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RFUGEE ACTIVITY BAN NONG CHAN REFUGEE CAMP, KAMPUCHEA

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
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
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
January 14, 1983
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200520004-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200520004-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200520004-3 Jrz, ',nc i (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page -L of I Attachment to Z-10079/83 y Cop NPIC/PEG (1/83) 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 These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200520004-3
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