CAMBODIA--THE MILITARY SITUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100170074-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 20, 2004
• Sequence Number: 74
• Publication Date: October 31, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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T'ighting remains generally l:igl~~t a.nd scattered
throughout most of the country, except in the Kompang
Chhnang, Bassac, and Sway Rieng sectors. Most of the
act:ton -in the Kompong Chhnang area north of Phnom Penh
continues to focus on government efforts to reopen'stra-
tegic Route ` which remains under Khmer Communist inter-
diction. Southeast of the capital, Cambodian army units
attempting to clear the Bassac - Mekong River corridor
continue to encounter numerous inslxrgent ground attacks
and shellings. Although all friendly positions are holding,
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the operation is registering little forward progress. Mean-
while, government defenders at the provincial capital of
Svay Rieng continue to report sharp insurgent attacks
along the city's defensive perimeter.
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