Sihanoukville

Perhaps the most famous visitor to Sihanoukville was Jaqueline Kennedy in 1967, when the enigmatic Prince Norodom Sihanouk named a road JF Kennedy Boulevard in memory of his former adversary President John F Kennedy who’s death he had earlier celebrated along with the death of

When asked about his choice to open Kennedy’s road in Sihanoukville, he replied: “Sihanoukville is very important. It is named after me. Anyway, I have run out of streets in Phnom Penh.”

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/04/khmer-rouge-cambodian-genocide-united-states/

1967 Jacqueline Kennedy Visits Cambodia and Angkor Wat


http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/jacqueline-kennedys-charm-offensive

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