He stares at the ground. He...knows what faces him. I want to get away but I feel I must say something to him, and Pran understands. I take Long Boret's hands and tell him what a brave thing he has done for his country and that I admire him for it. Pran takes his hands too...Long Boret tries to respond but cannot. Finally he mumbles 'Thank you.' And we must leave him. Soon after, Koy Thuon, a Khmer Rouge deputy front commander, organized the "Committee for Wiping Out Enemies" at the Hotel Monorom (). Its first action was ordering the immediate execution of Lon Nol and other leading government figures. Long Boret was executed on the grounds of the Cercle Sportif in Phnom Penh. Khmer Rouge Radio subsequently reported that he had been beheaded but other reports indicate that he and Sisowath Sirik Matak were executed by firing squad. Key dates 9 Dec. 1973 – Long Boret becomes Prime Minister of the Khmer Republic: 9 Dec. 1973—17 April 1975 1 April 1974 – The High Political Council that dissolved a day earlier was replaced by a four-man executive council: Lon Nol, Sirik Matak, Long Boret and General Sosthene Fernandez. 17 June 1974 – Long Boret forms a new 16-member Cabinet. 11 March 1975 – President Lon Nol orders Prime Minister Long Boret to form a new cabinet and eliminates the post of commander-in-chief of the armed forces. 8 April 1975 – PM Long Boret holds unsuccessful peace talks with Khmer Rouge representatives in Bangkok. 17 April 1975 – Long Boret surrenders to the Khmer Rouge in front of the French Embassy and is executed the same day. References External links LA CONSTRUCTION DU CAMBODGE EN DEBAT (1954-1959) Interview with John Gunther Dean on his experience as US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1974-75. BBC News, "US Pulls Out of Cambodia," April 12, 1975. 20th-century Cambodian politicians Khmer Republic Executed prime ministers People of the Vietnam War People from Kandal province 1975 deaths Executed Cambodian people People executed by the Khmer Rouge 1933 births Prime Ministers of Cambodia Foreign ministers of Cambodia Cambodian anti-communists Cambodian republicans