in 1952 son ngoc minh, prom samith (a monk who had joined uif and become the editor of the publication "issarak"), chan dara and five monks conducted a tour in the khmer krom areas. during the tour, they emphasized the role of buddhism in the national liberation struggle. in the same year son ngoc minh convinced the abbotts of three monasteries in kampot, that they hold counsel deserters from the uif to return to the uif ranks.