In 1946-1949, Thailand government allowed Khmer Communists and right-wing Khmers to buy the weapons accross Thailand. Thailand formed a movement against France in Cambodia, called Isarak Khmer front.
Additionally, Thailand seeked all tactics to weaken Prince Norodom Sihanuk because the prince was a barrier to stop their goals from achievement.
Thailand governemt was concerned with the achievement/success of national liberation movement of Indochina. Because it was worried about existence of Communist influenced in Thailand. Therefore, it had tendency to support France, and in 1950 Thailand made a formal announcement that "the border between Thailand and Indochina had completely agreed and mapped."
Meanwhile, some of the high ranking officials of Thailand governments tried to find tactics to modify and remove the polls from the borders so as to take a political advantages from Cambodia. (Cf. Extracted from defaced history of Cambodia Part III,p.378).
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