CAMBODIA--THE MILITARY SITUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100200064-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: January 24, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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USDA0 0?8, 'Cambodian P~:r t II f r Ja- 2:3, Jan, CONFIDENTIAL-,
Military action picked up yesterday on Phnom Penh's southern front where
some fighting occurred only four miles from the capital. The.Cambodian Army
command has committed additional reinforcements to this sector. Battle lines
now run along the Prek Thnaot River with government forces occupying the north
bank and the Communists the south. the insur-
gents are trying to move captured 105-mm. howitzers within range of the capital..
The area immediately northwest of the city ;.ras quiet yesterday, and US Military
Attaches report that the threat on. t'lis frc~:it `gas been eliminated for the moment.
Elsewhere, an unconfirmed report indicates that Route 4 has been reopened.
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