Politique potentielle

During the s, several loosely aligned armed &#;Issarak&#; resistance groups made up of communist and non-communist forces were fighting a rebellion against French colonial rule in Cambodia.

One such group of around people met in Kompong Som Loeu, Kampot province on April 17–April 19, Around delegates assisted the conference, out of whom were Buddhist monks.

Ung Sao, a Viet Minh general assisted the conference. At the conference venue Khmer, Vietnamese and Laotian flags were displayed.

In , an official Communist Party was formed in Cambodia in support of the Viet Minh communists.

On June 28, , the leader of the communist Khmer Issarak movement formed the Khmer People&#;s Revolutionary Party, with Son Ngoc Minh, known as Achar Mein, the secretary of the Central Committee Party, Sieu Heng, known as Achar Sok the member of the Party Central Committee for Military Affairs.

After the peace agreement at the Geneva Conference in July , the Viet Minh Communist troops were withdrawn