DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT RELATING TO CAMBODIAN OPERATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-558-21-15-3
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: June 11, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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Report #41
11 June 1970
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT RELATING TO CAMBODIAN OPERATIONS
Increased enemy pressure is weakening the FANK defenders at Kompong
Thom. The attacking enemy force is estimated at 1,000 Communist troops
using mortars and recoilless rifles and the Cambodians feel that they will
be unable to hold out without reinforcements. The defenders also number
approximately 1,000, but a quarter of these are young, inexperienced
recruits who are reportedly exhausted. In addition, the garrison-has only
mortars for counterfire, and sporadic support from Vietnamese AC-47
aircraft. Ammunition and supplies are running low and inclement weather
has complicated resupply activities at the clay airstrip.
General Lon Nol has stated that Kompong Thom. must be held at all
costs. Cambodian authorities have asked the South Vietnamese to helolift
two Khmer Krom battalions from the Capital to reinforce FANK forces at
Kompong Thom.
Meanwhile, the situation at Siem Reap has stabilized. The airfield
has been secured and is being used to resupply the two FANK brigades and
to evacuate foreign personnel stranded in the city during the fighting.
At last report, the major enemy harassment-consisted of sniper fire. A
Cambodian military spokesman has claimed that Pathet Lao troops were
involved in the attack on Siem Reap. While not confirmed, it is possible
that troops from southern Laos have made their way to this area. It was
reported in late April and again in mid-May that Pathet Lao forces were
observed crossing into Preah Vihear Province., Cambodia. The criteria for
identifying them as Pathet Lao were not reported.
To the south, in Military Region 2, an attack on a government outpost
along Route 4 at Kompong Sala was repulsed yesterday. This attack may
indicate renewed enemy interest in severing this vital link with the sea.
Reinforcing this analysis is information that the Headquarters of the 10ID
NVA Regiment has moved northward; it is now about 10 miles south of Kompong
Speu. The regiment is now in position to harass traffic on Routes 3 and
4 and attack population centers in the area.
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Regarding the status of LOCs in Cambodia, Routes 1, 4 and 5 are open.
Routes 1 and 4 require escort. Routes 2, 3, 6, 7, 13, 15, and 19 are
closed due to a combination of bridge damage/destruction and/or enemy
presence. Route 12 is closed from Kompong Thom to the border of Laos.
The railroad line between Phnom Penh and Kompong Sam is closed due to
destruction of at least three bridges and enemy presence; the line between
Phnom Penh and the Thai border is operating with armed guards. The Mekong
River is open south of Kompong Cham but requires armed escort vessels.
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