COMMENT ON SITUATION IN CAMBODIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01443R000100250007-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CSI TL&L I 1 TEU IGZRCE AGENCY
O ICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
1 July 1953
1NT ON SITUATION IN CA1EtDIA
A durable political settlement of the Cambodian dispute
with France appears remote and an armed clash is possible at
any time. While the Cambodian people apparently are calm, the
king can count on overwhelming popular support for whatever
course he takes. There is a bare possibility, however, that
a precarious aodus vivendi may be reached which would
? breakdown in relations.
During the last few days, the Trench have reinforced their
garrison at Phnom Penh, the capital,. with two battalions of
African troops, which have an unsavory reputation in
Cambodia; 15 tanks, 10 armored cars and an amphibious
have also moved into the capital and arm have
tedly
been issued to French civilian*. The Cambodian government
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