THE NEW CAMBODIAN ESTIMATE-- A STATUS REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01082A000400090001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 4, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 11, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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The most sensitive matter, of course, I* VS aid.
ut US aid, the GlUk obviously goes under, and last. Th
rxost aruci issue becomes what is the relationship between an
unfavorable UN vote and future US r'uadieeg of the Cambodian vent: re
7. The Ni will likely corn* down hard on the cruciautity of
US aid.. R remains to be seen if the c+tertar:^unity will make clear the
fundamental dilemma of the Cambodian problem, i.e., there is little
or no likelihood of the long-terra e~f,rvivabil ty of the Lora ?4oi govern-
most. V it ut making this crystal clear, the intelligence community
wW not have adequately served the ioreal deelsion makers La their
grappling with this hard issue:
Given the unlikelihood of the Ion ;-terra. continuance
ea Nola Gam,, how long. and at what level of support,
could we continue to fund this endeavor?
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