RLG STUDY OF ITS FRONTIERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP08C01297R000300070005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2012
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 8, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. The RLG Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Geographical Service have
undertaken a study of Laos frontiers, particularly the tn am-
bodia borders. RLG interest in the undl1mited or undemarcated frontiers
ATITEMITted by the sharp DRV note accusing RLG planes of bombing North
Vietnamese villages in the Lao panhandle just north of the 17th parallel
in late 1964. The MFA has searched its files for documents, memoranda,
maps, etc., which could assist the RLG in presenting its view of the
border, but has found very little since most documents had apparently re-
mained with the French Government. In 1965, the MFA asked its Embassy in
Paris to ask the French Government to make available to the RLG texts of
treaties and other documents concerning the border, but the French Govern-
ment refused to cooperate, implying that it did not wish to be a party in
any way to the disputes among its former colonies in Indochina. However,
in February 1966, the MFA was informed by its Embassy in Paris that the
French Government had reversed this decision. The MFA has regentiy.
received the texts of various documents, including the Dalat Agreement on
Indochinese frontiers. In 1965, the RLG also asked the Government of
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between Laos and North vietnem, in particular the corridor area near the
17th parallel.
2. When all the relevant material is assembled, ihe-.MFA and the Geo-
graphical Service will prepare a dossier for the examination of the
Cabinet, which is then expected to release a public document aimed
particularly at refuting the .DRV's claim to various parts of Lao terri-
tory as shown in its map of 1964. The RLG will.be,assisted in the prep-
aration of this report by Roger de la BOURBELIERE, A French expert with
, a degree in international law who is now an advisor in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
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CONFIDENTIAL A-335 from VIENTIANE
3. The Lao NFA has asked for the cooperation of the USG in preparing its
brief concerning its frontiers; in particular, the MFA wishes the American
Opinion of the portions of the Cambodipn note concerning frontiers (sent?
to the "Regime of Saigon" on January 10, 1965).
4. Since the recent International Boundary Study of Laos - Viet-Nam Bound-
ary (No. 35, revised June 3, 1966) is unclassified, the Embassy intends to
give a copy of it to the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Embassy would
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