PAVN REDEPLOYMENT OF 130MM ARTILLERY PIECES IN BATTAMBANG PROVINCE; PAVN COMPLAINTS OF DK USE OF CHEMICAL TOXINS AND PLANS TO RETALIATE; 5TH DIVISION RESUPPLY ACTIVITIES AND LOW MORALE; IDENTIFICATION OF SENIOR PAVN OFFICERS

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
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• Case Number: F-2012-01432
• Publication Date: March 17, 1982

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SUBJECT.: PAvN REfDEPI .OYMENTOF 130Mm ARTILLERY PIECES IN BATTAMBANG
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PROVINCE; ,'AVN COMPLAINTS OF DK USE OF CHEMICAL TOXINS
AND PLANS ITO RETALIATE; 5TH DIVISION RESUPpLY ACTIVITIES
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AND LOW MORALE; IDENTIFICATION OF SENIOR PAVN OFFICERS .
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1. ON 27 FE80:UARhe 1982 THE DEPUTY BATTALION COMMANDER OF
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THE 2$TH:ENGINEEH BAITTALION, 5TH PEOPLE'S ARMY OF VIETNAM (PAVN)
DIVISION ORDERED THE REPAIR OF A PORTION OF THE SUPPLY TRAIL. BETWEEN
THE INTERSECTION OF 1ROyTE 5 AT TA 5706 AND T4_11214.g_19AyL/ILLALE.7_,
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(TA 5594), THE REPAIRS WERE TO BE MADE SO THAT IN EARLY MARCH�
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TWO PIECES .OF 130MM ARTILLERY WOULD BE MOVED OVER THIS ROUTE FROM
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SISOPHON TO TA KUNG KRAU.
COMMENT: ON 10 MARCH
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REPORTED SEEING TWO 130Mm ARTILLERY
PIECES BEING
OWED
ALONG ROUTE 5 FROM SISOPHON TOWARD THE WEST ON 1 MARCH 182.
2, ON APPROXIM4TELY.20 FEBRUARY 1982,
SAID THAT SOLDIERS OF THE 3R
BATTALION, 4TH'REGIMENT HAD RECENTLY CONTRACTED EYE INFE
FROM CHEMICAL TOXINS USED AGAINST THEm BY DEMOCRATIC KAM
(DK) FORCES. AS A RESULT OF THIS ACTION,- THE PAVN INTEN
USE CHEMICAL TOXINS AGAINST THE DK, BY 20 FEBRUARY 1982,
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PLATOON OF THE 2ND BATTALION OF THE 4TH REGIMENT, WHICH W
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AS TILL
POSITIONED IN TA KUNG KRAU, HAD RECEIVED THREE GAS MASKS
OF THE
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TOTAL.OF 100 GAS MASKS DISTRIBUTED TO THE BATTALION. THE 1ST
BATTALION OF THE 4TH REGIMENT HAD ALSO RECEIVED AN UNKNOWN
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NUMBER OF GAS MASKS.
3. ON 17 FEBRUARY 1982, THREE M.-113 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS
(APC/S) ESCORTED ABOUT 20 GMC AND CHINESE TRUCKS FROM SISOPHON
TO THE FORWARD HEADQUARTERS OF THE 5TH DIVISION LOCATED APPROXIMATELY
32 KILOMETERS WEST/SOUTHWEST OF TA KUNG KRAU, ONE TRUCK CARRIED
MEDICINE, ONE CARRIED CANNED BEEF FROM HUNGARY, AND THE OTHERS
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CARRIED ABOUT TWO AND ONE HALF TONS OF RICE EACH, ON 18 FfBRUARY
THREE m-113 APC's RETURNED FROM THE HEADQUARTERS AREAQ AN6 ON
24 FEBRUARY SIX OTHER APC'S PROCEEDED ALONG THE SUPPLY ROUTE
TOWARD THE HEADQUARTERS, ON 27 FEBRUARY, THE 2ND BATTALION -OF
THE 4TH REGIMENT MOVED FROM TA KUNG KRAU TO THE HEADQUARTERS
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AREA ;ALONG THE THAI BORDER, THE 8TH COMPANY OF THE 2ND BATTALION,
HOWEVER, REMAINED IN TA KUNG KRAU,
MORALE IN THE 5TH DIVISION HAS BEEN POOR FOR SOME TIME AND
HAS �DROPPED TO A NEW A_Ow AS A RESULT OF THE CASUALTIES, MALARIA
AND OTHER UNSPECIFIED SICKNESSES BEING ENCOUNTERED BY 5TH DIVISION
ELEMENTS IN THE CURRENT OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS ALONG THE THAI BORDER,
PREVIOUSLY SENIOR cpLoNEL BA ((DOI)), THE FORMER COMMANDER OF THE
DIVISION, REQUESTED THAT THE 5TH DIVISION BE RELIEVED OF ITS .
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SECURITY IN THE BORDER AREA OF BATTAMBANG PROVINCE
BECAUSE IT HAD LOST ITS FIGHTING SPIRIT (MAT SUC CHIEN DAU). AS A
RESULT OF THIS REQUEST, BA DOI wAS REPLACED AS COMMANDER BY SENIOR
COLONEL. HAI ((PHE))1 IN OCTOBER 1981, IN JANUARY 1982, LIEUTENANT
COLONEL NGUYEN.VAN ((SEN)), THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 4TH
REGIMENT, 5TH DIVISION ORDERED THE PURGE OF 25 REGIMENTAL OFFICERS
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AND CADRE FROM 11,HE :PARTY FOR REFUSING PROMOTIONS (ENTAILING EXTENSION
OF MILITARY SERIVICE), DISOBEYING ORDERS, AND FAILING TO CARRY OUT
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ASSIGNED MISSIONS, 1
5, COLONEL GENERAL LE DUC (CANH)) HAS BEEN THE SENIOR GENERAL
COMMANDING ALL PAW UNITS IN THE KAMPUCHEA FRONT SINCE,AT:LEAST MID
1981, AS OF 1981 t
IEUTENANT GENERAL DONG VAN ((CONG)) WAS TME
COMMANDING GENE4AL OF MILJTARY REGION-(MR) 7; MAJOR GENERAL OUONG
TU ((CAM)) .WAS THE POLITICAL DEPUTY COMMANDER AND MAJOR GENERAL
TRAN DINH ((CU)) WAS THE DEPUTY MILITARY COMMANDER AND ALSO THE
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF' THE REAR SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF, MR..7,
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LIEUTENANT COLONEL HOANG TRUNG ((TRUC)), THE MILITARY DEP
COMMANDER GF THE 5TH DIVISION, WAS DIRECTING OPERATIONS AT
5TH DIVISION FORNARD HEADQUARTERS.
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