LP OR MILITARY REGION 1 UPDATE FOR DECEMBER 1983: DELIVERY OF SOVIET-MADE CHECMICAL WEAPONS TO LUANG NAM THA; CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GEOLOGISTS EXPLORING NEAR BAN HOUEI SAI; OFFICIAL SWEARING-IN CEREMONY FOR MUANG TOM PHUNG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; ATTACK BY A JOI

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• Case Number: F-2012-01432
• Publication Date: April 20, 1984

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WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.
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01ST: 20 APRIL 1984
COUNTRY: LAOS/USSR/BURMA/VIETNAM
SUBJ: LP DR MILITARY REGION 1 UPDATE FOR DECEMBER 1983:
DELIVERY OF SOVIET-MADE CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO LUANG NAM
THA; CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GEOLOGISTS EXPLORING NEAR BAN HOUEI
SAI; OFFICIAL SWEARING-IN CEREMONY FOR MUANG TOM PHUNG
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; ATTACK BY A JOINT PAVN-LPA UNIT ON
LRF FORCES RETURNING FROM CHINA; MILITARY TRAINING FOR
500 LAO CONSCRIPTS; COMPLETION OF A 30 BED HOSPITAL;
LRF, LPA AND PAVN MILITARY LOCATIONS; SALE OF 352
KILOGRAMS OF OPIUM AT MUANG MOM. LPA, PAVN AND LRF
MIIITARY ACTIVITIES.
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SUMMARY: THIRTY BOXES OF SOVIET-MADE CHEMICAL WEAPONS WERE SENT TOW(3)
LUANG NAM THA FROM VIENTIANE AND WILL BE DEPLOYED ALONG THE
LAO/CHINESE BORDER. DURING DECEMBER, 15 CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GEOLOGISTS
EXPLORED MINERAL SITES NEAR BAN HOUEI SAL ON 1 DECEMBER THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF MUANG TON PHUNG WAS SWORN IN BY THE GOVERNOOR
OF BOKEO PROVINCE. A LARGE NUMBER OF CONSCRIPTS'WERE SENT TO
MILITARY TRAINING FACILITIES IN LUANG PRABANG AND OUDOMASAY
PROVINCES. THE LAO PEOPLE'S ARMY BUILT A 30 BED HOSPITAL IN
OUDOMASAI PROVINCE. A COMPANY OF LAO SOLDIERS ASSIGNED TO THE
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410TH BATTALION FIRED THREE B-40 ROLKti HUUDS AT THE REFUGEE
AREA NEAR BAN NAM LU AND THE LOCAL RESISTANCE FORCES FIRED
SEVERAL M-79 ROUNDS AT THE SUSPECTED LOCATIONS OF THE LAO SOLDIERS.
NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. IN EARLY DECEMBER THE SENIOR MUANG TON
PHUNG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ATTENDED A SEMINAR CONDUCTED BY BOKEO
PROVINCE OFFICIALS IN HOUEI SAT. APPROXIMATELY 352 KILOGRAMS OF
OPIUM WERE SOLD AT THE LAO GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED TRADING POST AT
MUANG MOM ON 15 DECEMBER. SEVERAL LAO PEOPLE'S ARMY UNITS WERE
RESHUFFLED THROUGHOUT NORTHERN LAOS AND THERE WERE SEVERAL
CLASHES FIFTWEFN RESISTANCE FORCES AND GOVERNMENT UNITS.
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2. ON 7 DECEMER 1984 30 SOVIET ADVISORS AND APPROXIMATELY (b)(3)
100 PEOPLE'S ARMY OF VIETNAM (PAVN) SECURITY PERSONNEL ARRIVED IN
LUANG NAM THA (OD 5019) FROM HANOI VIA TWO SOVIET-MADE MILITARY
TRANSPORT PLANES. THE SOVIET AND VIETNAMESE WERE MET BY LAO
PEOPLE'S ARMY (LPA) SECURITY FORCES AT THE AIRPORT AND ESCORTED TO
A SECURE AREA AT THE END OF THE LUANG NAM THA AIRPORT. THE SENIOR
SOVIET ADVISOR TOLD THE LPA SECURITY FORCES THAT ANOTHER TRANSPORT
PLANE WOULD ARRIVE ON 8 DECEMBER CARRYING 30 BOXES OF CHEMICAL
WEAPONS AND SEVERAL LAUNCHERS, THOUGH HE DID NOT SPECIFY THE
TYPE OF LAUNCHER. AT 0930 ON 8 DECEMBER ANOTHER MILITARY TRANSPORT
PLANE ARRIVED FROM HANOI AND THERE WERE A LARGE NUMBER OF LPA
ARMY UNITS POSITIONED AROUND THE AIRPORT VIRTUALLY SEALING IT OFF.
AT 1030 LPA SOLDIERS BEGAN UNLOADING THE AIRCRAFT AND 30 BOXES OF
AN UNKNOWN TYPE OF SHELL WERE UNLOADED AND IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORTED
TO PHOU SAM YOT (COORD UNK), BAN PHIA DAENG (COORD UNK) AND BAN NA
TOEI HUA NAM THUNG (OD 5279). THE SENIOR SOVIET ADVISOR ALSO
SAID THAT THESE WEAPONS WOULD BE DEPLOYED ALONG THE LAO/CHINESE
BORDER, BUT OTIM___NnT:PECIFY WHERE NOR WHO WOULD HAVE CONTROL OVER
THEIR USE. COMMENT: SINCE SEPTEMBER 1983 THE LPA AND PAVN(b)(1)
HAVE BEEN INCRE ASi N THE SIZE OF THEIR INFANTRY, ARTILLERY, (b)(3)
MISSILE AND RADAR FORCES ALONG THE LAO/CHINESE BORDER TO PROTECT �
THE BORDER AREA AGAINST ANY POSSIBLE CHINESE MILITARY INCURSIONS.
THEY ALSO GUARD AGAINST LRF UNITS RETURNING FROM MILITARY TRAINING
AT CHINESE MILITARY TRAINING FACILITIES IN YUNNAN PROVINCE.)
3. THROUGHOUT DECEMBER 15 CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GEOLOGISTS EXPLORED
MINERAL SITES NEAR BAN HOUEI SAT (PC 4842) AND HIRED APPROXIMATELY
30 LAO VILLAGERS TO HELP IN THE EXCAVATTrNS THE r7ECH GEOLOGISTS
PAID THE LAO LABORERS 80 KIP PER DAY. I COMMENT: 35 KIP(b)(1)
EQUALS U.S.S1) MOST OF THE GEMS WHICH WERE (b)(3)
FOUND WERE SHIPPED TO EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FOR RESALE TO GEM
DEALERS MAINLY IN THE WEST. THE CZECH GEOLOGISTS STAYED AT THE
DUANG PANYA HOTEL IN BAN HOUEI SAI AND RETURNED TO LUANG PRABANG
ON THE WEEKEND VIA HELICOPTER.
4. ON 1 DECEMBER THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF MUANG TON PUENG
DISTRICT WAS OFFICIALLY SWORN IN BY THE GOVERNOR OF BOKEO
PROVINCE, NAI ((BUA (