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The original Khmer Scout Association ''Angkar Khamarak Kayarith'' (AKK, in Khmer: អង្គការខេមរកាយារិទ្ធិ) was created in 1934, under the direction of Prince [[Sisowath Monireth]] and other leaders. This first era of Cambodian Scouting spread over several provinces and numbered more than 1,000 members. | The original Khmer Scout Association ''Angkar Khamarak Kayarith'' (AKK, in Khmer: អង្គការខេមរកាយារិទ្ធិ) was created in 1934, under the direction of Prince [[Sisowath Monireth]] and other leaders. This first era of Cambodian Scouting spread over several provinces and numbered more than 1,000 members. | ||
[[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 | [[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 [[Invasion of French Indochina|Japanese intervention]]. This ceased the French Scouts' activity in Cambodia, as well as all Scouting activities. | 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 [[Invasion of French Indochina|Japanese intervention]]. This ceased the French Scouts' activity in Cambodia, as well as all Scouting activities. | ||
