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Bev rly Ann Doup
64A Ilong Th· p TU
Saigon, Vietn�m

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August 3, 1967
Cambodia-pa

l

PL KU, SOUTH

ETN M-Fo· the fir"'t time in the V1etnam ar,

Amorioon military officers openly and publically say Cambodia has
ars-ourrontly
·a.t l0a t five knoun regimen.ta.
south

Viotncwcse and American fiold oomm dero are eighing--

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to !:?trike at the north V ietnamc...,e uni ts.

:But this is considered unlikely

be·oauoe of o.dvoz•oo, world- dde politioal reporoussions,

rolia.ble

souro0s r port.
correspondents aro freely

ven briefings on tho sensitive

onoe rosorved only for such aenior

Vice President Richard •
�
in milit�ry offioeo here sho t

o Nixon.

ericans as

Maps display d casually

big blobs of grease paint in-

Cambodia m rked "UVA"-North Vietnamese Army.
( ore)

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TL0 o:f:f:l.c;ir,1 '..!'oodom r;.l von to

f,r.J,_ 1::i.cwn:..,

to di ,ouso 1,b.o :i. souo

clcmicd tlw o,lleg.'!,tion.

J.u.ml�ican fiuld

ommnt1dcro, :rooponoiblo for n;::tc'dng tho Oani'boliit:m

knov.n rc-e:,,:ments of North iotnr.:, ,""C regulDl'G rli tt · tcd acroof'.l the ju.vi led

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Cambodia--pagc 4

t ouc;b.t

.American commanders, ho rn=.ive1",

·the &hMicG§ Gt

n. mili tru.7 attack against l rth ietn moae uni ts based in Cambo · a
would have

little chance of succos�.

ur:r wo could l-!!,unoh a lightning ground and air attack against
those uni ts--nll in 24 hours�could knock them, .lout easily, "
Ameri .,an mili -'i; ""Y sou.roes ex.plained.

ttBu.t,

we nould havo to have
break

total surpri oe, o:r· else the unit NV uni ts would simply
up and scatter and e'd never get them.

one

The chances arc that

even a blitz i nvasion of c�mbodia would not approciably alter
here very much •

the militai�y situation to favor uo

,;

believe the border
�·ontJy /
war o.6�inst North Vietnemoce main force units hask eaehed a
.Amcricnn field commanders

mili ta1·y d o.dJ.ook in thi a area.
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,e have five North Vietn

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bordeI facing our t
explained.

moved t

"And

coo r gim nts across the Cambodian

troops,"

ono tame:rican military souxoe

ho.d the smne fivo regiments facing us when ·we

hore a y · r ago.

In ono year,

rre have killed 2500

North Vietncmcso rcgula:rs--confirmod by bodycount-and
do m mo1�e r ploocments for their canuultioo.
now replaceccnts are younger and

hey•ve brought

i'b.s difference is the

have loos training,

but the

en y is making up for that w:i th much more lethal weaponry."
(Kore)

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iJJ<ricrin intclli&-cnce o.xpcrta arc kno,;,n to hat r.::e thoir
iotrtrmcse strencth in Camba • a. on a wido

�o th

a, "' '.JCS"'' •J.r..t of

vrray 0.1. 0vi< nc ,

including ,_ 01·ial rcconn�i cce,nco fli

ts and ground

o ·•i..;vor·,

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