Daily Archives: August 27, 2013

Cambodia breaks ties with South Vietnam 50 years ago today (1963)


Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 8' (Aug. 27, 1963, at 13:02)

(Tuesday, August 27, 1963; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Cambodia, broke off diplomatic relations with South Vietnam today in indignation over repeated border incidents and over Saigon’s repression of Buddhist leaders.