SHIPPING TO CAMBODIA IN THE FOUTH QUARTER OF 1967 AND TRENDS IN 1967

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DIRECTORATE OF
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Secret
Intelligence Memorandum
Shi:ping to Cambodia in the Fourth Quarter of 1967
and Trends in 1967
Secret
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Foreword
is the second report written on a quarterly
basis. Since there are only minor seasonal varia-
tions in shipping to Cambodia, most comparisons in
this memorandum are made with the previous quarters
of 1967 rather than with the fourth quarter of 1966.
To provide additional perspective, a section has
been included comparing shipping to Cambodia in 1967
as a whole with that in 1965 and 19 66 . The data for
the fourth quarter of 1967 are preliminary and may
be modified as additional information becomes avail-
able. For the purpose of this memorandum, Yugoslavia
is considered to be a country of the Free World.
Cargo weights are expressed in metric tons. The term
imports , as used in this memorandum, refers only
to imports by sea.
This memorandum analyzes the pattern of foreign
shipping to Cambodian ports to help in determining
whether arms or military related goods are reaching
the Viet Cong through Cambodia. It
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
May 1968
Shipping to Cambodia
in the Fourth Quarter of 1967
and Trends in 1967
Summary
Imports to Cambodia by sea increased by 15 per-
cent during the last quarter of 1967, despite a drop
in ship calls. Larger deliveries of cement accounted
for most of the increase in imports. South Vietnam
closed the Mekong River from mid-October through early
November, but, as in the two preceding quarters,
Phnom Penh handled more ships and cargo than Sihan-
oukville. Communist ships, which visit only Sihanouk-
ville, made seven calls, two less than the average
for the first three quarters of 1967. Imports from
Communist countries were somewhat higher in the fourth
quarter
During the fourt
quarter, Cambodia received its first cargo of the year
from the USSR, a shipment of cement.
Note: This memorandum was produced solely by CIA.
It was prepared by the Office of Economic Research.
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During 1967 as a whole, the number of merchant
ship calls at Cambodian ports decreased for the
third consecutive year. Communist ships made 33 of
the 568 calls in 1967, compared with 47 of the 600
calls in 1966. Seaborne imports rose
in 1967 and were heavier at P.nom
Penh than Sihanoukville, despite the convoy system
on the Mekong begun by South Vietnam in November
1966. Shipments of petroleum and cement both in-
creased significantly in 19671
Im orts from
Communist countries dro ed
in 1967, largely because
of a fall in deliveries from China and, to a lesser
extent, North Vietnam.
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Ship Arrivals and Imports by Sea
1. Ship calls at Cambodian ports dropped
from 153 in the third quarter of 1967 to 133 in
the fourth quarter, the smallest number since the
fourth quarter of 1965. Fifty-three percent of the
calls were at Phnom Penh and 47 percent at Sihan-
oukville. Despite the lower number calls.
Cambodia's imports by sea increased 25X1
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the fourth, slightly above the average for
the first three quarters. Sixty-one percent of the
imports were delivered to Phnom Penh and 39 percent
to Sihanoukville. The continuing predominance of
Phnom Penh over Sihanoukville since the second quart-
er of 1967 is shown in +-s,A tabulation below:
First Second Third Fourth Total
Ship Arrivals
Sihanoukville 62 56 56 62 236
Phnom Penh a/ 74 90 97
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Shipping to Sihanoukville
Ship Traffic
2. Free World ships -- mostly French, Greek,
Panamanian, Japanese, and Norwegian -- made 55 of
the 62 ship calls at Sihanoukville during the fourth
quarter (see Table 1). Seven of the calls were by
Free World ships chartered to Communist China, and
one by a Greek ship chartered to Czechoslovakia. The
seven calls by Communist ships included four Soviet,
two Chinese, and one Polish ship. Two of the Soviet
ships delivered cement from the USSR and two arrived
in ballast to load rice for Gdynia.
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Shipping to Phnom Penh
9. Ship calls at Phnom Penh dropped from
97 in the third quarter to 71 in the fourth. The
suspension of shipping on the Mekong River from
14 October to 2 November by South Vietnam was partly
responsible for this drop. Only two of the four
convoys of merchant ships that normally go up river
to Phnom Penh each month departed in October.* At
least five ships bound for Phnom Penh are known to
have been diverted to Sihanoukville. Tankers made
36 calls at Phnom Penh during the quarter and dry
cargo ships 35 calls (see Table 3).
10. Ships of seven Free World countries
called at Phnom Penh during the fourth quarter of
1967. There were 24 calls by Japanese ships, 22
by Panamanian, nine by Cambodian, eight by French,
six by Singapore, and one each by Dutch and South
Korean (see Table 1).
Since late 1964, international shipping to Phnom
Penh via the Mekong River has been subject to regu-
lations issued by the government of South Vietnam.
The latest regulations, issued in November 1966,
require that all ships transiting the Mekong River
on international voyages to and from Phnom Penh sail
in convoys escorted by South Vietnamese gunboats.
Four round trip convoys are permitted each month
with a maximum turnaround period of 72 hours in
Cambodia.
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Table 4
Communist countries
Bulgaria
Cn Communist China
Czechoslovakia
Poland
USSR
Cambodia
Cyprus
Denmark
France
Greece
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Korea
Lebanon
Liberia
Malaya
Malta
Morocco
Netherlands
Norway
Cambodia: Merchant Ship Arrivals at Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh
by Flag /
1965-67
Sihanouk-
ville
Phnom
Penh
Total
22
22
4
4
6
6
1
1
2
2
9
9
M
? a
676
9
26
35
62
11.1
173
15
15
4
4
1
1
20
52
72
Sihanouk- Phnom Sihanouk- Phnom
ville Penh Total vile Penh Total
1
13
13
11
21
21
9
13
13
12
21-4 3-M 5- a 2 M
7 54 61 6 39 45
1 1 3 3
4 4 7 7
74 91 165 68 49 117
33 33 24 24
1 1
2 1 3
1 1 1 1
11 58 69 14
92 106
1 1
8 13 21 6
16 2 18 14
5 11 3 5 8
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Cambodia: Merchant Ship Arrivals at Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh
by Flag a/
1965-67
(Continued)
965
1966
6
7
19
Flag
Sihanouk- Phnom
ville Penh
Total
Sihanouk-
ill
Phnom
Sihanouk- Phnom
v
e
Penh
Total
ville Penh
T
t
l
o
a
Pakistan
Panama
48
2
2
Singapore
Spain
170
218
18
1
104+
122
1
22
5
109
31
131
36
Sweden
1
1
Switzerland
4
4
2
1
1
1
United Kingdom
31
42
3
4
4
United States
2
73
2
21
16
37
15
5
20
West Germany
2
2
Yugoslavia
17
17
19
19
8
8
Unidentified
4
2
6
Total
2
~+2~
98
261
600
2
32
.268
a. Including only arrivals of seagoing ships from foreign ports; excluding arrivals from Cam-
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