VIETNAMESE MILITARY OPERATIONS KAMPUCHEA-THAILAND BORDER

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 2, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: EVIDENCE ~HEVIETNAMESE
KAMPUCHEA THAILAND BORDEROPERATIONS
IS SEEN NEAR BAN NONG CHAN ON
(GRAPHIC 1). CAMP (G 2. (SWN) REMARKS: AT THE BAN O AND CHAN SMALLERRDWELLINGS
AT LEAST 18 MAJOR STRUCTURES
THEFDETHE CAMP SINCE
HAVE BEEN BURNED IN THE SOUTHERN
TWO OFAREA
FENSIVE POSITIONS
YEST ESTERDADAY. TH THE BUILDINGS
REPORTEDLY MANNED BY THETKHMER PEOPLE'S GNATION)L LIBERATION
FRONT HAVE ALSO BEEN DESTROYED
(SWN) VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE ONORTHERN
FAAND R WESTERNLANDESOUOTHERNE
CAMP HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. E
AREAS OF THE CAMP APPEAR TO BE FREE OF DAMAGE. TAE AREARTODTHE
-SOUTHWEST OF THE FORMER HOSPITAL COMPLEX, WHICH
HAVE BEEN REMOVED ON ECRATERS ARE DISCERNIBLE II
FIRE. ALTHOUGH NO SHELL
FOTHE RCES.WITHE CAMP WAS
CAMP, RECENT REPORTS HAVE VIETNAMESE THAT
ATTACKED
ARTILLERY AND THAT THESE FORCES ARE STILL PRESENT.
(SWN) TWO VIETNAMESE MILITARY DEPLYMENTSANARANTIAIRCRAFTE NEAR THE
A FIELD ARTILLERY (FA) BATTERY
ARTILLERY BTRY ARE DEPLOYED AT 13-42-15N _
44-OOE,P3.5 ECESNMAND
SOUTHEAST OF THE CAMP (GRAPHIC 3). LEAST TWO FA
THREE AA GUNS ARE PRESENT. THE SECOND DEPLOYMENT (NOT ON
GRAPHIC) CONSISTS F THE OCAAA GUNS AT 13-45-15N 102-42-50E,
1.5 NM SOUTHEAST OF . A THIRD VIETNAMESE DEPLOYMENT
MP
(NOT ON GRAPHIC) IS JUST NORTH OF PHUM SOENG AT
13-42-20N 102-51-40E. AN AA ARTILLERY BTRY AND A PROBABLE FA
BTRY ARE PRESENT.
(SWN) THE LARGE NUMBER PSIDENOFLTHEDANTITANKRDIDCHLJUSTS
THAT WERE ON THE KAMPUCHEAN T
PRESENT; A
NORTH OF THE REFUGEE CAMP YESTERDAY
NEW TEMPORARY REFUGEE CAMP (GRAPHIC THE KAMPUCHEAN SIDE OF THE DITCH AT 13-45-10N 102-41-30E SINCE
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ESTERDAY. AT LEAST 400 TEMPORARY DWELLINGS, NUMEROUSZE OF
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PERSONNEL, AND AT LEAST 20 TRUCKS
ANOTHER TEMPORARY REFUGEE CAMP ALONGDTHENANTITANKRDITCH THE
NORTHERN 102-39-40E HAS BEEN REDUCE S.
N EDGE OF OF THE Cp,MP,HAS BEEN RBETD AND A CLEARED SPACE
D, A THE CLEA AND THE
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APPROXIMATELY 40 METERS WIDE IS NOW
ANTITANK DITCH.
THE THAI DEFENSIVE POSITIONS ALONAGDTHE DBORDER AMAGE NORTH OF
NO IS
OCCUPIED,
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HE CAMP STILL
DISCERNIBLE (NOT
(SWN ) BAN NONG CHAN REFUGEE CAMP ISO9 NM NORTH OF POIPET, THAILAND.
KAMPUCHEA AND 12 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST
N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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VIETNAMESE MILITARY OPERATIONS
KAMP ITCHEA-TRATLANEI ER
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: EVIDENCE OF VIETNAMESE MILITARY OPERATIONS
IS SEEN NEAR BAN NONG CHAN ON THE KAMPUCHEA-THAILAND BORDER
(GRAPHIC 1).
2. (SWN) REMARKS: AT THE BAN NONG CHAN REFUGEE CAMP (GRAPHIC 2),
AT LEAST TFTMAjOR STRUCTURES AND HUNDREDS OF SMALLER DWELLINGS
HAVE BEEN BURNED IN THE SOUTHERN AREA OF THE CAMP SINCE
YESTERDAY. THE BUILDINGS IN TWO OF THE DEFENSIVE POSITIONS
REPORTEDLY MANNED BY THE KHMER PEOPLE'S NATIONAL LIBERATION
FRONT HAVE ALSO BEEN DESTROYED (NOT ON GRAPHIC).
(SWN) VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AREAS OF THE
CAMP HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. ONLY THE FAR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
AREAS OF THE CAMP APPEAR TO BE FREE OF DAMAGE. THE AREA TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF THE FORMER HOSPITAL COMPLEX, WHICH WAS REPORTED TO
HAVE BEEN REMOVED ON 1 FEBRUARY, WAS IN FACT DESTROYED BY
FIRE. ALTHOUGH NO SHELL CRATERS ARE DISCERNIBLE WITHIN THE
CAMP, RECENT REPORTS HAVE STATED THAT THE REFUGEE CAMP WAS
ATTACKED Y VIETNAMESE FORCES WITH ARMOR AND
ARTILLERY AND THAT THESE FORCES ARE STILL PRESENT.
(SWN) TWO VIETNAMESE MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS ARE NEAR THE CAMP.
A FIELD ARTILLERY (FA) BATTERY (BTRY) AND AN ANTIAIRCRAFT (AA)
ARTILLERY BTRY ARE DEPLOYED AT 13-42-15N 102-44-OOE, 3.5 NM
SOUTHEAST OF THE CAMP (GRAPHIC 3). AT LEAST TWO FA PIECES AND
THREE AA GUNS ARE PRESENT. THE SECOND DEPLOYMENT (NOT ON
GRAPHIC) CONSISTS OF TWO AA GUNS AT 13-45-15N 102-42-50E,
1.5 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE CAMP. A THIRD VIETNAMESE DEPLOYMENT
(NOT ON GRAPHIC) IS JUST NORTH OF PHUM SOENG AT
13-42-20N 102-51-40E. AN AA ARTILLERY BTRY AND A PROBABLE FA
BTRY ARE PRESENT.
(SWN) THE LARGE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL AND TEMPORARY DWELLINGS
THAT WERE ON THE KAMPUCHEAN SIDE OF THE ANTITANK DITCH JUST
NORTH OF THE REFUGEE CAMP YESTERDAY ARE NOT PRESENT; HOWEVER, A
NEW TEMPORARY REFUGEE CAMP (GRAPHIC 4) HAS BEEN ERECTED ALONG
THE KAMPUCHEAN SIDE OF THE DITCH AT 13-45-10N 102-41-30E SINCE
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YESTERDAY. AT LEAST 400 TEMPORARY DWELLINGS, NUMEROUS
PERSONNEL, AND AT LEAST 20 TRUCKS ARE PRESENT. THE SIZE OF
ANOTHER TEMPORARY REFUGEE CAMP ALONG THE ANTITANK DITCH AT
13-44-20N 102-39-40E HAS BEEN REDUCED SINCE YESTERDAY. THE
NORTHERN EDGE OF THE CAMP HAS BEEN RAZED, AND A CLEARED SPACE
APPROXIMATELY 40 METERS WIDE IS NOW BETWEEN THE CAMP AND THE
ANTITANK DITCH.
(SWN) THE THAI DEFENSIVE POSITIONS ALONG THE BORDER NORTH OF
THE CAMP STILL APPPEAR TO BE OCCUPIED, AND NO DAMAGE IS
DISCERNIBLE (NOT ON GRAPHIC).
(SWN) BAN NONG CHAN REFUGEE CAMP IS 9 NM NORTH OF POIPET,
KAMPUCHEA AND 12 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ARANYAPRATHET, THAILAND.
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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