PEOPLE'S ARMY OF VIETNAM (PAVN) USE OF POISON CHEMICALS IN KAMPUCHEA; PAVN ACTIVITIES IN KAMPUCHEA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2017
• Case Number: F-2012-01432
• Publication Date: February 20, 1984

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WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STAFF,
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.
REPORT CLASSSECRET--WNINTEL--NOFORN--NOCONTRACT
01ST: 20 FEBRUARY 1984
COUNTRY: KAMPUCHEA/THAILAND
SUBJ: PEOPLE'S ARMY OF VIETNAM (PAVN) USE OF POISON CHEMICALS
IN KAMPHCHFA: PTN ACTIVITirq IN KAMPUCHEA
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� TEXT: 1. AbU LARLY 1984, PEOPLE'S ARMY OF VIETNAM-TPAVN)
FORCES IN KAMPUCHEA WERE USING POISONOUS SUBSTANCES AGAINST ANTI-
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KAMPUCHEA RESISTANCE FORCES. PAVN TROOPS
HAVE POISONED THE HOUAY KHAYUNG STREAM (VICINITY OF VA 4898).
KHUNHAN DISTRICT, SISAKET PROVINCE, THAILAND, AS WELL AS OTHER
STREAMS ALONG THE THAI-KAMPUCHEAN BORDER. SYMPTOMS OF PERSONS
WHO HAVE EATEN FISH OR DRUNK WATER FROM POISONED STREAMS INCLUDE
HEADACHES, STOMACH CRAMPS, VOMITING WITH PRESENCE OF BLOOD, FEVER,
ITCHING AND SORES ON THE SKIN. IF THE POISONED FISH OR WATER IS
INGESTED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD, SEVERE NOSE BLEEDS WILL DEVELOP.
APPROXIMATELY 300 PERSONS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE POISON.
DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEAN (OK) MEDICS ARE TREATING THE AFFECTED PERSONS
BY PRESCRIBING LARGE QUANTITIES OF SUGAR AND VITAMIN C. FOR THE MOMENT,
DK TROOPS HAVE STOPPED EATING FISH AND DRINKING WATER FROM STREAMS
THOUGHT TO BE POISONED.
2. IN DECEMBER 1983, AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF PAVN TROOPS WHO
WERE STATIONED IN THE AREA OF KAMPONG THOM I(VV 8903) MOVED TO
THE AREA OF SIEM REAP. j;-7.-:-.T-tOMMENT: REASON FOR MOVEMENT WAS NOT SPE-
IFIED). IN EARLY JANUA IV), 20 PAVN TRUCKS LOADED WITH
PROVISIONS WERE TRAVELING FROM THE AREA OF KOMPONG THOM
PROVINCE ((VV 8903) WHEN THE CONVOY WAS ATTACKED BY UNITS OF
THE 616TH OK DIVISION. THREE PAVN TRUCKS WERE DESTROYED AND AN
UNKNOWN NUMBER OF PAVN TROOPS KILLED. ALSO IN EARLY JANUARY, AN
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UNKNUHN NUMBLH 0 PAVN TROOPS MOVED FROM CHOAM KHSAN DISTRICT TO
REINFORCE PAVN TROOPS IN THE AREA OF BAK ANLUNG VILLAGE (VA 3463)
AND ANLONG VENG DISTRICT TO MONITOR A DK SUPPLY ROUTE IN THE
AREA. BECAUSE OF OK ACTIVITITY IN THE AREA OF KAMPONG CHHNANG
(VICINITY VU 6350) DURING JANUARY 1984, APPROXIMATELY 600 PAVN TROOPS
HAVE BEEN MOVED FROM THE AREA OF PHNOM PENH TO REINFORCE PAVN
FORCES IN THE AREA OF KAMPONG CHHNANG AND KAMPONG THOM (VICINITY
VV 89031. DURING THE PERIOD 13-16 JANUARY, 190 PAVN TRUCKS
LOADED WITH RICE, OIL AND OTHER PROVISIONS, TRAVELED FROM
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