MILITARY CAMP UNDER CONSTRUCTION THBENG MEANCHEY, CAMBODIA

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• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 11, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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MILITARY CAMP UNDER CONSTRUCTION
THBENG MEANCHEY, CAMBODIA
1348N Lo45gE
1. SIGNIFICANCE
THIS BRIEFING BOARD REVEALS A NEW MILITARY CAMP UNDER CONSTRUCTION
ADJACENT Tb THBENG MEANCHEY AIRFIELD IN CAA.
2 LOCATION
THE MILITARY CAMP UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THBENG MEANCHEY AIRFIELD
ARE LOCATED IN KOMPONG THOM PROVINCE, APPROXIMATELY THIRTY-FOUR NM
SOUTH OF THE CAMBODIA~THAILAND BORDER.
3 MISSION READOUT
REVEALS INITIAL CONSTRUCTION2~~HIS
MILITARY CAMP AND ITS ASSOCIATED ROAD NETWORK. APPROXIMATELY FIFTY
BUILDINGS ARE OBSERVID THROUGHOUT THE AREA,
REVEALS CONTINUIN~SC~O~VSTRUCTION
ACTIVITY AT THE MILITARY CAMP JUST NORTH OF THBENG MEANCHEY AIRFIELD.
A HOUSING~MAINTENANCE AREA CONTAINS FIVE PROBABLE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
EQUIPMENT SHEDS, APPROXIMATELY SIXTY QUARTERS BUILDINGS, THIRTY-FIVE
SUPPORT~STORAGE BUILDINGS, AND FORTY SMALLER SHED-TYPE BUILDINGS.
TWENTY-TWO TRUCKS ARE OBSERVED WITHIN THE AREA, THREE OCCUPIED AW~AA
POSITIONS ARE ALSO NOTED.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must 6e considered valid only for the re~
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
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AN UNIDENTIFIED AREA OF CONSTRUCTION, APPROXIMATELY TWO THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED FEET BY TWO HUNDRED FEET AND CONSISTING OF BRUSH CLEARING
AND SURFACE GRADING, IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE MILITARY CAMP
UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ONE LARGE T-SHAPED BUILDING, A Y-SHAPED BUILDING,
AND A LARGE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE ALSO NOTED.
A POSSIBLE MILITARY CAMP IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE MILITARY
CAMP WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE CAMP CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY
SEVEN PROBABLE BARRACKS BUILDINGS ARRANGED IN A RECTANGULAR PATTERN.
NUMEROUS OTHER BUILDINGS ARE NOTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
FRESH VEHICLE TRACKS ARE OBSERVID EXTENDING NORTH ACROSS THE TUNG
SEN (STREAM) FOR APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-NINE NM TO CHEOM KSAN (1414N
10457E) (NOT ON GRAPHIC). A ROAD CLEARING OPERATION IS OBSERVED
EXTENDING WEST FROM THE CAMP SITE FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT NM. ADDITIONAL
TRACK ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED EXTENDING EIGHTEEN NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST TOWARD
STUNG TRENG (1331N 1o558E)
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