DEFENSIVE LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BAN NONG CHAN REFUGEE CAMP AREA, KAMPUCHEA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200610007-0
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 20, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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DEFENSIVE LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BAN NONG CHAN REFUGEE CAMP AREA, KAMPUCHEA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A DEFENSIVE LINE, PARALLELING THE
KAMPUCHEA-THAIL ND BORDER, IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY
1.5 NM EAST OF THE BAN NONG CHAN REFUGEE CAMP IN WESTERN
KAMPUCHEA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THE OVERALL LENGTH OF THE DEFENSIVE LINE CAN
NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO THE LIMITS OF COVERAGE; HOWEVER, AT
LEAST A 4 NM SEGMENT IS OBSERVED. THE DEFENSIVE LINE IS ON THE
WEST SIDE OF A PARALLEL ROAD AND CONSISTS OF AN APPROXIMATELY
25-FOOT WIDE ANTITANK DITCH WITH INFANTRY POSITIONS AND
REVETMENTS FOR ARMORED VEHICLES.
(U) OPEN SOURCES REPORT THAT VIETNAMESE FORCES ARE BUILDING A
STRATEGIC BARRIER, REFERRED TO AS THE VAT CAN DEFENSIVE LINE.
THE BARRIER IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AS A METHOD TO CONTROL
MOVEMENT OF ANTI-VIETNAMESE INSURGENTS ALONG THE BORDER AND AS
A LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST THE THAI ARMY.
(SWN) BAN NONG CHAN REFUGEE CAMP IS 9 NM NORTH OF POIPET,
KAMPUCHEA AND 12 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ARANYAPRATHET, THAILAND.
COORDINATES 13-45-40N 102-42-OOE
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