Full: https://cne.wtf/2020/01/11/70-years-of- ... 100-dates/May 1950: President Harry Truman approves $20 million in economic and military aid to Cambodia, an amount that would increase significantly over the decade.
11 July 1950: Formal relations between the then French Protectorate of Cambodia and the United States of America begin when Donald R. Heath presents his credentials.
14 November, 1950: The US legation sets up inside the Hotel Le Royal.
1951/52: King Sihanouk sends President Truman a rare white elephant (the animal reportedly died in Cape Town while being transited).
25 June, 1952: US legation upgraded to embassy status. Donald R. Heath becomes the first US Ambassador to Cambodia.
17 April, 1953: First recorded visit of King Sihanouk to USA.
9 November 1953: Cambodia declares independence from France.
April 1954: Several Viet Minh battalions cross the border into Cambodia. They mostly withdrew (along with French) the following October after the Geneva Conference.
July 20, 1954: Cambodia agrees neutrality, vowing not to join any military alliance “not in conformity with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations” or to allow the basing of foreign military forces on its territory “as long as its security is not threatened.”
February 1955: Secretary of State John Foster Dulles visits Phnom Penh (the highest level official visit at the time) to meet with King Sihanouk and discuss defense plans. A military defense agreement was signed in May.
22 March 1955: The Sangkum Reastr Niyum (Popular Socialist Community) led by Prince Norodom Sihanouk founded. The prince had abdicated the throne on 2 March.
19 July 1958: Cambodia formally recognizes the People’s Republic of China. In protest US Ambassador Carl W. Strom temporarily recalled.
1955-1963, the United States provides $409.6 million in economic grant aid and $83.7 million in military assistance to Cambodia. ‘Khmer-American Friendship Highway’ now known as National Road #4 between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville built with US aid inaugurated in 1959.
“This is a highway of friendship, built through the cooperative efforts of Americans and Khmers who have worked in a spirit of liberty and fraternity toward the goal of economic independence of this country.” said Prince Sihanouk.
“This highway, built by joint efforts of Cambodian and the United States of America, is the symbol of the friendship of the peoples of our two countries, and of our mutual desire for a free, independent prosperous Cambodia.” said President Eisenhower
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