Saukam Khoy

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Saukam Khoy was Acting President of the Khmer Republic in Cambodia for 12 days in April 1975.

Before becoming President, Saukam Khoy was a senior commander in the army of the Republic and the President of the Senate[1]. He took office on April 1, 1975, when a tearful Lon Nol left 'temporarily' with his entire family for Bali in Indonesia after an invitation from his friend, Indonesian President Suharto.[2]

Khoy's time in office was short. He left Phnom Penh together with American Ambassador John Gunther Dean aboard a CH-53 helicopter during the evacuation of American embassy staff and civilians, dubbed Operation Eagle Pull on April the 12th. [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Time runs short for Phnom Penh, Monday April 7, 1975 Time Magazine
  2. ^ Waiting for the Fall, Monday April 14, 1975 Time Magazine
  3. ^ American Pullout from a City Under Siege, 21st April, 1975, Time Magazine


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