KAMPUCHEA (PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KAMPUCHEA (PRK)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R000601560006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Sequence Number: 6
• Content Type: MISC

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Approved For Release 2007/06/05: CIA-RDP84B00049R000601560006-3
CONFIDENTIAL
1. COUNTRY: Kampuchea (People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) ).
2. POPULATION: About 5,746,000.
3. PORT FACILITIES: Kompong Som on Gulf of Thailand, Phnom Penh
on Mekong River.
4. TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Communist State.
5. A. NAME OF PRK PRESIDENT, AGE AND STATE OF HEALTH: Heng
Samrin, 47, apparently good health.
B. NAME OF PARTY LEADER: Pen Sovan.
6. NAME OF MILITARY LEADER: Pen Sovan, Minister of Defense.
7. OPPOSITION PARTIES: Democratic Kampuchea (DK) in armed
resistance, DK leader is Pol Pot. Other
smaller resistance, as Khmer People's
National Liberation Front (KPNLF) headed
by Son Sann.
8. WHEN IS NEXT ELECTION? Unknown, last election in April 1981.
9. CHANCES FOR VICTORY: Good for ruling party.
10. ECONOMY: Main Industries: Fishing, textiles, wood products.
Main Products Rice, rubber.
11 CONDITION OF ECONOMY: Poor.
12. CURRENCY: Riel (estimated legal rate U.S. $1.00 equals 5 riel).
13. NAME OF U.S. AMBASSADOR: None.
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