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| Koh Tral's history is as old as any Asian mainland. A most recent record shows in 1856 "... King Ang Duong (of Cambodia) apprise Mr. de Montigny, French envoy in visit to Bangkok, through the intermediary of Bishop Miche, his intention to yield Koh Tral to France (cf. “The Second Empire of IndoChina”)". Such a proposition aimed to create a military alliance with France to avoid the threat of Vietnam on Cambodia. The proposal didn't get an answer from the French. | |||
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| While the war between Annam, France and Spain was about to begin, Ang Duong sent another letter to Napoleon III to warn him on Cambodian claims on the lower Cochinchina region : the Cambodian king listed provinces and island, including Koh Tral, under Vietnamese occupation since sevral years or decades (in the case of Saigon, since 200 years, following this letter). Ang Duong asked the French emperor to not annex any part of theses territories because that, he wrote, instead of this more or less long Vietnamese occupation, they remain Cambodian lands. | |||
| On May 25, 1874, Koh Tral, was placed uder French protectorate and together with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to form what was called French Indochina. | |||
| After Cambodia obtained independence from France, there has been disputes over the sovereignty of the island, since no colonial decision on the latter remains. In 1939, the Indochine general-governor Jules Brévié drew a line to define the administrative responsibilities on the gulf islands : north to the line, islands will be administrate by the Cambodian protectorate, and south to the line, by the colony of Cochinchina. Brévié underline that such a statement only concerns police and administrative task, and that no sovereignty decision have been made. Most of Koh Tral was on the Cambodian side of the line. At least, Koh Tral island was put under Cochinchina administration. | |||
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Koh Tral's history is as old as any Asian mainland. A most recent record shows in 1856 "... King Ang Duong (of Cambodia) apprise Mr. de Montigny, French envoy in visit to Bangkok, through the intermediary of Bishop Miche, his intention to yield Koh Tral to France (cf. “The Second Empire of IndoChina”)". Such a proposition aimed to create a military alliance with France to avoid the threat of Vietnam on Cambodia. The proposal didn't get an answer from the French.
While the war between Annam, France and Spain was about to begin, Ang Duong sent another letter to Napoleon III to warn him on Cambodian claims on the lower Cochinchina region : the Cambodian king listed provinces and island, including Koh Tral, under Vietnamese occupation since sevral years or decades (in the case of Saigon, since 200 years, following this letter). Ang Duong asked the French emperor to not annex any part of theses territories because that, he wrote, instead of this more or less long Vietnamese occupation, they remain Cambodian lands.
On May 25, 1874, Koh Tral, was placed uder French protectorate and together with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to form what was called French Indochina.
After Cambodia obtained independence from France, there has been disputes over the sovereignty of the island, since no colonial decision on the latter remains. In 1939, the Indochine general-governor Jules Brévié drew a line to define the administrative responsibilities on the gulf islands : north to the line, islands will be administrate by the Cambodian protectorate, and south to the line, by the colony of Cochinchina. Brévié underline that such a statement only concerns police and administrative task, and that no sovereignty decision have been made. Most of Koh Tral was on the Cambodian side of the line. At least, Koh Tral island was put under Cochinchina administration.