PRINCE SINANOUK: RED KHMER STRATEGY IS WAR OF ATTRITION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-244-8-23-7
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: March 21, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/10 : LOC-HAK-244-8-23-7
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HEAD ~~' THE dr~ERl~EI~T bF t~ATI OVAL V I Ott OF CA!~BOt3IA tR(~'Nt]C) ,
?E'~,D THE HONE K~Nd-BASED FAR EASTER ECONOI~IIC? REt17EW C CFEER) ).
. THIS IS SCE, HE SAID, BECAUSE THE 7RATEt~1' OF THE' RED KH14ER .
w FORCES IS "Nd? TC7 BRI~~ OUR OFFENSIV S DIRECTLY ON PHNA~! PENH BUT
RA~'HER TO LEAD A ~F~R f~' AT?RITION".
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L~AL~ER ALSO REAFFI RNED THAT' "WE RE ,AND SIt~LL REFUSE , A~tY
I~EQt~'IA'TICiN" WITH THE LON NOL k~OUER EDIT, OR ANY "L,A!G~ .TYPE"
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BELIEVE ON THIS ~lAT'T~R'," SAID SINAN~IK, BUT BEING ALSO "VERY
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/10 : LOC-HAK-244-8-23-7