CAMBODIA--THE MILITARY SITUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100200056-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 56
• Publication Date: January 22, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WHITE HOUSE SUPPORT STAFF
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January 22, 1974
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N LH. USDAO 0080, Cambodian DAMSREP Part I, 211321Z Jan, SECRET, USDAO 0082,
Cambodian DAMSREP Part IT, 2204402 Jan, CONFIDENTIAL.
The government is sending more reinforcements to strenthen its defenses
southwest of Phnom Penh, where the Khmer Communists made some limited gains over
the weekend. Efforts by the. Cambodian Army's 3rd Division to reestablish a
solid defensive line all along the southwcstern sector made little progress
yesterday. To the southeast, the government is redeploying some of its units
along the Bassac River to counter increased Communist activity in that area.
major fighting has occurred yet on either southern front. A few miles northwest
of Phnom Penh, elements of the army's 1st Division--supported by artillery and
air strikes--continued to move toward suspected Communist positions on .January
21. They encountered moderate resistance.
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