PRG CHARGES U.S. WITH NEW CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-249-6-42-3
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: May 31, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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OA A:G:EGATIflNS OF U.S.. 'CEASE-FIRF VIOLATIONS IN AREA OF XA MAT
AE U'P*OUNDED. ALL U.S. STRIKES IN AREA OF XA MAT WERE AGAINST
I;,NFIt,TRATING. TRAfft:IC(WHICH, WERE VIOLATING AGREEMENTS). ALI. ORDANCE
DROPPED IN CAM-BQDIAs NO ORDANCE DROPPED IN SOUTH VIETNAM.
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t 1 INVES,TIGATI?N fAF THE PRG CHARGES HAS BEEN CAR
IUT, ALL STRIKES WITHIN 20 'KM OF XA MAT ON 29 MAY WERE
KEYIEW'En, STRIKES CONDUCTED IN THE 'AREA' WERF AGAINST
1NFILTBA ',r$G rRAI F;'I .. THIS TRAFFIC WAS IN V[UATION' OF TH
VIETNAM , CEASEIRE .AGREEMENTS,.
40 U.-S`... AI RCRAPiT. HAVE BEEN TARG1 TED , I N SVN SINCE. THE
C, A:*,t"F 1 AI:4t .OPfR/iT?I'ONS WERE CQNDUC'TED' I N K'HMPt ONI `2 9 ' MAY
{lAL1IlI..TME.RE!R,II A4Q. KNQKN OR SJSPECTED, REIEASES ON
NFAR' THE
TAP SVN $ I'DE.THE AREA WHERE .HIGHWAY 78` CROSSES, THE BORDER-
EAR XA MAT. I`S CLEARLY?2DENT1:EIABLE BY DEfIr~tITE,?TClPOcRAPi IC?~L
FE+,AcT,U E.S "`SUCH.,A i `I 1:1 `k LARGE PRONOUNCED JI' lK IN HIGHW.AY ?Ei
A; 'T 4E t D r (Z) A VISIBLE .STREAMF WHICH PARALLELS THE B09+ ER
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'AND (I SIDE ROADS WHICH ARE EASILY IDENTIFIED ON A MAP.: TNr'
CO*xANDER" OF THE WING -WHICH CONDUCTED ALL OF THE STRIKES IN THE
AREA'N ,Z '9- MAY PERSONALLY HAS INTERVIEWED EACH CREW'MEMBER
I-NVi3:1, E.4 .".. TH -. TARGETS. WERE ALL, IOFNTIFIE-D POSITIVELY AS BEI"'G
,It9 ,KHMER' .A.WD" NOT, IN VIETNAM.
I'1 `N 9 MAY THREE FLIGHTS
TR- cKED -;V:ONICLE TARGETS IN
DSTA.NCF. ~FR,'QM `THE SVN, ROD
1 TO 3. KM;..
OF FM41S STRUCK POUR TRUCKS AND
KHMER ABOUT 3. KM FROM XA MAT.
R OF THESE STRIKES RANGED FROM
' . THE. PRO HAVE CLAIMED THAT GN?,-2-9 MAY. FROM 12.25H TO 1255H
'EA
THREE F4'S BOMBED.; AND: OPEND FIRE aN THE ARE OF XA MAT. T'iF
`ARLIE 7, STRIKE 1N: THE AREA WAS AT 1345M, 50 MIN AFTER THE
,t,k'+Jt,G Hf-VE CL'A"IM 0 THAT ON 29 M'AY, FROM 1330H TO 1415H,'
F~1 r.E~4 ECIMBETJ'.1(HIGN CA.LISEK) AND' OROPPEn STEEL PELLET
BOARS I 4 "M(B:II Cx :A:ND ROCKETING THE -AREA. RECORDS INDICATE
T IAT?r A :;SINK LE `F-?4::EXfE*t EC1 THREE 500 POUND 'GE'NERAL PURPOSE
;iTMB$ AGAINST ARMOR (XI 055'o 887) AT '1356H ANOTHER SINGLE 1:-.4
EiR~"E1~ 'CI#R'EE. Q0 PIDUND_ B O M B S . AGA I N5 A TRUCK (XT1 068 902
. AT ;1345HaI'.;AND ALS t
A~G`~-I;Pt EXPENDED ON. ANTI PERSONNEL/MATERIEL BOMB
ANITN R,TRUCK(XT 048 900): AT 1350H. ALL OF THESE
litASI INS BE SVr.. T6RR1JORY* .- O OTHER STRIKES- r7tURRED IN Tir`(
"LR.' ED '.R t S ANO 1CM.Nth OF TA MAT,,
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CLAIMED 'THAT ON 29 MAYi FROM 1440H TO 1640H
ff.10 "F:.413 AGEt "ikoPPEO ',EXPLOSSIVES. AND STEEL- PELLET, BOMBS
ITtd THE 'AREA. A.S.l$GLE.~F-"4 EXPENDED TWO?'ANTI PERSONNEL / MATERIEL
s )MB$ `AGAI NST ARMOR (Xt 048. 900) AT I71OH, 10 MIN LATER THAN THE
TION AND 3 KM WOE XA MAT, WELL WITHIN KHMER. THE ONl.Y
OTHER. QRDNANCE EXPENDED WAS ALONG RTE SEVEN I"N KHMER." A FL I r,HT
QW TWQ FA*41'S, DROPPED 'FOUR -2000 POUND' GUIRED BOMBS IN. ORDER ? TO
INTERDICT TIlE ROAD ? (AT XU 150 030 AND XU 140 027), ABOUT 1
KM $R014 X 'NIAT' AN.O-T ONE ;'TD' TWO KM INSIDE KHMER TERRITORY. THE-SF
N A ONS -ORE RE EASED AT ' 17155H' ANO 1718H, PLACING THEM 35. AND
MI-NUi .S: LATER 1HAN,TI4E ALLEGED VIOLATION.
SHE < IMAL PRG, CLAIM "S. TA"TES THAT ONE C-130 HOVERE LIVER THP
AkEA~ AND BOMBED' THE- AREA FROM .193DH TO 2030H. RECORDS INDICATE
,'..TiAT' A ? S'I.NGLE- AC'-130H G0NS"1?i I P 010. If4 FACT EXPEND 105MM AND
."Rr.oMM;'ORDNANCE AGAmINS'T TRUCKS IN:KHMER,. THE FIRST.EXPENO?ITUPF
H CURB"Eli AT '2030H '(XT `061 :90911 THE SECOND AT 2050H (XT" 059.93'0)
THESE LOCATIONS ARE 9 KM,,.AND 4` KM, ;RESPECTIVELY, FROM XA MAT
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AND, R07H'AR'E WELL WITHIN KHMER TERRITORY. THE SECOND OF~THFSE
INS;H' P EXPENDITURES (AND THE NEARER TO XA MAT) OCCURRED TWENTY
MINUTES AFTER THE" ALLEGED TIME FRAME:
9; SUFIMARY.~ OUR : I.MVESTIGATION ,INDICATES THAT ALL AIRCRAFT
'WHICH;: COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE PRG ALLEGED CEASEF I PE
V:1DLATIONS: COHW CT D ST*IKFS IN KHMER `AND THAT NO ORDNANCE. WAS
EX'PI*NQLD.IN SVN. 'ALL, 'CREWMEMBE'RS WERE,, HIGHLY EXPERIENCED ANn
`ARE CflNFIDE.NT THA'T'~AL1 STRIKED~ WERE ?IN KHMER. FURTHER, ALL
R YIS; ARE AWAR'E Of THE SERIOUSNESS OF VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL
AGRFEMENT.5.:. , EVERY PRECAUTION IS TAKEN TO ASSURE THAT NO SUCH
VjOLA `t,ON QCCURS:.' WHEN;? OUR MIS'S`VIN CALLS FOR OPERATIONS IN
C(OSE PROXIFII`TY` TO THE SVN BORDER, PROCEDURES ARE STRICTLY
, E k :L.O FED TO,P,RIrCLUDE ,UNAUTHORIZED B O R D E R , PENETRAT IONS AND;
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