THE PROBABLE EFFECTIVENESS OF A PRE-EMPTIVE BUYING PROGRAMS TO DENY CAMBODIAN RICE TO VC/NVA FORCES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70S00385R000200180005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2004
• Sequence Number: 5
• Content Type: REPORT

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possibility of draatni. 0
or r:-ollar* lea
low of rice through e
cbcsi'ng l -! 1urtber ore, ev.s it the Ce*bodien
govermtst were to canto it is doubtful tbst oucb s i :r+er
VC, A ayr :es in Sou#b ylat t the re
mail wewmts of
d f CM to. A y*5r old
c n>e1 the country a s entire *urplAIR
of rice t: tb goverww"t . snctes bales h O RU r Uaai success.
Rice production 5el.i> (Vart'v
to natawol esuses ), am* i.ITiegaal
crone-'border tr*de eonti a d 4ealrpite f?av r ble rrnsaent prices,
and the ,over ent be* been : eb1.e to obtain sufficient rice to meet
the dens of e. stn f.o ign erk t .
VC/ t,A purchases bent " to c,r 0 r*lati
portion -- prohably less tb" 1 p eft -- (t Cwt
that have rweed from 2.1 to 2.6 aillion tone s ;ea r
w%ft rice are estt*ate4 to have
26 Wmwober 1961, Sth*Z OUk
a verbal eement vitla t Viet Ct coed-
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eernin trade. The Viet CAF buy our rice, wet3icinee, atu3
other goods snO pay with cloU s. There is no res:sen for
us to refrain f'r trsdi with thetaa, since tie 1eve ccst
sere is l dealings *wa vide the ei.gon government, rth
Vietne atw, ever-body."
rer to pro ab1 > was ee late: in 1-'46'
lien that it is still ef'i'rc'tivr .
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in 1966- This rtmift total pro iy sifi not tiettL
;"0 tome.* E v ian rice mar late axe so i"1magmented, and the
VC/M p-mcbisi qgents
'ably
rice 4erimt .ves --
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sal ies of rice.
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1966.
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Principal Purchasers of Cambodian Rice and ite Derivatives,
12and January - June 1 6
thousand US ) thousand US
metric tons 1 lliona) (metric tons) (millions
Jan - Dee 1966 Jan - June 1
24.2
121
19-9
French Colonial
Area
67
9.5
23
Singapore
3.7
19
Communist China
22
2.8
Hong Kong
14
1.7
24
Poland
12
1.7
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
7
1.1
France
4
0.5
4.2
2.3
1.7
4.0
Other European
Countries
8
1.4
0.7
India
Neg. .
0.1
1.8
Phillipines
0
0
1
5
2.4
Indonesia
0.4
2
0.3
Other Countries
1
0.3
3
0.7
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