CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A022000070002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 2, 1972
• Content Type: REPORT

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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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CAMBODIA: Assessment of presidential election.
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CAMBODIA: Lori Nol's backers are pulling out
all the stops to assure him a strong majority in
the presidential election on Sunday.
As the campaign enters its final days, civilian
and military elements of the government have organ-
ized numerous rallies for Lon Nol in Phnom Penh, and
some of the more popular cabinet ministers have been
flying to provincial centers to speak for the Presi-
dent. Lon Nol himself has campaigned in Kompong
Cham, the home province of his only real opponent,
In Tam. The government has also published favorable
highlights of a recent medical examination of Lon
Nol by a team of US physicians in order to counter
opposition claims that his health has deteriorated.
Some of Lon Nol's supporters have also been
engaging in heavy-handed campaign tactics. The gov-
ernors of several ;provinces, for example, have re-
fused to allow any canvassing for In Tam. Soldiers
campaigning for the President reportedly have threat-
ened those who would vote for In Tam with reprisals;
in a few cases, they have roughed up civilians who
refused to accept Lon Nol leaflets. Military com-
manders, meanwhile, are putting heavy pressure on
their units to ensure that they vote for Lon Nol.
Although such intimidation has stirred up some re-
sentment among the voters, there is no evidence that
these tactics will backfire and cause any substan-
tial defections from the Lon Nol ranks.
With Lon Nol's political steamroller now run-
ning in high gear, In Tam appears to be more and
more on the defensive. Some of his partisans ap-
parently are beginning to waver and are reluctantly
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professing that wartime conditions demand that Lon
Nol continue in power.
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