DAMAGED REFUGEE CAMP BAN NONG CHAN REFUGEE CAMP, KAMPUCHEA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 1, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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DAMAGED REFUGEE CAMP
BAN NONG CHAN REFUGEE CAMP. KAMPUCHEA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THIS REFUGEE CAMP HAS BEEN SEVERELY
DAMAGED
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A LARGE NUMBER OF STRUCTURES AT THIS CAMP HAVE
APPARENTLY BEEN DESTROYED BY FIRE WHILE OTHERS APPEAR TO HAVE
BEEN REMOVED. APPROXIMATELY 10 MAJOR STRUCTURES AND SEVERAL
HUNDRED DWELLINGS/SHACKS HAVE APPARENTLY BEEN DESTROYED BY FIRE
IN AN AREA NORTH AND WEST OF THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX. THE
HOSPITAL COMPLEX, AT LEAST FIVE OTHER MAJOR STRUCTURES, AND
HUNDREDS OF DWELLINGS/SHACKS SOUTHWEST OF THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX
APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED. THE TWENTY LARGE TENTS/STRUCTURES
BEING USED FOR PERSONNEL PROCESSING RE STILL 25X1
PRESENT.
(SWN) ASIDE FROM THE BURNED AREA NORTH AND WEST OF THE HOSPITAL
COMPLEX NO OTHER EVIDENCE OF HOSTILE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. NO
TRACKED VEHICLE ACTIVITY, BOMB OR SHELL CRATERS, OR OTHER
INDICATORS OF MILITARY ACTIVITY ARE DISCERNIBLE, ALTHOUGH
RECENT REPORTING INDICATES THAT VIETNAMESE FORCES BACKED BY
ARMOR AND ARTILLERY ATTACKED AND OCCUPIED THIS CAMP ON
THE DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION WITHIN THE CAMP APPEARS 25X1
TO HAVE BEE RESTRICTED TO THE CIVILIAN PORTIONS. NO DAMAGE IS
DISCERNIBLE TO THE DEFENSIVE POSITIONS SURROUNDING THE CAMP
WHICH REPORTEDLY ARE MANNED BY THE KHMER PEOPLE'S NATIONAL
LIBERATION FRONT. ONLY ONE POSSIBLE VEHICLE IS OBSERVED WITHIN
THE CAMP. THE THAI DEFENSIVE POSITIONS NORTH OF THE CAMP ARE
STILL OCCUPIED AND NO DAMAGE TO THEM IS DISCERNIBLE.
(SWN) AT LEAST 15 TRUCKS ARE ON THE THAILAND SIDE OF THE
ANTITANK DITCH JUST NORTH OF THE REFUGEE CAMP AND NUMEROUS
TEMPORARY DWELLINGS AND PERSONNEL ARE IN THE VICINITY OF THE
ANTITANK DITCH ON THE KAMPUCHEAN SIDE. THESE DWELLINGS AND
PERSONNEL WERE NOT PRESENT
(SWN) BAN NONG CHAN REFUGEE CAMP IS 9 NM NORTH OF POIPET,
KAMPUCHEA, AND 12 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ARANYAPRATHET, THAILAND.
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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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and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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