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[[André Lefèvre (Scouting)|André Lefèvre]], chief of the [[Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France|Eclaireurs de France]], set up a training camp for 60 Scoutmasters from all over French Indochina. At the end of 1937, French Scouting sent Scoutmaster [[Raymond Schlemmer]] to the Cambodian, [[Laos|Laotian]], and Vietnamese areas of Indochina to oversee the setting up of the [[Fédération Indochinoise des Associations du Scoutisme]] (FIAS, Indochinese Federation of Scouting Associations) in all three regions. | [[André Lefèvre (Scouting)|André Lefèvre]], chief of the [[Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France|Eclaireurs de France]], set up a training camp for 60 Scoutmasters from all over French Indochina. At the end of 1937, French Scouting sent Scoutmaster [[Raymond Schlemmer]] to the Cambodian, [[Laos|Laotian]], and Vietnamese areas of Indochina to oversee the setting up of the [[Fédération Indochinoise des Associations du Scoutisme]] (FIAS, Indochinese Federation of Scouting Associations) in all three regions. | ||
From 1939 through 1945, the political situation affected Scouting activities all across the country, as World War II engendered a movement for an independent Cambodia. The French began to lose control and were finally overthrown by | From 1939 through 1945, the political situation affected Scouting activities all across the country, as World War II engendered a movement for an independent Cambodia. The French began to lose control and were finally overthrown by Japanese intervention. This ceased the French Scouts' activity in Cambodia, as well as all Scouting activities. | ||
In 1956, the Cambodian Scouting movement was transformed into the ''Scouts of the Queen''. That year, there were 500 active Scouts and [[Girl Guides|Guides]] in Phnom Penh, and some 700 Scouts in the provinces of the Kingdom of Cambodia. | In 1956, the Cambodian Scouting movement was transformed into the ''Scouts of the Queen''. That year, there were 500 active Scouts and [[Girl Guides|Guides]] in Phnom Penh, and some 700 Scouts in the provinces of the Kingdom of Cambodia. | ||