CEASE - FIRE DEVELOPMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85T00875R000700010040-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: June 6, 1973
• Content Type: REPORT

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Cease-Fire Developments
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CONTENTS
6 June 1973
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SOUTH VIETNAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
South Vietnamese Forces Move
to Reopen Highway North of Saigon
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CAMBODIA, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Military Situation
The North Vi'tnamese Visit
Chinese Appoint Ambassador to
the PRG
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South V is t>amaoG F'orvco Mayo to Naopen iiahway
Northof Saigon
Gove)nmont troops with air support apparently
have begun an operation to reopen a 20-mile stretch
of Route 13 between Lai Khe and An Loa that is hold
by the Communists. The commander of Military Re-
gion 3, General Minh, told the US consul general at
Bien Hoa that thn Vietnamese Air Force had "propped
the area" yesterday and that his troops are already
in light contact with elements of a Communist di-
vision. Minh reitoraLed that he had received orders
from President Thiou to undertake this operation
and that he was "obliged to carry it out." Re-
portedly, the effort is to continue until 10 Juno
when, if the government units have not reopened
the roadway, they are to hold in place.
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CAMBODIA
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Tha Military Situation
Khmer Conununist military activity increased on
6 Juno in a rector some 10 to 15 miles southwest of
Phnom Penh. Communist shellings forced two small
government units to withdraw from their positions
along Route 26 south of the road's junction with
Route 4 at Thnal Totung. The Communists also
shelled several Cambodian positions near Route 26
just north of Thnal Totung. Similar harassing at-
tacks were carried out against four other positions
below Route 4 a few miles closer to the capital,
but at last report only one had been evacuated. A
government paratroop battalion is being sent from
Phnom Penh to help relieve the pressure in this
area. Although Route 4 apparently remains open to
military-escorted traffic, Khmer Communist forces
are still in a position to interdict the highway.
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INTERNATIONAL
?'he North Vietnamese Viuit
According to all accounts in the Chinese press,
the high-level North Vietnamese visit to Peking is
going well so far. NCNA has used relatively effusive
language in characterizing the atmosphere at both
ceremonial and substantive meetings. The Chinese
press, moreover, has gone to unusual lengths in des-
crib" ng the meeting--apparently quite warm--between
Mao and Le Duan and Pham Van Dong on 5 June. The
Chinese have scheduled a public rally in connection
with the visit.
By contrast, Hanoi has carried no editorial comment
on the visit although it has run pro forma articles in
praise of Sino-North Vietnamese relations. This sug-
gests that North Vietnam may view the results with less
enthusiasm.
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Except for a routine public health agreement almost
certainly arranged beforehand, there has been no public
word either of agreements or of differences.
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Chinese Appoint Ambassador to the PRG
Peking has announced the appointment of an ambassa-
dor to the PRG in South Vietnam. NCNA reported on 5
June that Wang Jo-chieh, accompanied by two middle-
level diplomats, presented his credentials to the PRG
leadership on 3 June. Wang is an experienced envoy;
he previously served as ambassador to Yemen (Sana) .
The Chinese account hinted that Peking has set up
an embassy within a Communist-con trolled area of South
Vietnam, perhaps in Quang Tri Province. According to
a PRG press account, several unidentified envoys at-
tended a rally held in Quang Tri on 4 June.
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Poking's timing may have boon influenced by the
fact that other countres, including the Soviet Union,
have appointed ambassadors to the PRG during the last
weak or so. Wang's appointment confors a higher dcs-
groo of legitimacy on the PRG as a genuine government
than Poking teas indicated in its propaganda. The
day after he presented his credentials, for instance,
an editorial in Poople'n Daily stopped short of term-
ing the PRG i,, South Vietnam's solo legitimate govern-
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