FIGHTING BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEAN AND PEOPLE'S ARMY OF VIETNAM TROOPS IN PREAH VIHEAR PROVINCE; USE OF POISON GAS IN PREAH VIHEAR PROVINCE; MOVEMENT OF FRESH PAVN TROOPS INTO STUNG TRENG PROVINCE

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• Case Number: F-2012-01432
• Publication Date: June 24, 1983

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24 JUN 83
KAMPUCHEA
FIGHTING BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC_KAMPUCHEAN AND PEOPLE'S
ARMY OF VIETNAM TROES_IN.EREAH VIHEAR PROVINCE; USE
OF POI-SON GAS IN,PREAH VIHEAR_pRDVINCE;:MOVEMENT'
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TEXT: 1. 'ON 14 MAY 1983, ONE DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEAN (DK) COMPANY
ATTACHED TO THE 612TH DK DIVISION ATTACKED A PEOPLE'S ARMY OF
VIETNAM (PAVN) LOCATION IN THE AREA OF DONKEO (UNLOCATED) VILLAGE.
THE FIREFIGHT, INCLUDING USE OF HEAVY WEAPONS BY THE_Dr, LASTED
APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES RESULTING IN THE DK TRoops CAPTURING
THE POSITION HELD BY THE PAVN TROOPS. PAVN CASUALTIES WERE 15
DEAD, INCLUDING THE REGIMENTAL COMMANDE COMM NDER,
2715020 WOUNDED.V=SiTATTM` APE NOT KNO . THE DK TROOPS ..
CAPTURED WEAPONS AND AMMUNT771ct INCLUDING: ONE PISTOL, FOUR
AK-47 RIFLES, JIM M-16 RIFLES, ONE RPG-7 WITH SIX ROUNDS, FIVE
RPG-2 ROUNDS, 300 ROUNDS OF AK-47 AMMUNITION, 12 82MM RECOILESS
RIFLE ROUNDS AND TEN 60MM MORTOR ROUNDS. THE DK DESTROYED TWO
RPG-2 GRENADE LAUNCHERS, TEN AK-47 RIFLES, EIGHT M-16 RIFLES,
FIVE SKS RIFLES AND ONE 60MM MORTAR. APPROXIMATELY 200 PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF KAMPUCHEA TROOPS WHO WERE IN THE AREA OF THE
FIREFIGHT FLED WHEN THE FIGHTING BEGAN.
2. ON 18 MAY 1983, A COMPANY ATTACHED TO THE DK 980TH
DIVISION ATTACKED A PAVN LOCATION IN THE AREA OF PA-AV (VA 1981)
VILLAGE, CHOAM KHSANT DISTRICT, PREAH VIHEAR PROVINCE, KAMPUCHEA.
THE COMPANY WAS SUPPORTED BY HEAVY WEAPONS FIRE INCLUDING 120MM
MORTARS, 82MM MORTARS, 60MM MORTARS, AND 75MM RECOILESS RIFLES.
THE DK COMPANY WAS UNABLE TO CAPTURE THE PAVN POSITION DUE TO
HEAVY RETURN FIRE FROM THE PAVN FORCES. ON 20 MAY 1983, ANOTHER DK
COMPANY WAS SENT TO REINFORCE THE INITIAL COMPANY IN ATTEMPTING
TO TAKE THE PAVN POSITION. A 107MM ROCKET LAUNCHER WAS ADDED TO
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THE HEAVY WEAPONS SUPPORT. ON 23 MAY 1983, THE PAVN FORCES
WITHDREW FROM THEIR POSITIONS WHICH WERE THEN OCCUPIED BY DK
FORCES. THE DK HAS SOUGHT TO CAPTURE THE PAVN POSITION BECAUSE
IT WAS USED BY THE PAVN TO INTERDICT DK SUPPLY LINES INTO SIEM
REAP AND KAMPONG THOM PROVINCES. DK UNITS ARE TO STEP UP SUCH
OPERATIONS DURING THE UPCOMING RAINY SEASON, INCLUDING ATTACKS
ON PAVN LOCATIONS DEEP IN THE PROVINCES AS WELL AS ATTACKING
SMALL PAVN UNITS ALONG THE THAI/KAMPUCHEA BORDER USING LARGE FORCE
UNITS.
3. ON 18 MAY 1983, AN IDENTIFIED PAVN REGIMENT, APPROXIMATELY 600
MEN, MOVED FROM THE AREA OF MOUNLAPAMOK DISTRICT (WA 9585), CHAMPASSAK
PROVINCE, LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (LPDR), INTO KAMPONG SRALAU
(UNLOCATED) DISTRICT, PREAH VIHEAR PROVINCE, KAMPUCHEA. THE REGI-
MENT'S MISSION WAS TO RECAPTURE THE AREA OF ROVIENG (WV 1283) DIS-
TRICT, PREAH VIHEAR PROVINCE WHICH WAS HELD BY THE DK 801ST DIVISION.
AS OF MAY 1983, THE 801ST DK DIVISION HAD CAPTURED APPROXIMATELY 10
VILLAGES IN ROVIENG DISTRICT. THEY INCLUDED: SAMAKKI' (UNLOCATED)
VILLAGE, KOH POUN (UNLOCATED) VILLAGE, PREAL (UNLOCATED) VILLAGE,
SAMRONG (UNLOCATED) VILLAGE, KHNAR (UNLOCATED) VILLAGE, RUMDOH (UN-
LOCATED) VILLAGE, SRALAU (UNLOCATED) VILLAGE, PON KRAM (UNLOCATED)
VILLAGE, SLONGCHUEY (UNLOCATED) VILLAGE AND 0-LOT (UNLOCATED)
VILLAGE.
4. ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, IN MID�MAY 1983, ON.25 MAY 1983 AT
APPROXIMATELY 2148 HOURS (LOCAL TIME), AND ON 26 MAY 1983 AT APPROXI-
MATELY 2330 HOURS (LOCAL TIME), AIRCRAFT, REPORTEDLY BASED IN THE
LPDR, DROPPED POISON IN THE AREA OF HOUAY P,OHET CHUM (WA 1768), CHEB
DISTRICT, PREAH VIHEAR PROVINCE, KAMPUCHEA. THE AIRCRAFT D THE
POISON, WHICH APPEARED TO BE IN FORM OF YELLOW DROPLETS, OVER AN AREA
OF APPROXIMATELY THREE KILOMETERS AND THOrRETURNED TO THE LPDR. THE
AIRCRAFT WERE OBSERVED BY A DK UNIT OF EIGHT MEN WHO WERE OPERATING
IN THE AREA. THREE OF THE DK LATER SUFFERED HEADACHES AND VOMITED -
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5. ON 13 MAY 1983, 19 PAVN TRUCKS WERE SEEN MOVING ALONG
ROUTE 19 FROM THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM INTO STUNG TRENG
(VX 0695) PROVINCE, KAMPUCHEA. THE TRUCKS HELD APPROXIMATELY 300
FRESH PAVN TROOPS.
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