RFUGEE ACTIVITY BAN NONG CHAN REFUGEE CAMP, KAMPUCHEA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200520004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 14, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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REFUGEE ACTIVITY
BAN NONG CNAN RFFITaF.R CAMP _-KAMPUCHEA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: PROBABLY PROCESSING OF SEVERAL THOUSAND
REFUGEES IS IN PROGRESS.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THIS PROBABLE REFUGEE PROCESSING MAY BE IN
PREPARATION FOR EVACUATION OF REFUGEES DUE TO REPORTED ATTACKS
BY VIETNAMESE FORCES.
(SWN) SEVERAL THOUSAND REFUGEES ARE IN THE VICINITY OF TWENTY
LARGE TENTS AND ON ROADS WITHIN THE CAMP. AT LEAST NINE
VEHICLES ARE PARKED IN FRONT OF A HOSPITAL. SIMILIAR ACTIVITY,
ON A SMALLER SCALE, OCCURRED THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE OF AN EXODUS OF REFUGEES TOWARD THE THAI BORDER WHICH
IS WITHIN 1 NM OF THE CAMP. HOWEVER, FOUR CARGO TRUCKS HAVE
CROSSED THE BORDER INTO THAILAND.
(SWN) BAN NONG CHAN REFUGEE CAMP IS 9 NM NORTH OF POIPET,
KAMPUCHEA AND 12 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ARANYAPRATHET,
THAILAND. COLLATERAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE KHMER PEOPLE'S
NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (KPNLF), AN ANTI COMMUNIST RESISTANCE
GROUP IN CONTROL OF THE CAMP, HAS RECENTLY BEEN ATTACKED BY
VIETMANESE FORCES. NO DAMAGE IS OBSERVED.
COORDINATES 13-45-40N 102-42-OOE
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and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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