However, as early as March 12, 1970, the CIA Station Chief told Washington that based on communications from Sirik Matak, Lon Nol's cousin, that " the ( Cambodian ) army was ready for a coup ".

On 28 and 29 March there were large-scale popular demonstrations in favour of Sihanouk in several provincial cities, but Lon Nol's forces suppressed them, causing several hundred deaths.

In the meantime, the Cambodian Campaign of April 1970, in which US and South Vietnamese forces entered Cambodian territory in pursuit of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, had irrevocably involved Lon Nol's regime in the Second Indochina War.

Lon Nol's health started to decline after he suffered a stroke in February 1971.

In time Lon Nol's regime became completely dependent upon large quantities of American aid that towards the end were not backed by the political and military resolve needed to effectively help the beleaguered republic.

During " Commando Hunt IV " ( 30 April through 9 October 1971 ), U. S., South Vietnamese, and Laotian forces began to feel the North Vietnamese reaction to General Lon Nol's coup in Cambodia and the subsequent closure of the port of Sihanoukville to its supply shipments.

On 28 and 29 March there were large-scale popular demonstrations in favour of Sihanouk in several provincial cities, but Lon Nol's forces suppressed them with great brutality, causing several hundred deaths.

A number of government officials were murdered by demonstrators, including Lon Nol's brother Lon Nil.

Lon Nol's immediate reaction was to condemn the action as a violation of Cambodian territory.

Sirik Matak had been acting Prime Minister during the Republic's first year, when Lon Nol's health had been extremely poor, but had engendered considerable resentment due to his administrative style and royal connections ; there was also growing frustration amongst young, urban Cambodians at the continued corruption and inefficiency of the regime.

On Lon Nol's return from hospital in Hawaii in April 1971, he instigated a cabinet crisis by resigning, providing a means to dissolve the government, with the probable encouragement of his brother Lon Non ( a figure of considerable influence, especially with the military ).

The elections, despite an inevitable victory for Lon Nol, revealed considerable dissatisfaction with the government even though they had been rigged in Lon Nol's favour: had they been fair, it is likely that In Tam would have won.

The affair prompted In Tam to suggest that the Americans could now " stew in Lon Nol's juice ".

To maintain the balance against the rising tide of the conservatives, he named the leaders of the very group he had been oppressing as members of a " counter-government " that was meant to monitor and criticize Lon Nol's administration.

One of Lon Nol's first priorities was to fix the ailing economy by halting the illegal sale of rice to the communists.

Despite Nixon's appreciation of Lon Nol's position, the Cambodian leader was not even informed in advance of the decision to invade his country.

Although invited by Ambassador Dean to join the evacuation ( and much to the Americans ' surprise ), Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak, Long Boret, Lon Non ( Lon Nol's brother ), and most members of Lon Nol's cabinet declined the offer.

The history of the communist movement in Cambodia can be divided into six phases: the emergence of the Indochinese Communist Party ( ICP ), whose members were almost exclusively Vietnamese, before World War II ; the 10-year struggle for independence from the French, when a separate Cambodian communist party, the Kampuchean ( or Khmer ) People's Revolutionary Party ( KPRP ), was established under Vietnamese auspices ; the period following the Second Party Congress of the KPRP in 1960, when Saloth Sar ( Pol Pot after 1976 ) and other future Khmer Rouge leaders gained control of its apparatus ; the revolutionary struggle from the initiation of the Khmer Rouge insurgency in 1967 – 68 to the fall of the Lon Nol government in April 1975 ; the Democratic Kampuchea regime, from April 1975 to January 1979 ; and the period following the Third Party Congress of the KPRP in January 1979, when Hanoi effectively assumed control over Cambodia's government and communist party.

The history of the communist movement in Cambodia can be divided into six phases: the emergence of the Indochinese Communist Party ( ICP ), whose members were almost exclusively Vietnamese, before World War II ; the ten-year struggle for independence from the French, when a separate Cambodian communist party, the Kampuchean ( or Khmer ) People's Revolutionary Party ( KPRP ), was established under Vietnamese auspices ; the period following the Second Party Congress of the KPRP in 1960, when Saloth Sar ( Pol Pot after 1976 ) and other future Khmer Rouge leaders gained control of its apparatus ; the revolutionary struggle from the initiation of the Khmer Rouge insurgency in 1967-68 to the fall of the Lon Nol government in April 1975 ; the Democratic Kampuchea regime, from April 1975 to January 1979 ; and the period following the Third Party Congress of the KPRP in January 1979, when Hanoi effectively assumed control over Cambodia's government and communist party.

Samphan stood as a Sangkum deputy in the 1966 elections, in which the rightist elements of the party, led by Lon Nol, gained an overwhelming victory ; he then became a member of a ' Counter-Government ' created by Sihanouk to keep the rightists under control.

Appointed Lon Nol's deputy, he proceeded to organise a series of economic denationalisation and deregulation measures in opposition to Sihanouk's previous policy of state control of import and export, banking, and production of pharmaceuticals and alcohol.

While visiting Beijing in 1970 Sihanouk was ousted by a military coup led by Prime Minister General Lon Nol and Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak in the early hours of March 18, 1970.

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.

In 1972, a constitution was adopted, a parliament elected, and Lon Nol became president.

They have clan names known as krams ..." It was recorded that these kram names included " Tantre ," " Shaikh ,", " Bhat ", " Mantu ," " Ganai ," " Dar ," " Damar ," " Lon " etc.

The first of these, occurring when he was three years old, was his mother's taking him to see Lon Chaney's performance in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

The eerie musical piece during the tense scene in the film where Ben finds the rifle in the closet inside the farmhouse as the radio reports of mayhem play in the background can be heard in longer and more complete form during the opening credits and the beginning of The Devil's Messenger ( 1961 ) starring Lon Chaney Jr. Another piece, accompanying Barbra's flight from the cemetery zombie, was taken from the score for The Hideous Sun Demon ( 1959 ).

The film was a resounding success, so much so that it was later remade in 1930 as Lon Chaney's first ( and only ) talkie.

Film historian Robert Osborne notes that his makeup skills were so creative, that for most of his roles, " he transformed his appearance so completely, he was dubbed ' the New Lon Chaney.

For example, he fired Alice Lon, at the time the show's " Champagne Lady ," because he believed she was showing too much leg.

Lon Chaney, Sr. was originally chosen for the role of Butch, a violent career criminal who rules the prison cellblock.

Lon Chaney, who was not working that day and who had previously played the Monster in Ghost of Frankenstein, took over the role of the Monster for that scene as well as the scene where the monster is throwing barrels and crates at Wilbur and Chick while they are trying to escape in a rowboat at the pier.

The jewel encrusted royal crown was lost after the coup by Lon Nol in 1970.

Marshal Lon Nol (; November 13, 1913 – November 17, 1985 ) was a Cambodian politician and general who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia twice, as well as serving repeatedly as Defense Minister.

His father Lon Hin, was the son of a Khmer Krom from Tay Ninh Province who later served as a district chief in Siem Reap and Kampong Thom, after making a name for himself ' pacifying ' bandit groups in Prey Veng.

However, events rapidly developed far beyond the original plan, and with the encouragement of Sirik Matak – who wished to see Sihanouk deposed as Head of State – Lon Nol was ultimately to engineer Sihanouk's removal.

Lon Nol was increasingly dependent on the advice of soothsayers and Buddhist mystics: at one point during a Khmer Rouge assault on Phnom Penh, he sprinkled a circular line of consecrated sand in order to defend the city.

The first priority of the Khmer Rouge after conquering Cambodia and overthrowing the Khmer Republic was to execute all its leaders and high officials without delay, a fate that Lon Nol escaped.

In 1882, American Lon Myers set what was then a world record at 600 yards, running it in 1: 11. 4.

In 1882, American Lon Myers set what was then a world record at 600 yards, running it in 1: 11. 4.

In 1881, Lon Myers set what was then a world record at 1000 yards, running it in 2: 13. 0.