul.
		All together, about 800 foreigners and 600 or more Cambodians, among them Sirik Matak, now facing the consequences of his brave refusal of John Dean's escape offer, crowded into the compound.
		Within forty-eight hours, the vice-consul was informed by the Khmer Rouge that Cambodia was owned by its people and that the new government recognized no such concepts as territoriality or diplomatic privilege; if he did not expel all the Cambodians then the lives of the foreigners would also be forfeit.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Kissinger/Beginning_Sideshow.html (3652 words)

	Kent Memorial Library
		The Khmer Rouge had achieved unstoppable momentum, and the vote in Congress was the signal that the Khmer Rouge (and the North Vietnamese) needed to mount the final siege that was to come within weeks.
		From the Cambodian perspective, one final, appropriate comment came from Sirik Matak, a former prime minister, who had been close to the Americans.
		Their retribution was swift, and Sirik Matak was shot in the stomach.
	www.kentmemoriallibrary.org /EndgVWar.html (1203 words)

	Lon Nol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Prince Sirik Matak, a royal prince who in 1941, had been passed over by the French government in favor of his cousin Norodom Sihanouk as king, retained his post as deputy prime minister.
		On April 1, 1975, Nol resigned and fled the country into exile in Hawaii.
		His brother Lon Non and other Khmer Republic officials including Sirik Matak chose to stay behind; they were executed by the Khmer Rouge.
	www.firebird.cn /wiki/Lon_Nol (326 words)

	Kerry me back
		The reply addressed to the U.S. ambassador by Sirik Matak, a former Cambodian prime minister, is, as Gabriel Schoenfeld has written, one of the more important documents of the entire Vietnam-war era:
		Immediately after the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh, Kissinger recounts, Sirik Matak was shot in the stomach and left to die over the course of three days from his untreated wounds -- only one among the two million that followed.
		Kerry's 1971 misjudgments are of of a piece with the many that have followed on every major foreign policy issue of the past 20 years; they are of a piece with a tradition, dating to Vietnam-era misjudgments, that Deacon previously summarized here as follows.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1077634/posts (1050 words)

	Cambodia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Lon Nol and Sirik Matak were two of those close to Sihanouk who were strengthening their ties with US personnel.
		On 19 March 1970, as Sihanouk was returning from a three week vacation, Lon Nol and Sirik Matak took over Cambodia in a bloodless coup.
		Lon Nol and Sirik Matak, who was Sihanouk's cousin, had hoped to rebuilt Cambodia with US aid.
	home.earthlink.net /~mhenry0920/Cambodia.htm (2591 words)

	Power Line: A word from Prime Minister Matak
		Cambodia succumbed first...Kissinger retells the riveting tale, recounting how, as the Khmer Rouge closed in on the capital city of Phnom Penh in early April 1975, the United States offered a number of Cambodian officials a chance to escape.
		The reply addressed to the U.S. ambassador by Sirik Matak, a former Cambodian prime minister, and reprinted by Kissinger in full, is one of the more important documents of the entire Vietnam-war era.
		We now have a President who is worthy of trust, and there are many--but perhaps too few--who were youthful spectators when this nation last chose the path of ignominy, but who remember the consequences all too well.
	www.powerlineblog.com /archives/005401.php (638 words)

	Grueling account of Cambodia well-written
		Kamm is at his strongest when he is most journalistic -- describing, for instance, the motives and personality of Sirik Matak, Sihanouk's cousin and one of the key plotters against Cambodia's ruler in 1970.
		Kamm became a confidant to Sirik Matak and other Cambodian leaders, and the conversations he describes are remarkable.
		But Kamm can't keep from lashing out at the many people he believes let Cambodia down, and the book suffers as a result.
	www.chron.com /cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/ae/books/9899/08/02/kamm.html (586 words)

	The Cardamom Project: About Cambodia
		The now-fanatical Khmer Rouge, strengthened by a steady stream of supplies from Hanoi and emboldened by surviving years of sustained US bombardment, made their push into the Phnom Penh suburbs.
		On April 1, a weeping Lon Nol, crippled by nervous breakdowns and a series of minor strokes, fled Phnom Penh for Hawaii with his family and entourage, while Prince Sirik Matak and others remained behind in the hopes of organizing a last-minute peace talks.
		They would be executed by the Khmer Rouge two weeks later, along with the other remaining members of the Lon Nol government.
	www.cardamom.org /history5.html (769 words)

	Chapter 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		No sooner had he left than Sirik Matak began denationalizing
		The government of Sirik Matak and Lon Nol moved quickly to
		Matak out og power, only to suffer a stroke in 1971 that made it
	www.khmerprideproductions.com /chapter6.html (2314 words)

	► » Long boreth, Prince Sirik Matak and other were excuted with no t (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Long boreth, Prince Sirik Matak and other were excuted with no trial
		Subject: Long boreth, Prince Sirik Matak and other were excuted with no t
		PHNOM PENH, Feb 5 (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Cambodian kick-boxer died after being smacked in the head by his opponent, officials said on Thursday, raising concerns about young boys being forced into the wildly popular, but dangerous, sport.
	www.encano.com /Long-boreth-Prince-Sirik-Matak-and-other-were-excuted-with-no-tr-9408386.html (597 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Was Kissinger Right? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		...Immediately after the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh, writes Kissinger, Sirik Matak was shot in the stomach and left to die over the course of three days from his untreated wounds...
		...ambassador by Sirik Matak, a former Cambodian prime minister, and reprinted by Kissinger in full, is one of the more important documents of the entire Vietnam-war era...
		...Nixon's petty decisions in the Watergate affair not only lost him his own tenure in office and divided our own country but ended up costing the lives of millions in faraway lands, men and women like Sirik Matak whose only mistake had been to take America at its word...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V107I5P57-1.htm (3495 words)

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		Khmer Rouge members trained as a rebel guerrilla force in the jungles and mountains of Cambodia.
		In March 1970, two members of Sihanouk's government-Lieutenant General Lon Nol and Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak-overthrew Sihanouk while he was out of the country.
		In 1970, during the Vietnam War, the prime minister, Lieutenant General Lon Nol, and Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak ousted Sihanouk and forced him into exile.
	www.khmerson.com /~eia209 (1112 words)

	Norodom Sihanouk's Memoirs: A Review
		Against the backdrop of a widening war in Indochina, Sihanouk remained the unquestioned leader of the country for the next fifteen years.
		In 1970, however, Sihanouk was overthrown in a coup led by two of his lieutenants, General Lon Nol and Prince Sirik Matak.
		In other words, Lon Nol and Sirik Matak, by allowing Nixon to export the fighting from South Vietnam to Cambodia - to substitute Cambodian for American and South Vietnamese corpses - have rendered a valuable service, for which 341 million dollars is a reasonable annual reimbursement!"
	www.mekong.net /cambodia/sihanouk.htm (2705 words)

	Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The: Kissinger weighs in with fine `Renewal' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		But there is perhaps nothing more dramatic than a simple, dignified letter cited by Kissinger to make his point about United States policy in Cambodia.
		It was the refusal of the American offer of evacuation ahead of the Khmer Rouge army, written by the former Cambodian prime minister, Sirik Matak.
		I have only committed this mistake of believing in you." One could go on almost as long as Kissinger does citing the absorbing passages in this compendious but energetic, unflagging memoir, which seems likely to stand as a major work of contemporary history.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_19990328/ai_n10480045 (587 words)

	Cambodia Book Reviews: The Eagle Mutiny
		They then sailed the ship into Cambodian waters, where they believed they would be welcomed as heroes for having halted the ship's deadly cargo.
		The ship arrived off the coast of Cambodia just as the neutralist Prince Sihanouk was deposed in a right-wing coup led by Sirik Matak and Lon Nol.
		McKay and Glatkowski had hoped to find asylum in a communist country; instead, they became prisoners of the new Phnom Penh regime.
	www.mekong.net /cambodia/eagle.htm (782 words)

	Wattkhmer - Khmer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		After Prince Norodom Sihanouk was removed from his position as head of state by Field Marshal Lon Nol, Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak and In Tam, most of the country was in a state of extreme unrest.
		Field Marshal Lon Nol, in strengthening and extending his power, declared Cambodia to be a Republic, declared a state of emergency, and initiated certain security measures including the recruiting military forces.
		Those Khmer Republic high officials who declined the offer of evacuation, including Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak, were executed shortly after Khmer Rouge forces took Phnom Penh.
	www.wattkhmer.org /khmerhistory.html (4421 words)

	► » Re: Late Prince S.Sirik Matak's letter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak was a good administrator under the French rule
		His letter of farewell to the US Ambassador at the fall of Cambodia in 1975
		Hambali handed over to U.S. after Thai arrest By Nopporn Wong-Anan BANGKOK, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Hambali, Al Qaeda's top man in Asia and hunted since the Bali bombings he is believed to have planned, has been captured in Thailand, handed over to the...
	www.encano.com /Re-Late-Prince-S-Sirik-Mataks-letter-4618781.html (370 words)

	PrinceBook
		Its members will be qualified representatives of the Buddhist clergy, the army, the police, the provincial guards, youth, intellectuals, peasants, workers and others who live by their labor, industrialists, business people, civil servants, women, etc. belonging to all patriotic, progressive and anti-imperialist tendencies.
		A National Liberation Army will be created to free the country from the dictatorship and oppression of the clique of traitorous and pro-imperialist reactionaries headed by Lon Nol, Sirik Matak and Cheng Heng and for the struggle against the U S imperialists - their masters.
		The Lon Nol-Sirik Matak r6gime was sagging at the knees, knocked on to the ropes, and awaiting the final count, when the United States invaded Cambodia with its own and Saigon forces on 3o April 1970, in one of the most flagrant acts of unprovoked aggression in modern history.
	www.spiritone.com /~pazuu/pow-mia/PrinceBook.htm (4272 words)

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