As the newly elected Choosing right-wing Government asserted Statement its control over Cambodia 's provinces , it penetrated Attack into the village level and was supported Supporting by the Prime Minister Lon Nol and the army , boring down heavily on many peasants and pushing the Left towards a defensive .

While Sihanouk was away in France , allowing Lon Nol to have considerable autonomy in effecting Influence his economic policies .

Often identified Check as the main driver of the rebellion , the rammassage du paddy was an efficient system imposed by Lon Nol in early 1967 whereby the government channels ( mainly the military ) took charge of buying and collecting the rice crops from the peasants .

Lon Nol was seriously concerned about the sale of large proportions of the rice crop to the National Liberation Front ( N.L.F ) for Southern Vietnam or on the Saigon black market where clandestine sales were apparently handled Hold by local Chinese middlemen who had found friends and worked in conjunction with cells of former Viet Minh sympathizers acting on behalf of the N.L.F .

In order to preempt an attempt by the Vietnamese to dominate them , the Khmer Rouge leadership began Process_start purging Removing Vietnamese-trained personnel within their own ranks as the Lon Nol regime capitulated Surrendering in 1975 .

As time went on most of the bombing Attack was carried out Attack to support Supporting the Cambodian government of Lon Nol in its struggle Confronting_problem against the communist Khmer Rouge .