REVIEW OF CAMBODIAN MAPS OF FRONTIERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP08C01297R000100230019-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 23
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2012
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: May 15, 1964
• Content Type: MEMO

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'i'bis tread in effect sixpers~dad the 'l;~t~a Gos~vgmtiart ~? e~..~r~
Caa~adiu in the zzorth~rest sad weast b~? s~oa ~1y0~ square ki2a~eters, The
I90t~ ba~tdary in the T}an~rek ~ axt~tded r~estward sand tk~ sac~u~I to
the Gulf' of Thailand as a result of this tares3ty. tr de12m3.tation car~.selon
was created which prochtoed sa serie,~ of 1t2~~~GOQ ~psg (using several ode by
the icm created by the 3901 Ceaaveittis~t} oS the Mire Cambodian
Thai bo~Ps~.ryr. ate of these maps beaarne srt item of c~ruaial ~s~e
in the 3962 I~orld Court dec3.sia~t on the testp~.e t~f 1~-s~h 9~,hear.
l~~i~~ P:~O"O;:OL C~' ~'?~Eu1~..~Y ~,_ :19~
`."he inclusaion of this protoc+~l is~ of I.ittls~ aired effect since it
did eat a~od~.fy the boundaries of ~~aratbc~dis. Tt did re-affiiym the 7uE393
treaty the 3.901 ~,~roersertt anal the 19b? treater.
TCJ dUL~i U~' 1~~Tffi~%?.~ (fie Concern3zz~ the Te>~.e of Pre~h Yf2~r}
Tsi its ~dgasrent~ th$ International Curt o~Y Justioa decided ga tawr
of C~mboc~ on the q~testicm of s~txv+ere5.gi3ty a~sr the 2'amaed temple. Td+~
~sglet-e scc:septsnlcx3 by Tha~.l~aaci does not ap~pe~:ur to have been ~rxnted ;end
ft ~~~ well be t$~e mayor SttLt~-b13n;g; black tA~ 8>Lty E~ettlyea~ut.
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1s7e w~ at1y surprised to leant upC~"i e~aminit~ i'zvac-ah san~3 ':~.ai s
that well oar ~0~ of the land Yxontie-r ~.~ bear c:reat~9. tsy FA ~~
(as ~=e13. as the ccnarses of several r~.vc~rs :x: ~.1at~oen) . ~'o cierc~.tian
protocol or act has ev?r been pravisu~];y c?isccf~rcd afar bas sar,~ mf'QZ~nce
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to de:rarcat:~.on wox~ ever been encczuntercd. 'she ori~;ina1. d~li.,~i.tation
r~ap.~ {1903 - 1909) bear unexplained a;~nls alan~ the bounc~ars; which
oeul~d indicate demsrcatian gi~.lars. ~to~reaer~ the asgoci~-tad ntnabers rua
in the +~posite dix~ction,~ i?e?f 'h'~a.:~. in the scxxth~ fmm those art thffi
fern 'topo~x'Aa~iic maps. Ian additi.on~ this total ~laer on the delimitsti.an
mpg is far sms3lcrt i.g.i about 30. H+~+re~ror, it is not clear und>ar ~w-hat
authorit9 or under reference tc> t~~iich trec~ty~ th~? den~rcation was effected.
It is also interegtin~ to note tr-at pilla~~; 1 -~ ~ are regresanted on ': hai
maps while the French maps az:~it ]. - 3s0. '.'~~ .nuu~bers and positions crf'
~ .. 69, hc+~fever, are compar;3b3.e on the tr~r5 series.
CO~a Ci:: ~ 20~ti
N.ll of the intern,stionml acts cr~eatin~ the cwrrent Cambodia -Thailand
a sr fiA be included b;y' the Caambad3an proposal. A mare dsf 3nit8
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statt, ho~never~, caannot be made due tca the quasti~; of the ~'~sissiag"
~marcation protocol. Gee ha~re also noted that in several 3nstances~ the
ali~n~reats shower on the two :nap serries aa~~ cemtradictory, although little
territory is actu3ll.~t involved. ~t d,ietai7l.etd ~~ru~~-:lysis ctx~3.d be made to
uncover all the areas in qu~sstio~ri if the ~ntre~~za sbauld des~are it.
Hc~ever, it wc~.ld appe~~r ttu~xt the C~~iribcyti~.~an proposal could P~'~
s ecwtsd basis far stabilizir~ the coranan lbvund,~ry iP ?rhail~nd rPere to
aacspt the 1962 ZCJ Award.
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