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'B1 R e p ~ r t e 2r i i i l i tar7 build-up and re-
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i n f o r c e m n t ~ m i l i t a r y installat i o n s i n a r e a s adjacent t o Cambodian
b o r d e r s and r e p o ~ t e dviolations
threats of v i o l a t i o n s t o Cambodiaa, 15--- @
t e r r i t o r y -,
This k p o r t covt ss 'the aactivi t i e s of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Commission f o r Supervision and Control i n Cambodia f o r the
period I s t J a n a q ; 1?58 t o 31st kcernbe$ 1958. M n g .this
period, the Commission k l d 21 r e g u l a r meqLings and 15 Extraordinary ~ e t i n g s . There were 4 rr,ect;ikig;":~'i- t h e P o l i t i c d
Advisers' Conmi ttee and 11 mee t l n g s of the Military Advisers'
Cornmi t t e o r
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The C o d s sionl s m s i d u d re spo?sibf~t i e s during the
period under review arose cut of ilnticzees 6;
7, 13(c) and 21
I.
of the Gcmva ~~grcement
f o r Cmbodia.
2.
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ly ;,ll t h e uccf s i o n s of ti&Conmission
_ ..> wre-unanimous
i n two cases c i t c d I n Cha?t& f11, w.-.
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except
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PETITIONS MAIB BY r 8 D ON B E U F OF FOF@3
The Camnission w i v t ? d three new peti,tiionsa I'i t w
of thqso the GommisOn decides not to lake a* ac.%ol. as
the cases d i d not f a l l within t h e Geneva k p e ~ a b , The
Cammission took up thc t h i r d case with tb Royd G o ~ ~ e m m n
of Cambodia' i n accordance with k t i c l e 6 or" t h e G e ~ v a
Agreement and was sakisfLed with the reply gven,
There we= three cases p o n c n g :1CJ tb c h s e of 1957
as indicated i n the 6 t h In&,--im Rcprto Tho Cannission
drew the Royal G o v e r n n e ~ i ~af tst e n t i o n to tmse cases and i ;
2,
awaiting the Royd G o v ~ m n f t sreply,
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A brief histow~~~
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REPORTED MIL1T,;RY 1N;jT;;U;';rIONS
iIYD REINi?ORCElQNTS
I M LRE*,S i,DJLCEIC TO CiJBODIi'JT BGRClERS LND REPORTED
V I GL.,TI OES OK TiIRF:J'S Ui? VIOL,il'I UJS OF' C ~ J E O D I ~ i N
TZREU T ORY
.
During thc poriod under review, the Commission did not
receive any r e p o r t from the Royd %vcrnment regarding m i l i t a r y
i c s t d l a t i o n s , reinforcenents of troops, v i o l a t i o n s o r t h r e a t s
of v i o l a t i o n s of Cambodian t e r r i t o r y by forces of tihe k m o c r a t i c
Republic of ~ i c g n m .
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Howver, the Conrdssion received several l e t t e r s f r o m the
R ~ y dGoverment containing r e p o r t s &out t h s build-up of m i l i t a r y
f o r c e s and reinforcements of m i l i t a r y i n s t d l a t i o n s i n South V i e t n m
and i n Thailand d o n g thc Cambodian borders as well as of v i o l a t i o n s
o r threats of v i o l a t i o n s of Cambodian t ~ r r i t ~ I y The
r l e t t e r s ar'e
smmarised i n appendix ' B I ,
b
h ~ o r t o dl l l i l i t a ~ ibuild-ur, end r e i n f a r c o m e ~ ~ cosf militqgy
i ~ s t a l l a t i o n si n South V i ~ t n ~ zncar
n
the Cmbodian border
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The Comission recaivcd six l e t t e r s from thF Roy& Governnent
3.
r ~ p o r t i n gt o thc Comtnission about the i n s t a l l a t i o n . of m i l i t e j bases,
constrdction of a i r - f i e l d s , reinforcemerits of troops, e t c i n South
Vietnm ncar the bordcrs of Cambodia. I n a l l c a s s s the Commission
dscidcd t o send copies of these l e t t b r s t o the Vietnam Condssion
si thLr f o r information or f o r suck a c t i ~ r 3,s
, might be considsrcd
~ C : C L ~ L : L F ~ by them,
r t e d violations
-r ' a o---
o r t h r e a t of >iolat;ions of
C:~ ~ b o d k it ne r r i t o r y by &uth Victnme se elementii
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The Comlission received 22 l e t t e r s from t h e Royal Government .
reporting v i o l a t i o n s o r t h r e a t s of v i o l a t i o n s of C m b o d i ~ nt e r r i t o r y
by clencdts of the armed f o r c s s of the Republic of Vietnam. Except
i n ' f o u r cases, on which the 2 o y d Government addresskd the Cotnmission
d i r e c t , i n dl o t h e r bases the Royal Gov~rnmentforwarded copies
of the communications addressed by them t o tk..Representative of
tk! Fiepublic of Vietnam i n Phnor?, Penh. T h e s e littors and tho
Coczrission''~decisions i n each case a r e s;mmarised a t irppondix I B f ,
4.
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OK ~f the i n c i d e n t s reported by t h s R0y.2~1Govcrment which
r s l c t ~ dt o the v i o l a t i on of Cambodian t e r r i t o r y and thc displacement
of a f r o n t i e r stone from i t s o r i g i n a l place i n t o Cambodian t e r r i t o r y
by a r m d f o r c e s of the Republic of Vietnam i n the province of STUNG
TRENG i n June, 1958 was thc subject of 'prolonged discussion by the
C o ~ ~ A s s i o n .Full . l e t a i l s oi' t h i s case can Ix secn a t P a r t 11 of
irppzndix t S t , This case a l s o involved the escape i n t o Cambodia of
90 refrxees c l a i n i n g t o be V i e U n h s . On the q w s t i o n of sending
a tsa? t o i.nvtjs'iigale the i r c i d e n t of v i o l a t i on of Cambodian t e r r i t o r y ,
bhe Csnadian Delogation f e l t t h a t %twas bcyond the competence of
t h c Ccimissiol? t o invc s t i g a t e b~,pd@& +&,a ~ & ~ ~ ~ h ~ , & &
t-w IZc~ublicof vieinax a s well a s any v i o l a t i o n s of Cmbodian f r o n t i e r s
by the amed .force s ,of the Repuhlic of Vietnan. The Commission,
hweve~,decided by a majority vote t o send an ad hoc team f o r
investigation, The Canadian k l e g e t i o n desired %
.he
to consult their
b v e minent before implementiing the majority decision. Ls, howover,
I n ~ t r u c t i ~ nwere
s repertqlly not raceived by t h ~ )Canadian b16gatil
even aftex. d t i n g f o r three deys, t h a t W e g a t i o n awthorised
p a r t i c i p a t i a n of t h e i r kmbr orl tb invastigatring team subject to
~ a n f i m t r , r y~ d v i c efrom their ,Go-~emrrt, Tho ham l e f t Phnom Pel
on 29th June, 1958 and retur&d on 9%h July, 1950. I n %3d Comissi(
meeting held on. tk 11t h July, 5958, the Cc?ladia,c &legation trithdn
their con& t i o n d partdr~pztict~.~
with thc investigating team, TA%
team, hcwever, c o n t i m i d ts prepare i t s report,. I n i t s m p r t tb
b a t n concluded thaC :
The t2am was s a t i s f i e d t h t a wv boundary pillar was
erected recently ir, Canbodian t e r r i t o r y approximately
1800 meters short of t
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Cmbodian frontier shown on thc
(a)
map*
, (b) The team was also satisfied t h a t *here were south Vieb
nmese s o 1 d i i . i ~a,bxC
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I5 t o 23 mc-tcrs away from this
n e w ' b o - n d a q pill*:
o b - ~ o u s bon Cmbodian soil, :.
(c)
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The teem could therefore condud3 tkt t4 mw b u n d m
pLllar which i s i n Cwbodian t e r r i t o r y , approximately
1800 meters short pf the Cambodian f r o n t i e r as shown
on the ma@, m ~ s have
t
been e r e c k d by the South Vj.ab
namese
eythorit3.e~.
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:tean.observed
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tj-re na&.betmen road track juncldo~
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(MR 694-21'8) and the mw.5cuildav p?.llsr. For the
'.rgGons h t a i l e d i n p r a :?7, %hisc o c c i have oniy been
mads by'' a-v&hicle proceeding f ron: SL;LIH VIETNirM into
cim'OD1A.
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From the statelcent made by Capt CIIHOOV OUC!7M
i t transflred t h a t an
encounter between the Canbodtian and SLUTH Vietnamese troops did t&a
@a.ce
on 13 June, 1958 on Czubo&an krritow when he was commanding
e patrol on that day near tiic b r d e r on route 19, Thea encounter
resulted i n 1 doad on tfie SL.V~HS'ietnamso side,
Gait CIIHUOK CbiC.UM a l s o ekakd i n 3 s e160ence t h a t on
15th June, 1SSi
on route t o ths' border, he had nat4ced evidence of troops ba-fine
~ m p e dnear thc strew 0 Y ~ A K O ,i.n t h a t be saw .the diggings, tho c&
of burnt fires, thc c a p refuse of ciiscarded food t i n s m d cartow
etc, The tam a l s o a b s e m d mar the s6rosn O YADAO the evidence of
t;roops having h e n there a s s t e t e d ky him. Capt CHHUON CHEiOTcTM dso
s t a t e d i n his evidencte that his troops i n STUNG 'IREBG had wver
canped in tkt .&cia and tht they were E v e r i s s u e d with t i n m d
r a t i o n s of ar3;r sort, Thz team after collecting th evidence from
tbe uiUe,gers 'and e x b i n i n g the s i t e w h s x e c m p r
o
w such as smptg
food tins, cartons e t c as we11 as the diggings i n tb ground were
observed, cane to LihE, conclusion t h a t :-
(a) SGUTH Via tnameae m d f o r c e s had encircled the PIUege
of BAIT PhfC H I M about 13 Jump1958 f o r approlcinately 6 k
8 hours possibly u i t h an a i r c r a f t flying over the viEfagr
i n support.
(b) Then t h e v i l l a g e was enaircled, t h e v i l l a g e r s w e r e
forbidden t o go out,
(01 Exoept f o r taking away L: few a r t i c l e s of n e t &h
value belonging t o t?,o v i l l a g e r s , the SQUl'H Vietnam{
troops d i d not rlolo~,t,o r i l l t r e a t the v i l l a g e m ,
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f d ) The evidence seen Sy the team d i d not l e a d it fa
conclude t h a t the rligglng around t h e v i l l a g e o i o~
e i t h e r side of mute Nr?, 1 9 , from the t r a c k j&~ailcm
of the v i l l a g e of BAN FAX IS1-IAH', to approdmately
300 meters &EST i n the Clr;lction of BO KM60 could
have been made with a t e v t o launahing a posak!a!,o
a t t a c k on BO KHEO."
The team did not rule out the p o s s i b i l i t y of a m d alashes
a s long a8 the South Vietnamsse force8 aontinued t o =main i n
Cambodian t e r r i t o r y ,
Before sipktng the report the Canadian reprasentative
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on the team, while endorsing personally t h e ohsarwatione of the
pointed out a b u t h i s Delegation's stand on the d d p t e n &
The factual report of the team and t h e conel&
a&<
a$ by t h e team wore accepted by the Commission,
The Commission deafded by a m a j o d t i vote ( ~ n d a nand
Polish Delegations f o r and Canadian Delegatf on agatnst) t o send
qopdes of a l l relevant documents t o the International. Co.lgmassla
l o r Ougerviaion and Cont ml i n Vietnam &r necessary aotf on,
A s a sU%sb@ent msolution of the R3Pish Delegation regarding
v t o l a t i o n of Cambodian t e r d t o r y by Sohth Vietnamese Arm3ed
g o m e did not recefve unanimity as envisaged unclar k r t i o l e
2% of t h e Agreement for Cambcdia, major$.ty and minority
=ports were s e n t t o t h e Codhairman, The XCSC i n Vtetnam
forwarded t h e team's report t o the Govern~cntof t h e Rspubl& o
VLetnam, T ~ Royal
Q
Govexnrnent had informed t h e Comnlselan
e a r l i e r t h a t the kmed Foraes of the Hepublic of Vietnam
had withdrawn t o Vietnamese territcl .-y ,
0,
The position =garding the refugees who had es6aped
i n t o Cambodia i s explained i n Chapter IV.
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Rewrted v f o l a t i o n s o r thzeat of P i o l a t f o n s o f C a m b d i e
t e r r i t o r y and reported m i l i t a m b a l d - u p by ThalOand
along the Cambodian border,
The Commission lreceived three l o t t e r n repo*ding &&at:
of Cambodian f m n t i e r by Thailand and i n s t a l l a t i o n of wau
material along t h e Cambodim-Thai border, With one of the thrc
l e t t e r s which was received i n Mamh 1958, the Royal Government
forwarded a copy of t h e i r note of p m t e s t to' t h e 'Roy& Thai
Embassy i n Phnom Penh i n connection with t h e occupation oP &he
DAUN TON ruins i n Cambodian territory by Thai m i l i t a r y men,
The Commission noted the letter and aaknowledged i t s rocelpt
t o t he Royal Government,
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The o t h e r two l e t t e r s received by the Commission in
10,
December 1958 mlAted to t h e reported concentration of t m o p s
and f n s t a l l a t l o ~of war mt~ria.lsby T b i l a n d along the
Cmbadia border after the R o y a Governwct ' s decsision to w i t &
draw the e t a f f of t h e i r Gnbassy in Bangkck, '.'he P..y?2
Government allejpd that the% pmparatio~s213 t h e menacjng
statemnts made by the Chief of the Thzd Gw?nimnt vf .t.z~-vis
Cambodia constituted a sdzdous thlleat to p x c o ir t h o grca, The
&gal. Government xequested t h e Conmission t e sencl G S . ' ~mv3:."3
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to the boscfer provinces
and verify the gwd f a i t h of the Gembodians. TIB Polish. &legationf s
proposal t o send a t e r n was out-voted by the o t h e r two delegaaons.
It was decided by a m a j o r i t g v o t e ' t o inform the b y a l hvernment that
the Commission c o d d no& take any action regarding the relabionships
between Thailand and Cambodia.
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&SgS OF g m h b i E a * W%ETL?D ZX,-Y IBlMC1:I &!3M$NT S WHO ESCiPm
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XNTO CAikBIDIliN 'l33PIRITOS6Y rWd SOUTH VIE,Tl4AM AND SURRENDERED
TB2l~SE&VESTO T W #~&BOI(iN1;UllIORI'l'IES,
. Cast of the 90 Vietnanese who a s a a p d from t h e Republic of
?ieW,Slxk June 1958 and surrandesed themselves t o the Cambodian .
%tlthorit5cs ( P a ~ g r a p " l of Chapter 111 r e f e r s 1,
1,
In Chapter 111 'it was mentioned t h a t t h e c aso o f v i o l a t i o n
~f Canbodian territoty by sme3 f0rct.s of t h s Bepublic of Vietnam
Yn
T ~ n Pmvfnce
g
involved the escape i n t o Cmbodia of 9 0
r c p r t e d Vletninh =fugees fmm Vietnrun, One of t h e tenna of m f e m e
given t o thz ad h ~ ateam sent to cocduct Kacessary i n v e s t i g a t i o n s
ralatlng to the vlolatYon of CanbolizFs f r o n t i e r was " t o v e r i f y
i n f o m a t i o n given by the Foreign Minister o f GambAia i n h i 8 forma
interview with t h e Chairman of t h e Conmission whereby the presence
o f Viet Mnh persons (former Resistance 2kmbem.s) who antered Cambodia
2 l l e g a l l g was reprtedw', Thc tean z f t e r v i s i t i n g the f r c n t i e r came
t o Stung Tmng on the 6 t h J u l y , 1958 a s the escapees fron Soath
Vfetnam were kept by t h e Royal G o v e m n t under survhllance a t Stung
Treng, The team was informed t h a t 90 of these escapees antered i n t o
Cambodian territory, The team i n t e r r o g a t e d 89 of t h e f n d i v i d ~ f i ~
s t z t e d t o have escaped from thz cuatody 3f t h e SOUTH Vietnamese &hcul.t3.~r;.
From the statements made by t h e i n d i v i d u a l s the team had masons to
bolleve t h a t with t h e exception of seven only, a l l of them had e i t M r
been inc?snbars of t h ~
former Resistance p o v e m t , o r had been somehow
connectc~-iv~iithi t , These e s c a p z s c l d m e d t o have been a r r e s t 2 d bstween
1955 and iB56 2nd ptf, i n t o prlson without any trial, They claimed that
they had bzcn made t o qork as i a b u t e r s on the constmctI.cn of an
ai t f i e l d n t C U R which was sa1P t o be i n SOUTH VILTNAM close t o the
border, Thay claimed t h a t t h e y cscaped i n batches and t h a t they Chad
n o t been pmmlsed any help by CAMBODG, which m a n t r y thoy.'sntered
f'I.legally, Thesa escp,pees were a l l nale an4 w e n ? i n awtody of the
%yal &vernwnt of CAitjBODIi. a t +he ti= of i n t e r r o g a t i o n a t STUNG
TrnG,
The Royal G w e m e n t i n t h e i r l e t t e r No, 6 7 4 h D ~ ~ / X ,dated t h e
2, ,
9th August, LGB8 # t a t e d t b t 90 Vietnmese v o l u n t a r i l y submitted
themelves t o the 'Canbdiar, a u t h o r i t i e s a t the post of Bokoo i n t h e .
pmvlaco of Stung Trenf; and t h a t Lhep were now i ~ t e r n a c !i n the
prtnrlnce of Stung Treng untf 1 a t k c i s i ~ non t h o i x futuro wzs taken,
5heykyaZ C;ovenunent ' s l e t t e r stzte-: thzf, certain iacli vir1ud.s spaktag
on k h a l f of t h e i r comrades s t l i e 3 that frnn 1945 t o 1954 they
belonged tc VS.et Minh f o n n a t i ~ n san? that a f t e r the &nt?va E~gxvsments
t h y had returned home and r e s u e d t h e i r previous occupations as
c u l t $ v a t o r s o r businessmen an+ t h a t &ring the gears 1954, 55 and
1056 South Vietnamese a u t h o r i t i e s bad a r r e s t e d them and sent them t o
the i n t e r n s e camp a t Cuty ?.long 'vith 445 o t h a r p l d t i c a l prisoners,
1
Gccozdlng t o t h e i r statemsnt they escaped t o Cambolia a s condftions
They had suhaktted themselves v o l u n t a r i l y t o t h e
v e r e very
Zan'tsodin~?a u t h o r i t i e s ak Bokzo requesting f o r a u t h o r i s a t i o n t o go t o
i o r t h Vietnam, The Royal Government's l e t t e r s t a t e d t h a t as they
%re ax-Vist-Elnh 3lements, t h e y had decided t o hand the prisoners
m e r t o t h e Coxmission f o r nocessarj a c t i o n i n o o n f o m l t y with tfie
Qa,
pmvisione of the G a n m Agmemsnts, The Coarmisaion wae reqwstod
by the Boyal*Government to intimate tha date when aad the
plats where the Cambodian authorities muld hand the prieonem over
to the &mt88ion, Thf s subject w a a discussed I n the Co&seimte
meeting held on the 13th August, 23rd August, 17th September.
and 3rd mtober, 1958, The IbyaJ. Government sent a oompllote
liet o f the refugees with their l e t t e r No,, 685@GP/XI dated the 1Nh
August* 1958, In a subsewent letter No, 782tJZGP/X, dated the 29th
BQgtember* 1458 reoeived f m m the Boyal Govexllllilmt .the'Commieabn was
requested t o expedite the c o n s i d e r a t i o n of the case and a l s o
d e s i r e d t h e 3 ~ m i s s i o nt o take over the refugees pending a f i n a l
decision. A s more time was considered necessary t o reach a d e c i s i o ~ ~
t h e Royal Government was informed t h a t t h e ~ a t t e was
r
under d i s cussion by -t.kCommission and t h a t t h e C o ~ n i s s i o nwas n o t i n a
P o s i t i o n t o take over t h e refugees u n t i l a f i n a l d e c i s i o n was
reached, The s u b j e c t was f i n a l l y discussed i n the C o m i s s i o n l s
meeting held on t l fOth
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October,1958 and, in accordance w i t h t h e
Conmission*a d e c i s i o n , copies of the r e l e v a n t correspondence were
s e n t t o t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Commilssion f o r Supervision and Control
i n Vietnam l.n c o n t i n u a t i o n of t h e c o r r e s p o n ~ e n c edealing w i t h t h e
S t u n g Treng i n c i d e n t , The Commission in3ormed t3e Royal Government
t h a t eopies of r e l e v a n t documents had '&en s e n t t o t h e Vietnam
Commission f o r any a t i o n considered n x e s s a r y by them and t h a t a
f u r t h e r comuiiication would f d l s w on r x e i p t of r e p l y from t h a t
Commjlssion,
The C ~ ~ ~ a i s s received
i~on
l e t t e r ~3 . ~ O ~ / D G P / X , dated the 6th
3
Novembero Q 958 from t h e Royal Governmen-t x ~ q u e s t i n gt h e Commission
t o ask t h e I n = t e r n a t i o n a lCommission i n Vi2tna.m t o c o n t a c t t h e
a u t h o r i t i e s of t h e Democratic Republic of Fietnam i n Hanoi w i t h
a proposal t o take over these r e f u g e e s . ?he Royal Government pointed
out t h a t a prompt s e t t l e m e n t of t h i s case would save them a number
of problems created by the continued s t a j ; of t h e s e refugees i n
Cambodia. The Commission forwarded a copy of t h e Royal Government Is
l e t t e r t o t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Comniission i n V i e t n m pointing out t h e
e m b a r r a m & caused t o t h e Royal Government on account of t h e s e
refugees and r e q u e s t i n g a d e c i s i o n a s soon a s i t was a r r i v e d a t ,
The Royal Government was informed acc ordinglye
Case of Phwl Van Sen pho surrendred himself t o
the Cambodian a u t h o r i t i e s ma c?sked f o r asylum,
4;
On the 4 t h November, 1958 t h e C m i s s i o n received a l e t t e r
'
( ~ 0 ~ 7 9 9 2 - P S - ~ Odated
B,
the 3rd Hov.1958) from t h e Police Comissi o n e r , Royal Government of Canbodia, through the Minister for
n a t i o n a l S e c u r i t y g s t a t i n g t h a t one PH.4l3 VBF SEX, Viet Minh,
surrendered himself t o t h e Cadb"6aian a u t h o r i t i e s ' of Sork SVAY TEkP
(Svay Rimg) on the 28th kugust,t958 and -handed them one &Ias 36
R i f l e and n i n e c a r t r i d g e s . The l e t t e r s t a t e d t h a t t h e i n d i v i d u a l had
had an encounter w i t h elements of t h e FARVN i n DONG THAP MU01 a r e a
(South v i e h a m ) and a f t e r his gang had bee2 dispersed he had! been
forced t o s u r r e n d e r and ask f o r asylurn,
5 11
The C m i s s i o n discussed the matter and decided t h a t no
a c t i o n could be taken by t h e Commission i n the c a s e ; The Royal
Government was informed accordingly,
6
In t h e i r r e p l y ( ~ a . 4O~-DGP/X, deted the 1 3 t h ~ e c e m b e r , l 9 5 8 )
l
the'Roya1 Government s t a t e d t h a t a s the czse was t h a t of a Vietminh
who, i n conformity w i t h t h e provisions of t h e Geneva Agreements,
had asked f o r his r e p a t r i a t i o n t o North Viatnam, the Royal Govemment would have no o b j e c t i o n i f t h e I.CRS,C. examined favourably
his r e q u e s t and took up t h e case w i t h t h e I.C,S,C. i n Vietnam or
the Goverxlment of the D.R,V,N,
i n order t o r e p a t r i a t e hin,
The Gomission discussed the l e t t e r and informed the Royal
Government t h a t according t o t h e inf o r n a t i on' a v a i l a b l e t o t h e
Commissiclxs t h e i n d i v i d u a l was a memkr of a ang which had been
f he f e l t t h a t he was
disperoed by t h e elements of t h e F.A.R.V.N.
e n t i t l e d t o claim t h e p r o t e c t i o n of t h e Geneva Agreement f o r
?a
f
Vietnam, he could ha.\-e i&an steps 50 approach $!ze I,CIS,C, i n
ra%n:,s,&on
V L s t n s ~w h i l e kc war; s';ill i s 1 t!{n2, oaunSli-;~,
coiiveq ed 50 the Bcgzd Go;la:niwnt J.t,;i.n.?,b:l,i i;,y t o m't; on i ; h c w .
m
CH
'JR
k:.
;
.
V
A
FOREIGN i 3 D IN W&
M,lZXCi&$ MU;1L;iJI BiSZS id~'DiLLIiJGES
Entm of war material
Eesponsibility f o r checking thE entnr of var ~2t:jriali n t o
hnb0di.a eontinmd to bt; amrcised by tho 3i;red Tmi, Phnori Pcnb,
which received full c o a p c r a t i o q t h e Royal' iLovermert. i n its ilcily
m p r t s t o the bmuissictn, the t e r n had nothing t o rc.po::t r t ; : z S i ~ ?
tibe entry of war material during the priod W r reviorr,
Baaassit of w a r material. thrpuwfi C ~ s i b o d i ~
In Dacember 1958 the %yal. hve-llt
i n f o m ~ dtia Cou.i.s~ion
that the Embassgo£ Frande i n Cambodia had r(3quc~JECdt j l ~ROj'cJ. C ) C I V C ~ P
me& to d l o k t the t r a n s i t of 800 tons of W?S; rnahrid t,'lrcugh Cmbo&i.a,
The materids consisted i;f munition
a n s 233 &5li
tary s c u i ~ ~ l c l n t
.
be;a c t S.m (LUX)
a d ware being s e n t f d the F n n o h MilitLo Prance. The a%yd
stated that t h y
R t i % h ~ r i wtk
C
transit of this
Canbo& and-9pinbd. o?lt thab .adequate
the t r a n s i t 0," the- makri.3 - 'Clcrough
pmcautions
tb
SJ-d~ h v , . r m c n ttkt tk--u
bbdia.
s d o n had no o b j s c t i c q t o tho 1?3ssago of tbc metcrid t k o q h C a w a
as it was merely i n t r:a n s i t ani acstinsd f o r F r s c e .
,
-~
I n iugust 19M thc Royd Gommnert i n t i n a k ? t o t h c C o ~ J ~ : s i c n
3a
tb discove3y of 83 ,rifl~,s, 2 nims an6 or; grtx?; t y t h i i ~ 2 i i i t a n t ; s
of Khum TAN-G S1dPOfdG and Khum iJEi ( b b o 6 i . ~).
4,
T h c o d s & ' o n noted th letter and a&noLil,,djcri
. . Bases an3 f i l i t a r j r i -.h. 2IICC s
i t s rc::cizt,
Tho Gomiasion has nothing tc rdport cn tk s s t a : d i s b n t of
fiksy
bases i n Canbadian tL?rTitGry during the parioii un&r rc\5ou.,
5.
C
~ $ eI n t e r n a t i o n a l Gomission considers t h a t tGc kyii3 G o x r m n t
3,
hqs c o d i d 4x1 flilfill most natisfz"-jly
i t a responA%Li.* &r
k i i i . c l e s 7 and 23(c) of the G e ~ v c&gement,
1
RilDUCTTON I N i.CTIVITIES OF TIfE COMMISSION
i
During 1958
by 76 persons, The
ing table
strongth i n
td strength of the &m.nisdvn-waa .m&izd
nce of tho reductio& i s shown in the fallow
- --the relevant figures of the Commi4m4s
and December, 1958 :S t r e ngt h
i n & c t 57
I
-
Strength
on 31.12,1958
/
Int,Sectt.
/
15
11 includes 3 l o z d
Cambodian i n k >
p r e t e r s and 2
l o c a l clerksr
/
Indian Military '~om~onent
of the Ink,: h c t t and J ~ t i c d '75
Delegation o f India
Indian &Legation
5
Canadian Delegation
1
Polish &gation
i
~ o c a l l , drecruited messengers
6
6
* I each i n
Indian; Camdi rl
& P o l i s h Ijelogact i o n s and 3 i r ~ .
the SecretarieL.,
Ls a m a s u r e of economy t h e Indian Iaqy S i g n a l s l i r k betmen
2,
.~hnomPenh and Saigon was closed, LS e! r e s u l t of the closing dm9 of
t h e Indian
% e n d s l i r k and other measures of economy all o t k r
raiks of the military contingent of the Indian Delegation were repatr i a t s d to India- and the h i p , where thase personnel had been hotisad
was surrendered to t h e Royal Government. I numbor o f vehicles wm
surrendorcd to the %yd C o v e r n u b , which resulted i n consi.dorable
savings f o r the Commissicin,
_
1'1 x l : ~ r ~155
h 8 tile Co::lu:;;i~sioil.rr.i;eifrcd a p e t i t i o n dated
i)
the 2'7th ~abru&y~ 1'358 f m m 1vicrk::s o"C!
Tagochs, Achars and
Khrdcr citizens residing a t !::he$ Zc2; Ch:~cuk (south-~ietnam)
co@gbirp; o f oppression by .tl.1!:ii~.].liiblico f VietnamY They
a e g r j d t h e t t h e borlzec of ?-he i.6 '!-.<od~swere being forced
by t h c Amy of t h e Repubiic o f 13.e sY:i;ntrJ &in t h e Amy and
d s o reported t h e ~ u r d s rcf ' h e Cs.~at;;;. Lec:d;;:* o f t h e bonzes,
H .E. Kol Porn, by t h e kmy OK ;hc! l?kh i;'ebmzr% 1V5Br The
Com;nissi.on considered t h e pe.;ition a t i f s c:eet.ing h e l d on t h e
27Cn i,1'archYi9582nd decided khat no ac"uccn covld be taken
on t h e p e t i t i o n ss it nslat.cd tc. makters vVhichwere c l e a r l y
not t i U l i n ' t h e juriscliction of t h i s CoxIission ,
h p e t i t i o r i 1~2,sreceived in April 1956 fmm MElLNG SUOH
ii)
BOUT o f Phnom-Penh which s t a t e d 'Lha"sAdJ~taIIbChief HEllMH
who K ~ Scharged vntn v o l u n t a r j homi::S.de durir-g t h e a t t a c k of
Angkor'mrey Pos't, Smk Prey Krabas, 'I'alieo on t h e U t h December,
1953 ;md ~qhowas under deteation :~cld be t r i e d before t h e
Z4Llitary Tribmd. on t k e 24th Apia, 1958, The p e t i t i o n
.
req1cs.t 2d e r r ~ u i r y? ~t!lc
y ~o~;~:llissiori
SIC! s t r t c t application
of t h e Geneva A g r e ~ c e n t . Ths C;o!~xiss!-on. roqlestod t h e Royal
Government of Cmbodia t , ~f ~ . n . - s Lxly i n f o m ~ t i o nthey had with
regarci t o t h i s c25e:. It w3.s psir!i;i:d o u t to t n c b y a l Govcnunent
t h a t as t h e ch2,rge ngsiinst t h e pc,=;scn was sta.f,ed to r e l a t e to
31 offence counitted durip.5 >he ~.,efi.odOX 2~ost;:LLities~t h e
Caaiission r , c ~ u l c i like t o be . t s ~ u r e d'ch2.C action, i f any, t&an
agc5not I!ZiF$jrH i.;iLi4 ~oulil'
iiot w n s t i t u t e a v i o l a t i o n o f A r t i c l e 6
o f t h e ~ e n e v cAgrecaent,. 11.1 rep3-y?ct.a, ?Loyal Government informed
She C o ~ s : ; i o n t h z t i-iE)$;.ji-i l&r3.:j d l o i#as grosecuted f o r an ~ t t e m p t
of ~ ~ u r 2.35.nst
d e ~
2 person n:mcd I;ai'2~i
VAX 1101, was a c c p i i t e d
by t h e P e m m c n t itiliSaqr COUI* 3f PI-::-to:x.-Penh on t h e 24th Apxil,
1958s
~~
sl.or1 received 2, p e t i t i o n f mm
iii)
I n i ~ l ~ g u s1953,
t,
--;he CCELTLS
one :,irs. Ti-iOEH NCQ, residtlrig a t 3.3vet ( ~ v z y%.r;ng) requesting
t h e Corriinission t o &rr;tnge thc, yeburn o f iier sol?., PO PHO
( ~ ~ r a c h u t i lie.
s t 50322/5;) o f t h e %!I ktat.i;al.lon), who r a . ~
ca,ptured i n !(ortil-iTictnz?t mil. whose ;diereaboilts were now known
thmugh h i s l e t t e r t o hi; nother. The Coinmission considered
t h e p e t i t i o n m d ilecidsd t h a t as PC PHO m s a Caqbodian
national, it would be ap)rupria,L;@
if necessarx action wa3
taken by t h c FayaJi Go7~c::~i;ient of Cr.lnibodia. Accordingly
Nrs T
' HOBi HGO w,3s advised .kc apj:roa~h t h e b y a l Government
i n t h e matter..
.
m-
.three cases r f e x reporl;cc.. as pending in t h e Coaunissionls
6th Interim Report (please see Appendix t A t of the 6th Interim
~eporb). The position in respec-iof these cases is gim
below :
-
-
Case of u
luf OURJ It was reported i n the 6 t h Interim
a>
Report t h a t .the F42y23 C ~ v e r m e n ti n f a m e d t h e k & . s s i o n W 1 ~ t
necessary infoma"Li.on was being collected by them f o r tvasrrrission to t h e Co:zrtission. ' R e &yd C-ove~w~znt
=re rwAnCed in
September, :958 and t h c Cc.nmission i s aw5ting t h e L r
rem.
-
Case of ??hK CHHOUT? it was rcported i n t h e 6 t h Interim
Report th2.t t h e Ch;in.an ~f t h e Conmission had requested t h e
& E l l i s t e r of Justice of t h c b y a l Goverrment i n April i957 f3r
btld;.tii.Q& i l ? f i : ~ n c k i i @ ~ I n view of t h e passage of time t h e
C o p i s s i o n realising t h e ctiffiod-ties of furrtishing the
neccsrjary ps32.cx'.ars r e q u s t c d %ythe ChE;in?,m du5.n.g his
personal In"cnd2ew vdth L i e i%r;istcr of Justice r e q e s t c d t h e
Royal Goverwmelnt to furnish e c e r t i f i c a t e tc3 the e f f e c t that.
t h e indiviclu~tlwas ncit ~ e n t , ~ r , ef o
d r c??trn~sI T U m
Ci~
ld
appropriately f211 tdt,hin "&-e ~ ~ ~of 0t h er Gxieva
t
AgrcmcnL
b)
--
%he b y d Government~sreply i s awaited.
>
-
Case of W3IB.I CfiY It w-cs r ~ p o r t e di n t h e 6th Interim
c
Report t h a t the Chaiman of k h e Comission has r e q e s t e d the
Pdnister o f J u t i c e of the Rqdd C-over~aenti n April 1957 f o r
a d d i t t o n g b f c r n r , t i o n , I n d e ~ of
r tkc pzssGe of t i m e t h e
Cornrjs~ionr e ? l i . ; i n ~ t h e d i f Z ~ G t 5 . eof~ ~unL~'t-j_~n.g
the
necessary p~rY:'_ctr?ers
r a q ~ c s t c dty the Chknnm &;ring his
persond i n k m i a w with the ..Li.riister of J ~ i s t i c cr u ~ u c s t e dthe
Royal. GovernLent ta furnish 2, cnrkificate .L;o t h e ef'i'ect t h a t
t h e individcd was I-!!%
-.-. r e n t a c e d f o r crlqcs rd?xi.c?ll would
appropriately fall ,dthin the ?urpcr% of the Geneva !~gi?ef%l&,
The floyd Governmentfs reply is amited.
I. L e t t e r s f r o m t h e
Government o f Canbodia reporting
P E l i t e . ~b x~ i l d r u ~end rein-force~nento f i i . l i t ; r q ~
i n s t a l l . a t i o n s i n South-Vietnam d o n g tlie C)zxbocji~South
V i e t n m borders
by31
.
--
.
(i) L e t t e r Wo 75-XP/X, dated t h e .222
~~~?:II.!::IT.*
195G.
The k y a l Govemnent in.formed t h e Comrr:ission about
t h e i n s t S e , t i o n ,by t h e jiepul~licSf Victrizn o f a Id{.,
cd!,itar;y
base h3ving rn a i r f i e l d i n t h z area, o f f5even ;:.ioun.t.?in:; I o f
TRITON (~'naudoc) The Pay& Government st?.ted thsb tile a r e a
was f u l l y populated t ~ yi)p:r~.boc5.mns, .rtihose sorvi.ces
were
requisitioned f o r t h i s ~ r o r k . l211~8~y;iL Cavernment s t a t e d
t h a t it would appecr V l s t t h e -iri e t n m e s e zutho riti es time
eager f o r t h e quick c o ~ p l e t i o nof t h e construction o f this
base which according t o t h e Xoy?l k v e r n i e n t iz:?.s i n FA i d e d
p o s i t i o n i n t h e neigizbourhocd a f t h e Canbodcim f m n t i e r .
.
.
k
The Commission decided t o ecknovdedge reckipt o f t h e
l e t t e r and to send a copy t h e r m f to t h e I i i t e r n a t i o n d
Convnission f o r Supervision and. Control i n Vietnam f ~ suck
r
action a,s was considered necessr?.i?~by the~il, I n April, 1953,
t h e Vietnam Com~ssiomi n f o m e d th;!t t h e a;:.i;-ter was being
considered by them.
(ii) b e t t e r 110. U+E?/X dated tho 26t)l Fsbman-, 1458.
The Roy& Ceveriment brought t o t h i know1eci;;o o f t n e
Cormfission t h e dispatch o f 1036 pr1,rachxtists i n o r d e r to
reinforce t h e Vietname~eunit:, I n t h c borckr
X:;lited b3'ilkis
ir120~n,ztion
t h e c i t i e s 01TAN CHAJ, BAC 1uluv~;zld ClikLl -iXjilr
was conveyed t o t h e Cornmj.ssion i n continuc~tionof' 1;lleir r e p o r t .
a t item ( i ) above.
a c b o d e d g e r e c e i p t or" the
The Co~iunissiondecided
l e t t e r and to send a copy t h e r w f t o t h e InternationalCommission i n Vietng~nf o r such action a.3 was considcrcti
neces sa.ry i n continuation of t,heir p s e ~ i o u s~ o i ~ ~ u i ~ i c a t i o l ~
on t h e subject.
The I n t e m a t i o n d . Comxission i n TTie-i;nais re-;erred tl19
matter t o t h e Government o f t n s hepublic of TJie.tr,an. Tht:
Secretary o f S t a t e , Government of t h e Republic o f ' f i e t : ~ : ~ ~ ,
i n his reply s t a t e d t h z t t h e Moy.1. Government o f Cain'bodi~,
had not informed t h e C~vemm~cnt
o f t h e Republic o f Vietnai~i
about this and t h a t t h e case r a i s e d by t h e Cambc.6a.a Crovex~i~1.L
was not one which could i n t e r e s t tile i:iternationzl. Cormxission
i n Cambodia o r Canbodia i t s e l f as i t r e l a t e d t o a iovern2n.t
o f troops i n s i d e Vietnamese territoLry, The Royal CTovemn::nt
of Cambodis was informed of tk reply roccived from the Goverment of
t h e Republic of Vietnm*
'
The Royd Liovernncnt i r f o r c c d t h e Commissicn t h a t according to
information receivcd by t k t~
h e 'cvirment of the Republic of v i e t w
was establishing a b i g n i l i t z r j c z ~ pi n Phum Ckn, v i l l c g e of V i n h
Trung on the easterr, side o f thc C F ? ~ U L ' ~ C ~ ~ ~ ' RrI oT OdNa t about 18
k i l o r c e k r s frcm Tinh Bien, a l o c d L t y s i t u c t o d a t the Cambodia*
Vietnaxnese border on t h s m a d t o T&eo-Chaudoc,
.?he Royal Goverment
pointed out t h a t t h e 33rd B a t t a l i ~ nof thc Vietnainese army which was
s h e l t e r e d i n this camp was &so I n charge of the construction of a
Y l l i t c r y I n s t r u c t i o n Centre p a t t e r m d after the Inter-l~rm School of
W a t i n South Vistnm, The Roy& Government considered t h a t the
proximity of this camp t o tk CmiK.dia Zrontiei: c o n s t i t u t e d a threat
LG the s e c u r i t y of Cmbodfae
The Comdssion d ~ c i d e dt~ acknodedge recsip: or' this l e t t e r
and to send a copy thereof t o the I n k r - a t i c n d C o ~ s s i o ni n V i e t m
f o r information,
I n October, 1958, the Vietnan Cc.r*.is;i~i; i n f c m d this
Cuc131ssion t h a t t h e Operaticns Con;llit,..-c cf t h a t Conmission had been
a&sd t o exemine the matter and r ~ p c r t2 ; t o xhat a c t i o n c ~ d be
d
taken,
liv)
L e t t e r No, ~ ~ ~ - I x ; P /daGd
x.
t k 1~ 5 t h 3d.v. 1958%
The Royd Government informed thc Commi.ssion of ';he posting
of reinforcement troops by the Goverment of z;he Repuhl-ic of Vietnam
along the Cambodian-Vietnamese f r o n t i e r of the P r v i n c e of Prey Veng
on the 27th and 28th Junep 2958,
Thc Commission decided t o acknodc;dgc r z c e l p t t i -the l e t t e r
and'fo forward a copy thereof t o t b z Intzrnational C~mmissioni n .
Vietnan f o r i n f o m a t i o n , The 'Jiatnan rniixk.sdon ss2-k a copy of the
letter t o thc Government of the Republic of VicLnm Sor t h i r
infoxmation,
(v) L e t t e r No, 625-D@/~, dated tk 23th J&l5i8,
.
T k Royal Government brought t c t h e Conrissi.oni s notice t h a t
(i) oo tho 4th July, 1958, three hundred us-1-amzd m i l i t a r y men of
F,ii,R'V,N.
took p o s i t i c n s d o n g the Cmbodi~n*~Jie+Jnrnese
frontier i n
t& provincea of SVirY RIENG and (ii)f c u r 2' J.,R*V+IJa elements equipped
with matto&s and shovels roamed s o u n d c f x r i t i s r p i l l a r s i t u a k d
war the Canbodian post of BOS KGN (SViJ RIT;N~;), The L e t t e r s t a t e d
t h a t or, t b z afternoon of the 4 t h July, 75 ;8 z n o t h e ~g ~ o u pof about
300 men of the F,".RVN reinforced the 3C3 rilL-CJaqy mn already ,r;+--:-.
positioned along tk f r o n t i e r b
t
The C o d s s i o n decided t~ ackcosl.t 5 % ~~ e z e i p tof tlze l e t t e r
2nd t o sen6 a cbpy thereof t o the Inte;.xtiordL Conmission i n V i g t m
f o r infarma-Lion,
The TTietnam Conmission s e n t a copy of the l e t t e r
to the M v e r m e n t of t h e Republic of Vicfunm f o r t h i r i n f ~ n n a t i o n ~
v i ) L c . t t ~ r No. 1 0 8 ' i - ~ ~ qd/ ~a~u December, l%SF
The Royal Government i n f o m e d t b s Cudmission about t h e re700 men of the V i ~ b m e s smilitary
ipfarcsmxlt on 2nd December by
p o s t s of Hatieil, Quilc Gin G I : . ~Sok Sqy s i t u a t e d along the CambodiaakV i e t m s c ; fronti.cr on T&CG and Xaodal s i d e c .
,
T k Fomissrion dcci.6, 3 t o a&not.dcdge r e c c i p t of the l e t t e r
and .to scnd a copji thcrocf t o th, Vietnam ;ormission f o r informatj.on,
( i ) Lctt:.r Pic, '7?7-jJ~u$~&ficd t l s & t h %cenber, 1952,
s inf'om.tion
Thr3 E37d GSVCrime n t for-,rardc d f o r She Comi ssi
a copy of t h c i r ! Notc cf P r o ' h s t Nc, 'W~>.-DGP/X, dated the 26th
Ikcenhr;?957 addrc;ss,:2d ?.c t410 R?presentativs c/f tk Republic of
Vhtl3an
a t Phnom Pc;nl.~, ropor-Ling ti% reprehensible b v i o u r of
Mr. D I N , a if-ici;nx~csc s~curi-"JjTagent f r w LOG NINHj whe on tb 27th
Novenbcr, 1957 crossed t2.2 r"ri.n.tior of SNOUL ( ~ r a t i e and searched
Mr. HlW T I J N G 1 s ! ~ u s c .wticli Taas located iri Cwbodian h r r i t o t y a t
over om hundred n e t o r s .insj.de t h e dialnarcation l i n e , Nr, DIEU was
r e p o r h d . t be
~ amd,
lettor
Tkc Comissjon dccidcd ts acknowlcdgu the r e c e i p t of the
scrt.? a copy t c tht. I r i c t w Conxission f o r information,
(ii) L e t r e r $10.
.
~ U ~ - D Rd /aL
kd
thc 26th December. 1 9 5 2
Ths? R o y d Govcrn.n,:nt forwarded a copy of t h e i r ''Note of
P r o - k s t f 310. 798-jy,p/~, +at,'d thi 26th Doccmb~~,
1997 addressed tc t h e
Reprcsont~~tivc.
cf .tile &public of Vietnam i n Pbaom Penh i n which
t b s g pointed o i ~ tt h . t cn t h f , 3rd Dccurnber, 1957 a p a t r o l of Vie&
namwcsddicrl; f r v n tiii! post of CILU NUONG ('u.lTY360,205) f i r e d
sovcral shots tawcrds t k C ~ ~ b o d i e1milita::y
n
post of Kl*S KO i n the
province o." PmY 71:Y:'iG,
The R o y d Govermcnt described thc imidant
as an a c t of provocation and v i o l a t i o n of Camboaan frontier and
pointed out t h ~ , t b ~ ;C a r ~ b c d i ~post
n
did noJ; reply t o the firing,
Thc; C e m i a d o n decide2 t o acknovledge the r o c e i p t of t l ~
l e t t e r an2 t o send fa copy ti the 'Fit cnm Commission f o r information,
( i ~ i J) k t ~ 1"~. r ~ Q Y D ? P / ~ .
dated the 28th December.=
The R c y d Gc-t~crrmontf~rwzrdc61f ~ i nr f o m z t i o n a copy of t b i r
'Noto c,f ? r e t o s t ' To, ~OL--DGP/X, dcied the 28th December, 1957 addressed
t o the Reprcsentntivc c f the Republic of Vietnam i n which t b y reported
that on tk 13th Novunbei-21957, a Cambodian p a t r o l from t h e p o s t of
3 r L ZJLM ( ~ a n d a l )had a v ~ r yserious encounter with a group of Vietnamoso
m i l i t a r y rlen a t 1dT8 132,076 and as a r e s u l t thereof a Vietnamese
m i l i t a r y man was k i l l e d and e. U*S, carbine d o n g with a number of
arr;muniti%,s werc m i md by tlu: Cambodian patrol, Th2 note emphasi md
t h a t the ~ n c o u n k rtook $ace i n Cmbodian t e r r i t o r y a t over a k i l o meter from the f r o n t i e r * Thr, i l ~ y a lCgvernment requested the Govermerh
of the Ropublic of V i e t m t o take posiiivc: and e f f i c i e n t measures t o
avoid tho rocwrsuce or" a r j su.ch - l n c i d ~ n t , The Government of the
Republic of Vietn,wi was d-s:,informed t h a t the security f o r c e s of
Pembodia h23 bee? r ~ ~ . J e r et do x p d by arms any attempt of v i o l a t i o n of
i t s r'rontiors 2nd consuq-~cnK!y it wculd not be responsible f o r the
con= quencos.
\
-
u Commi;ssk~nueoruca w amcmwfsdge m ~ e i p tof the letter
and send a copy t o the V i o t w Comdssion f o r iafoma.tioa,
The Royal Goverment f o r d o d f o r Ccimidssio~~
s informakion a
copy of
IP~?otoof P ~ o t s s f iIk, €G&TX;P/X, c k b d the 26th bcomber,
$957 a d h s s e d t o lib Repres~;ntabixvof the Ropub'Uc of Vietnam i a
Phnom Penlz in which t h y r e p o r k d t h a t on the 223x3 k v e n k r , 1957, 3
solaers of tlw Reguler Vietnamesa Amy v i o l a h d th Canbodian
brri;.b,ryin the Province of Konpoq C s b ,
The adlc?iers who w m l e d
by et c a p b i n and l i e u t e n a n t o-rossed the frr;ntier and threafiered tb
i n h a b i t a t s of the village of BmG CHRONG LECrN sc'as %o fme t h e m to
give information regarding the ~ t m ~f
~ the
h Cambodian troops
search i n the
sltaXom3 i n J;harea, Lfkr car=?-gir3;cut a Len&&
v5cinitg of the village thc soldiers withdrew %o SltMIM i n Vietnvnese
territoq, The note mquested tbe Covenment of tF.i liepub3j.c of
Vietnm to take ap_nropfiate steps t o prevect the mcurrence of such
deeds,
The CommSssion decided t o adcmdedge receipt of the l e t & r
and forward a copy t o the Vietnam C o d s s i o n f o r i n f m a a o n ,
(v) htte~
Nor i l r i r u t r d
the 7 t h -naJ
The Etoyal Govesmnt forwarded f o r i n f o m t l a n a copy of. thei~
N o h of Protest! No, 13- Ws/il, dated the 7th ~ e n u ' r y , 1958' addre ssec
t o the bpresentati-ve of thc Elepu3iE.c of Victnm i n Phnorn Pcnh i n w h j
they m p o r h d t h a t on t h e ? 9 t h & c e r b r , 1957 Yictfmnese a t a x y b.sa
fro& the p s t of LSNG BINH f i r e d s v c r a l shots 9~rossthe 3iver tow-&
t h e Cambodian poshof Piit% C-%.iiii, wouding the uifa Gf a fSubu0fficerf
frcm t h e post callcd TANG ?GG9* T h f b y d Govcrmont lodged a strong
p r c ; k s t with the C a v e r m n t of the ,&public of Vietnam who wm
mquested to take s t r i c t measures f c r avoiding a mcurrenw of such
f
incidents,
The ComAssion docided tx, acknodedge mceipt of ths letter
and forward a copy to the Vietnam C-ssion
f o r informationl
The Royal Govemmrent fonlarded a copy of thzir verbal note
No* ~%EGP/X, dated tho 28th January, 1958 addressed to tho Reprase*
tiztive of tk Republic of 'Viatam i n which they pointed out thczt on the
Bth, 2211% 23rd ?kcember, 1957 and cn tho 8th Janw,y, 1958, Vieb
w e s e militmy men from the posts of TAN hN, KiiU V;3J & MUONG K I h 3
while on patrol, f i s e d several shots with rifles and mortars tot;ards
tbe Cmbodian bor2er i n ths province of Prey Veng* The Royal G0ve.m
men* while lodging a strcng p r o k s t ~ q u a s t e dthe Govermant of the
%public of Vietnam t o issuo necassary instructions tci the au%horities
~ ( ~ n c e r mtod pmvent the recurrence o; such incidents and pointed out
t h a t such incidents were n o t likely to jlnprovc tb r e l a t i o w betmen
poopls living on both tb sides of the border.
and
The Commission decided t o acknowledge reoeipf of the letter
send a copy t c the V i e t w M s s i o n f o r ix$omation,
I
Tk. Royal Government forwjrded a ccpr cf t k i r note 110.
92rDGF/x, il~.tei;.the 10Lh Febru.n.ry, 1958 addressed tc thtt Representative
of thc Republic cf Vietngi? i n Phnom Penh i n which thcg reported t h a t
on thc: 2ni November, ?957 a u ~ oft the Vie tname so Navy a r c s t e d i n
Gambo6ian r ~ a t e r s . f ' i vmonbers
~
of tho crew o f e r n o t o ~ j u r k , W o r g i n g to
Mr. TEi. KJij,CEUOR of PI-L3.R KRCirI (i(apotr~ambodia) w h ~ ni t was sent to
dolivsr st2.t an2 a sun of ,5','300 Ri.ols a t KOH SZS w k r o Mr.' 'TEiL KIM
CHCRlR cwnc -1 a l o t of fishory. They a l s o ccnfiscateci t l motom
~
jLuik
ti% S I X of' 3'1,000 Ttiels un5er t h i pre-kxt
along ;:itl;, i-ts cargs
t h a t thc mcin h d been fis-hin,; i-n Vietnamese waters* The R ~ y a lGoverm
ment mdni;:;ined t h a t thz motcr- jmk was i n Cambodian w a h r s * The
member:; of' the mew werc l a t c r relcased, -. The Roy31 Government r e p s t e d
the G o r ~ r r s e n tof t h k'2ublic
~
oi Vietnam t o arrange the m t y of the
jurk alc;n~r:iththe s d t and no.wy,
.
T k s Ccriiris:;ic;n -7ociZpq t o acknowledge t h e r e c e i p t cf the
letter anii forwar6 a col@ t c i ?the Vietnam Commission f o r i n f c m ~ o n ,
'lhi, .Aoy?d Gover~aon.t:nth. t,%s l e t t e r forwarded fcr tb
Commi.&ao:3 in2onnati.o.:: a copy ol' t h e i r Note NO, 92 biwDGP/x, dated
the 10th F( @wry, 1958, ed-?.rcss&:! t o the Fbproscintativo of the
Republic c!' Vietnam ropc;rti%; t?i? c r r o s t of two Ca-borlian nation& in
Cmbodi?.n - o r r i t o r y by t'ri. tro~;;s of -l;he..,Republicof V i e t m , I n
m t o :he Royd Gu.~~9rnwnt
~ o i n t e ; ?c u t t h a t on t h e 19th Movemby
1957 Mr., iC:.:~Cfi XUP, a C.mboJiar. ksherhan was c a l l e d by
eknekts
of F,I",.>?.,V.,"J,.stanfir$ s;! tk i t h 2 r si33 dZ t h e frontier, Hc wen% to
the V i s t n a r s s post unsuspectic;lg 2~1.3. was a r r e s t e d l;lz account ~f his
having c:ro~.;ed t h ~
frcntier,
ncte added t h a t on t h ~ZJPth Novcmbe~,
1957 th.: F,AheR,VaMo crossed i n t o Cz~.~bodian
.brritoqy, a r r e s t e d t h ~
labo3~lrers;ad HVi&H NUPI s S r o t f r ~ r , took t h m .to t k i r post and b r u u
,made th.zrn caswer q m s t i \ ; n s regs-rdmg Hoa II;o s acti-vitic.;~. Howvsr,
on t h e Pnttzvaontion of %b Cambo'aan a u t h o r i c e s a t Cizaucioc dl the
persons mrcj r e h s e d b u t cnly a f t e r 3tr. Kvach Nup k d , against, his
a c ~ p ' k dt o buy f c r R i e l s 150,000j- a l o t of f i s h c r y i n V i e t m s e
Qrritory, ,tihich was adjacent to th l o t
by him i n bmbc&i.an
t e r r i t o r y . T b b y a l Govormcr_t. i.:c?rc;es:;.G the h o p t h a t thc: G o w m &
of the 1bpu'di.c of Vietnam would d o - i t s b e s t t o avcid recur?.cnce of su&
i n c i cie nt s*
rema
+,
The C~omLssiondecided'to send a copy of the l c t t t ? r 50 the
r
also
Vietnam C o ~ ~ s s i of onr informatiany Recaipt of the l c t t ~ was
ack n o d e dge S
.
n b 3 0 y a l Governmc;nt f o r u z d c d f o r thc! information of tho
-9n
, espy of: t k i r note of p r o t e s t No,
I ~ ~ - D G L ~d a/ X
h d, the
2 6 t h Febrmry, 1%58 a$<rosstd t o ti% b > r c s c n t a t i v e of t h e Republic of
Vietnam prc'astifig 'a&.i& the attack, i r i Cambodian t e n i tory by 20
Vietnamese ? s a r i n g S.,,.R.V.N.
m i l i t z r y uniform, of t
k Mekhun: of
KOH W A R ) , .;rok PBLM GiiOR (prey ~ e n g),) who d u n g with f o u r w h r : of
tb ~ a m b o d i m[Forces Vivesl was on a p a t r o l of supervision i n the
border area,<
The I'/ommission decided t o acknowledge receipt c f t ? l~
et+s
and forward a copy t o t h e V i e t m Commissionf o r infomati.unb
(x) k t t e r No.
I ~ ~ - D G P / xd.n t d ti.8 26th Februam. 19%
The Royd Govern~cntfcm,sQsd f o r the ir$ormation of t h e
Com&ssion a copy ok t h i r n c t c ;.f p r o t e s t Re. 126-X2/~, dated tb
&fh li'ebruay, 1958 addressed L tk %presentative of the Repukd.ic
of Vietnam i n Phnom Pen& p r c t a s t i r . ~against firin: of n o r t a r s s h o t s
over the Common f r o n t i e r t o w a d s the CarAbo&sn temit%qy by the
F,P.R.V,N,
elenents on .'i.h18th end 2 3 ~ :5. e n w ~ , 1958 f r o m t h e posta
of THOlOG BIWH & Ti& T,IiCJ\JH towards tk !. ,r,!;cdian t e r r i t o l y and
e x p ~ s s e dthe hopo ithat ap?ropr;lntf: ! :,. i a r ~ swould ba taken
prewn
hroouITence of such a c t i v i t i e s .
The Comaissi~ndecided t o ackncwledge tb r e c e i p t of the
b t b r and t o send a copy. t o tk Vietnra Commission f o r in$'omatioa,
Later i n
1958 thE b y d Gcrverment vide t h e i r Letter
the 5% Jump 1958 forwarded a copy of note
dated thc . n t h May 1958 received by t k m from
of the hepublic of tietnam i n Phnom Penh. I n
JUTE,
t h e i r note the Repqesent~tiveof tb &public of Vietnao s t a t e d t h a t
t h e mortar shells were f i r e d cn the 18th January, 1958 as a trid
'by Aspirant Bon and these s h e l l s f e l l in Cambodian territory beau88
of the violence of lwind. Two mortar s h e l l s were f i r e d on tbe 20th
Janafter the Vietnames a u t h r i t i e s heard scme urmsuaL noises
i n th mighbourhoad and these s h e l l s a l s o f e l l on Cambodian h z i b r y ~
The note s t a t e d that disciplinary a c t i i ~ nwas taken a g a i n s t the
persons concerxxd and t h e t c i v i l and n i l i t a r y authoriti8s;on the border
mre suitably advised i n o r d w t o avoid recurrence of such acts..
Presenting sincere excuses the note c ~ n t a i n e dth hope t h a t the good
relationas b e t w e n the two Govcrmcnts would not be affecked,
The Commission noted the l e t t e r and decided t o send a copy
t o the Vietnan Comqission f o r information,
The &y&L Government forwqiieil Scr the Commiss~onlsinfarmation
a copy of their note of p r o t e s t No, I&-~GP/X,
dated the 26th February
I958 s t a t i n g t h a t u n i t s ~f the Vietr4xscl: lfavy often violated Gmbodia
t e r r i torid waters off TRdZ&HG RCt?:iJi i;i KHL.1 BOH TXUCH and that tbse
u n i t s were entrusted with the n i s s i c n cf w x s t i n g the f i s h e m n going
t o HOH THGY t o sell f i s h Tha rick c i b d t h ~i n c i d e n t which tack
place on tb a b t h November, 1957 w:kn a Vietnamese m i l i t a r y vedetteboat was, i n broad daylight a n d f o r a lcngtine, s a i l i n g b e t m e n
K0B SlS and KGH TlB3LYb The k y a l Goverment expressed t h e hope that
nccssswy action y u l d be taken 'Lo proTrent the recurrence of. suah
incidents,
The Commission decided t o acknowledge L "- r e c e i p t of tb ,
letter and t o send, a copjr t o the V i e t w Commission f o r infonnatjon;
(XU) ktte3: NO. %-
dated the 35th
w. 1958,
-
The Royal Gpvernment forwarded f o r t h e Gomroisdonfs i n f o m a t i o n
a copy of their noke of protest Ho, I@-W/X, dated tk 25th March,
1958, r e p o r t i n 3 t h a t 03 the 23th March, 1958 thirteen individuals i n
the uniform of the Vietnan:esa m6&ar any crosmd the comman f r o n t i e r
and opeaed f i m on two guardians of a herd of buffaloes and oxen, wbic
were grazing a t a place w U e d T R E E M G POWUV i n t h s area of Khm
B-*
One of the guardians was wounded and t h e ' o t b r was beaten Plmd
%ied up,
The Royal b v e r n w n t expressed the how that recess= Fnvesti*
g a t i o n s would be made i n tbe natbr, Thc Royal Governme& expressed
*.*a*
cr
t h e f e a r t h z t such i n c i d e n t s n;ight l e a d tx~s e ~ i o u si n c i d e n t s i f - n o
e f f i c i e n t ncasurc 7.12s i&en t.o p;ii; an end. to t&se activit,ii;ies,
"-
The leomrixissi~nd,iciic:d t o adcnowlcQe t z r e c e i p t of the
l e t h r nnd s c ~ dc c ~ po tixd Vic bn:~n .Zomdss'un £0: i n b a t i o h
12.;yFJ &,:~rz::cnt, i,J-hh i;b,ils l z t ~ c , r)j\io, '~?+J~GP/'x,
forv~&d
f o r the C c n ! ~ i s u i n n3 ~f nlc-cm::~:j.i;n u c o x of T,b&ir 20-5s No, $3-m/'~,
-.
dotud thc d r ! i Hzy. 9 5 G ot2.:ir~,; i,l'3,t LC ib3
7959 tb ~oyd
C8mbodia~iby:o(: I:crzc .3 it:izri 1%; t8hoS.;: .-&enL;I; irp cp?ra.ti on
t,k
f r c n t i ~ sGj13 L: 3k;crt4!.:.L:'~ zr, : , ~ t r ~vir&=nt
~ c l ~Qmo'li.~+dT
:d,th 8 strong
gang cf ar:c;;lt,600 pc;weri'fLly
V1.:t.m>:.i~.s~
.i.n TCIUL IL~<O;~~IJNG
sea
in C~~O,-&
k J ~r rSi t o r 2 , Nos$ 5; -'-".LSIG de x$ie-br~$me
s~ mro reported as
ivaring trw u i ~ f (jf
o ~t!..~!
L'ie4;!7s:n~;:;c: ~ o g - d a . r3.~13y, Jvj
d t of
t'he e n o o c i ~ k @ a y.~lictwles-r:
k i l l e d an2 :.uundrjd,
lodging
a strcng p ~ - o t ; ~, sz tro r,xc
~ 7 ~ s
t'rE &?-ieseai;at.ive of
Republic of T'ictnan t c t.:ke .np tl& .:a;;e 't~it,htj-a C C . ~ C Q Pa ~u ~t b r i ~ e . s
i n ordor tG pmvenf, T~CUL"X'~,E::CS~f ~ u c @ubyjst
t
'
'
.t;tj
I t wzs d~cic!~id sr
a r . o p j cr^ t r i s c~~:mu~i:at'Lont o the
I.c,s;c i n Victnzrn f c r ixli'c_r~,citicn~
t t c l
With t h e i r socorid l e t t m So, L62-X-F,/xf d e t d the 1 6 t h Juu;,
1958 the Koyd Gcv~rmectfor;m~deda cogy o o i t b i r note N Q . ~ ~
d a h d the 12th J u n ~ , , 1958, i n cr~~;rsc"Jicnri Vi the S ~ Q Cb i d o i T t wk+,oh
was i l l reply to the n ~ t ereceived .i:rr~m t h 3 & ~ ~ + % & ! J B of tho .
~W
Republic of Vietnam,
Tho
Goverm,ent in t h e i r noQ2 w;%ic d 9 r i y i ~ gtb accusrttior~
con%aint.d i n t,ht: oc;i;c c;f t?;.~
k.pT~sc,ntat,iv of the & ? p ~ l > S cof Vietnzm
to
ar"fez.6 -that C ~ n n b o c 7 b ~ U men
~ , yY2-,.,,(j ?rLjrq4.3d tts &>rri501~
of Vietnam k i l l e d , and. he3 xo7adoc! V i c r t 50
~ ~c .~i . l G h i a&t&zad
<.il~G
t h e e n c o u n k r took rjace on tl!e 7 t h I4ejr.; 'ILqfj-F on C~k-~:.m
ter.likq.,
Thr= i2cyzl Govc rm ;it f r;rt?e z- affj-rind Lha't. 32r1r&; t-he e mun.bor t543-tce:
Vietnaneee ws:flir;g t k uriX(i-r;r:s
~
~f tlTe PJ.i,H,li,S, 3 - e d cn t h a s p o t on
C--&krritil'j'
CKI:' ti6
5k
r i,:~un&rj. pcrsofis; r;lo l..Bq&o
waarlng t h ~u r k f o n ~f tli9 Vi:;tnmre reg~d.a: aray, T)le n o L t - k t b r
pointed 0v.L t h z t n f c r dles'i;rc>:;i~ .'t?x cr;mj: uf %-3eemmias w k dthdmu-.
m v e s La +Lhc: othar.-&do ~i i,;10 ~ X I Y L L ~ :.~~ ; ~ - C k f i j & j baiP.aq
n
men d i d m t c k s e thorn ic Viell;am.osc4trri-FyCx~,, Tne n o t e . f u r t h r
pointed o a t -i;hz,t i f ths .Lne:;is of the o f f i c ? of -th3 Rqi7esenj;ative
admittisg t h a t %hisapang ?:i' E.ii.tLxne~ewa:; 3 gsng of: r e b e l s was true
Royd Govcrm~1?..tcould. cL1.y ci:nciud.e t h a t p x t e c t i ~ nt~ these wae
affclrckd by the &public sf V;.etfi.m as i n s t e a d of being happy over tk
encounter r.e s - i l l t i ~ gi s vc&.an?.ng -;hc pc r e b e l s thr! I b y d b v e r n n c n t
were being acc.;si;2,
;29?&1
'
The CoLrlmissicn decided .Lo ysnd copies of let,'&ra t o $ha
Vietnam Cor~rni3sin~
for i~Cor~~,;,.tio~~~
9 '$2- XP!X,
d2j,2cl Lhe 74th 7 ; 0 m m & r a
Rc~ycyll Go-,rcrme~,t,b~~~iigi.5
to tk ~ : o t l cof~ the Commis&on
violation:; of Cambodian tcrriCory by rfili-bary men balonging t o the,
F.I.R. V.N cn 9 & 13, Octaber, 'i9.58, i n *,he Province of ~ r a t i e ( ~ s n b 0 d i . d
The Royd f&ver+mez~ts t a t t d $hat on the 9 t h October, 1958 c group of
seven m i l i t m mor, h i o f i g i i g t o the F.A.R.V.B,
composnd of t
8 officer
and f i v e ORs v i o l a t e d Cmbodian t z r r i . - t o y and took photographs of th.3
{,m)k t t o r
P
border-pillar 2n3 track ND* 13 situak:d i n tk P r o ~ ~ i n cofe K r a t i ~
(~lambo&i$,
T k w t s f-dr"ler s-lat,ed that on t.% 3 3 t h Oc$bte$ anothsr
group c a r r i z d by t - . i x ' J ~ s p san6 l e d by &he Goverrios of the Province. o f '
Hon @an and conposed oi' a Go!-dnel of ';lie F,X,R,V* Me and about (K1 arrn5,
Vietnam~som i l i t a r y men mfit t c t h e sms place
photographed the
Cambodian military post i n tk ama and izigb.bouring places, T& Roy&
Governmqnt stated .$hat t h i s a c t i o n of the V i e t a w s o , militax'y aukha+,
t i e s c c n d i t - ~ k l !an c d g a t i c and e w n provocative gesluro a g d a a t t-he
socuri ty of Cmtb(jrtic?,:
.
.,,,.
The C o m i s s i ~ n decided t o adknowledge r e c e i p t of t h e l e t t e r
and t o send a G Q ~ J Tt o t h e Vietnam Comissiori.
(XVI) L e t t e r
( XVII)L~
tter
~f119Letter
XIX) L e t t e r
XX) L - t t e r
( X X I )L e t t e r
i
I o . ~ ~ ~ - D G P /dxa,t e d
80. ~ ~ ~ / D G P /dated
x,
lo.51 5-DGP//x, dated
N o . ~ ~ ~ - D G ? / x , dated
~~O.GQ~-CC-P/X,
dated
PO. ~ ~ ~ - D G P dated
/x,
t k 20t;b June, 1958
t k 20th June, 1958
t h e 3rd J u l y , 1958
t h e 1 9 t h J u l y , 1958
t h e 23rd J u l y , 1958
t h e 1 9 t h September, 1958.
The a b o ~ el e t t e r s r e l a t e d t o a v i o l a t i o n of Cazlbodim tzerrit o r y i n tk province of Stung Treng by armed f o r c e s o f the
Republic of Vietnam i n June 1958. The case i s s m m a r i s e d below:The Comissi.ox r e c e i v e d l e t t e r N o . 4 8 2 - ~ ~ 2 / ~d, u k d the 20th
June, 1958 from t h e Royal Government of Cambodi~forwarding f o r
t h e Commission's i n f o m a t i o n a copy of t h e i r n o t e I ~ O + ~ ~ ~ - D G P / X ,
dated t h e 1 9 t h Jurze, 1958 addressed t o the R e p r e s z n t s t i v e or" t h 2
Republiz of Vietnan i n Phnom 2enh. The n o t e r e f e r r i n e t o a n
e a r l i e r n o t e r e g a r d i n g displacement of boundary s t c n e s by
V i e t n m e s e n i l i t z r y elements and p a i n t i n g o u t the unfo r t u h a t e
consequences t h a t could z r i s e from this a c t i o n s t z t e d t b t an t h e
1 5 t h Juge, 1951 the Eoyal Cambodian Forces ked an encounter w i t h
30 elements of the armed f o r c e s of 'the Fiepublic of 'Jietnaa
r e s u l t i n g i n cn? dead m d some wounded on t h e l a t t e r s i d e . On
t h e 21 s t June 1958 t h e C o r a i s s i o n r e c e i v e d 1 ; 3 t ~ e r~ ~ o . ~ & ~ - D G P / x ,
d a t e d t h e 20th jclze, 1958 from t h e Royal Govern~lentb r i n g i n g t o
t h e n o t i c e of lie Commission t h a t powerfully zraed m i l i t a r y men
of t h e armed f o r c e s of t h e Republic of V i e t n m hzd o n t h e f o r e noon o f t h e 1 E t h June, 1958 e n c i r c l e d t h e v i l l a g e of B1iN PAK NTEiiY
s i t u a t e d i n Caab9dim t e r r i t ~ r y ,t M t t h e y d i d n o t cllow t h e
i n h a b i t a n t s t o corn2 o u t of t h e v i l l a g e and t h a t t h s y w r e making
undergrow-d s h e l t e r s . On the 23rd June, 1958 t h e Chzirman of t h e
Commission wzs p e r s o n a l l y inforlred by t h e F o r e i g M i n i s t e r of
Cambodia about the dsvelopments i n Stung Treng -%evince i n c l u d i n g
t h 6 escape i n t o Cambodian t e r r i t o r y from V i e t n m of some
Vietnamese r e f u g e e s who claimed t o be V i e t Xinh members, The
Forei
N i x i s t e r thou h t t h a t t h e i n c u r s i o n of t h e Vie-tnamese L < e d
h e s e f o r c e p i n t b 2 provinogs S t r u n g Treng w i t h a view t o r e c a p t u r i n z .
rm*
The C m i s s i o n considered t h e above l e t t e r s a d the s u b j e c t m a t t e r of t h e Foreign M i n i s t e r 's c c n v e r s a t i o n i n 4 e x t r a - o r d i n a r y
meetings held or;, 23rd June, 24th Ju,re, 25th June and 28th June,
4958. The I r i d i ~ nand P o l i s h Deleg?:ticns f e l t t h a t as t h e Royal
Government had r e p o r t e d a case of v i o l a t i o n o f Cmbodian t e r r i t o r y
by armed f o r c e s of t h e Republic of Vietnam i t vras ineunbent on t h e
C o m i s s i o n t o sefid an ad hoc t e r n t 3 i n v e s t i g a t e t h e i n c i d e n t ,
The Canadian D e l . ~ g a t i o nf e l t that ttlis case was o u t s i d e the
j u r i s ? i c t i o r , o f ih.2 Cezae-fireQti.grement on Cmbodia as t h e R e p u b l i c
of Vietnam was n o t a p a r t y t o t h e .,;reelaent f o r Cambodia,
The F o l i s h Delegation t a b l e d a ' r e s o l u t i o n as s h o w below+
+
''It i s resol.ved t o send an s d hoc tezs of t h e. Cfomission
to
.
the Province of S t m g Treng: ( a ) LC zmduci; prelroLzlary.investined i n t h e b y a l
g a t i o n s i n o r d e r t o v e r i f y the inforra-i;ictl c~n-t.ai
tbe
G o v e r n n e ~ ts Le i t e r s No . 4 8 2 / ~ ~ 9 all(::
/ ~ 30o - X - . ? ; / ~dated
~~/~
, 20th
June, 1958; (b) t o v e r i f y t h s i n f o r m a t i o n given by t h e Foreign
IVIinister of Gamucdia i n his formal i n t e r v i e w w i t h t h e Chairman of
t h e Commlssi~nwhereby t h e presence of Vieu-i3xh persons (former
r e s i s t a n c e members) who e n t e r e d Cmbodla i l ' 1 , ? 3 l l y , was r e p o r t e d :
( c ) t o conduc t 22 ~ p p r e c i ~ t i oofn the p o s s i b l e development of the
s i t u a t i o n regmlJing v i o l a t i o n of t h e Cmbodizn f r o n t i e r s
."
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Former Resist m c e Movx~mto r wre smehow ccmect ed with it,
The o b s s n n t i o n s of t h t~6 . m i r c i u d f 5 the s - t s t a c n t of t h s
prisoner t!~et t h e y were neds t o work as labawsrs on t h e
condiriction of
a i r f i ~ i d2.t Cuty fn L%~*-i%
V k h m that they
escapd
batches, t h a t they h2d not b . ; ~r m i s e d any help by
Cmbodia &ich c o m t q r t h e =tam3 ' Z . s g a 5 - These-prisoners
were b t h e custody of t h e 8oyril G ~ v s ~ m s noft Caiibodia at the
t h e of int e r r c c ~im,
t
.
( c ) P r r t (c) n f t h e t e r n s
,
9
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thst Sm'th Vielnaoess m e d
forces would cncl~:.vou.~f ~ - t h s irr , t x s i o r - in+o Cambodian t e r r i t a r
i n order .to r.;czpt~rtw t h s p i s - n e r s who ha2 escaped from t h e
cust;od;)- of South Vietn~qssz:: t . 3 ~ 5 as
~ 3 ~ f i s c a p s s had now
bem s h i f t e d Sy t k e Cpnbo6-i~~
;rrtkorii-kios from Bokeo t o S h g 7 . h
Tha taax f e l t t h a t so L a g as
&,re t h s y were kept mder
t h e V i e t n ~ m s sf c r c 3 s C ~ ~ L I I Ld" YO I ~ I T L C ~21 Cambodian-territoq
the p s s i b i k i t i e s of arasc! c l a h could ~ o t r u l e d out,
Note1 While s i p i n g chs ek>ve p e n of tSs report the
Cmrldiw. n a b a r statsl? thti-k h s QI a psrsor-al
capacity was prsFmd t o slgaify h i s p r s o n a l
er,dorserr,-at of t h c cssw2q- of t h e observations but
was unabls f o ; ~ d . l y t d -,I
tho
@
r e p s tsince the
Znvsstigat LLX lts. lr' as ov-tdds t h e compstence of
t h s C a m is uioc
lLPter ac?oyst;im of t k q r6pz-1;bx t h e C m i s s i o n , t h e PoliSb
Debga-tim t &lad tha mdi-mot st! ~.;?soLutiar,sIr;,tsmeticsal C ~ i ~ s i fconr S u ~ e m i s i o nand Control
in, Cmb0di.2~zccorcing +D Art?-cle 24 of t h e h e v a
i.grsaent concsrni?g C ~ - t c i a :r ~ ~ s l v tcos s a d t o t h e
b
t smdi i o n a l t2~9issiifii ' ~ Supel-Jisioii
r
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l f~
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R C C Q Fby
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ehrsct s of t h s n i m t s ~0:' tb. +x'iraord3kery meetings,
s t ~.t
5-i2n.t s m~d-3b:~ t h e -:a;rF~iz 31;,c.gat i o r : ~at t h e s e
naetklgs f o r mc'l, - 2t4.c: as i~ r:meidersd necessary
by -tilci,
n
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x t -lo
m d c a r r i e d by a
n a j o r i t y vc,te, t h e I n d i m ;2--3r'clish ':<e!_~g~tions
voting f o r and
ths Cmadiar- Ds1cgl.t don TO* k g CE&* s t
-her
Ths Polish i3s&3t,iczt l = i ; r s S u x-t;9bI16d
-rsso7.&icn :
-
t h e f ollowir,g
')TheInt smat t i c a l Gmissf ~ r ,fc r Sa?3ndsFon azzd Control
in C a b o d i a (a! -acssl-r?j,: f o A n i c l e 21 or' t h e GQleva
Ppssmeni, c n ? c ~ r ? . i r .~.~:&dia;.
~
(b) according t o t h e x t l c p
by t h i s C o m i s s i o ~of t h o r e p & a d t h e con.cLu.&ms of
t h e ad hoc t e r n a n d ( e ) ~ m s ~ d i nt hge s t a t m s n t made by
t h e P o l i s h D s l ~ g a t i (an
~ . t~h s ~-~dy-rrasolvgs t h a t t h e
South Vistnmsse znzsr! f c r c s s haye violated t h e
t srrit o r y of Cambodia.
Ths
Indian and
Delegat ion
decided t o
above resolution wzs carried by a na j o r i t y w t e , the
Polish D e l s g a t i m s -mthg in f avo= and t h e Canadian
voting against, A s %her3 was no uneninity, it \?as
send. a n a j o r i t y a d n i n o r f t y repoi? t o t h e Geneva Pow8
as prescribed undw A r t i c l e 22. The b a j o r i t y and n i n o r i t y repods
can be sssn a t Appsndir RC** S u b s q u m t l y , however, i t was decideA
t o s a d t h s s s r e p o r t s t c t h s Co-Chairmen of t h e Gsnma POWS~S
Confersncs i n s t ead of t o dl t h s CTm~vaPOIJG~S,
During t h s f u r t h e r consi6cra.tion of t h s r s p o r t t h e Polish
Delegat ion movsd t h s undernoted r ~ s o l u .i to n :% ~ c o r d i n gt o i i r t i c l s 24 of t h ~ zGiinsva Agrsmsnt f o r Cmbodia
Vietnam and a l s o according
and d r t i c l s 21 of t h e Agremmt
t o t h s f i n d i n g s of t h s rsprt :hd i t s conclusions adopt;ed by
t h e Commission on 23rd July a s well as according t o t h c
statanent made by t h s . P o l i s h Delegation on 24th J d y , t h e
I n t 6 r k a t i o n a l Commission f o r Supervision a d Control i n
Cambodia st9ted t h a t t h South
~
Vistnamsss a u t h o r i t i e s have
v i o l a t sd t h a Geneva Agrsment s concerning c i v i l i n t e r n e6s
who wsra former meznbsrs of t h e Rssistancs M o v a n s n ~ ~This
Commission rsquest s t h e I n t s r n z t i o n a l C m i s s i o n in Vistnm,
t h s r s f o r s , t o undertaks m y action they cohsidsr necessaqy
on t h s b a s i s of t h s f i n d h g s of t h s report, This Commission
would give f u l l c o o p r a t i o n t h a t i s nscessary f o r thm. It
After discussion t h s P o l i s h Comissionsr a p e d t h a t h i s
r e q u i r a e n t s would bs m s t i f in t h s covering lstter forwarding releva
donrmsnts t o t h s Vietnmi Conmission a requsst was made t o t h e Vietnm
Commission t o take necsssary action i n regard t o (a) t h s incident
of v i o l s t i o n of t h s t e r r i t o r y of Cambodia; (b) t h s h c i d e n t of t h 6
V i s t 14inh rafugsss who cl&sd t o be forme? members of t h e r e s i s t a n c e
movansnt and now iq Cambodia.
\
\
t&aon t h e Roy$. Governmsnt I S l s t t e r s .g&@
t h e ad hoc t e r n
\,
(1) Copies of t h s
dy,d Government is l e t t e r s and
t h e ad hoc
t eam s r e p r t t oget h s r with f81evant extract s of t h e mlnut ss of t h e
r n s e t h g s of t h e C m i s s i o n kr\ forwarlsd t o t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Commission f o r Supervision and C m t r o l i n V i s t ~ mf o r such a c t l c n as
was considsrsd n s c e s s w y by them, \
(2) P majority and minority report was sent t o t h e Co-Chairmer
The Royal Govsrnmat was infonnsd of ths. act ion t a k a ,
\
(3) When t h e ~ n t s r n & ' i o n a lCnrmissioq i n Vistneo informed t h e
Cambodia C m i s s i o n t h a t r e p o h s of t h s . a d hbc t e r n were forwarded
t o t h e Govsrnmsnt of t h e Republic of Vietnam, 'a copy of t h s em [ s
r e p o r t was ssnt t o t h s Royal Goaernnent of ~ m b b d i a ,
I
i
P r s s w t position; Ths Royal G o v e r n a t i n f o n s d t h s CmissCc
vide t h s i r l e t t e r No,
dated t h s 49th k p t m b e r , 1958 t h &
t h s Vistnmese
i n Cambodian t e m i t o r y had withdra
t o Vistnamsse
of t h i s l a t t s r was forwarded t o t h s
International
The D t s r n a t i o n a l Commission f
Supervision and Control
Viatnm asked i t s Opsrations Committee '
examine t h e question of t 6 reported construd;fm of rn a i r f i e l d at
Cuty in South Vistnam
rred t o 3.b paragraph 53 af t h s t e r n ' s
' r e p o r t , Ths pcm4+i-rn *n- +ha--mrtsr!
Vfet-MM-refug~esis
discusssd in Cl
*
.......
Lst t e r NO. ~ ~ ~ - D G P / ' X , dat t,..d ths 13th >:xrch, 1958,
Ths Royal i ; o v e ~ n ~ r forwarded
,t
f o r t h e Cmzl i s s i o ~s h f o r mation a copy of t h s i r n ~ t snf p 5 t s r t ? ! ~ , I S ~ ~ - G G Fd ~a<t ~ dt h e
13th March, 1958 addresssd t o t h e Royal Thai &bssoji i~ P k m
Penh r e p o r t h g t h a t sili t a r y
of B a i l a d h45d occupied t h o
DiLUhT
r u i x s , whose l o c a t ior! ir. Cmbodiar. territ cry could not
b s c o n t s s t s d , and chased away t h e C6:bodim
S o v ~ m x i ~ t mmyees
's
b c h r g s of t h e n a i n t e ~ a n c sof t7rlase rubs z? a p r , s < f i r e on
a Carlbodim p a t r c l which w ~ np-;ssing by. Tho :losr::l Govtjmclzt
6 q s s s s d t h e i r dssp kdi,gpatFor. a d lor?p3d R strrii?; p r o t e s t
a g d s t t h e v i o l a t ion of Cz-r.bodia2 t srrit orjr by Tllai Dmruot s
and a g a k s t what -they consi8er;ci 2s 7s
at e ~ p z p i a t f t X
of p f o p ~ d yr..r!7ich d i d ~ o t..itil>r
t
't;-- i'rct o r by rigllt bslong t o
t h z ~ . (TI13 Xo.;al i;ovewr~s-~t:'i;r.ih .-rpict sd o u t t tc t h s R o y d
Thai 3j1-3rc;s;: :hat thc-7- GJ;?ULCI1;::s f o b s l i s v e t h;;i t h s M i l i t a r y
o c c u p ~io:!
t of t h e DLfiJ TC3; rkL-.s X;?S a r s d t of l o c d h i t i a t i v e
and a f f o c t s d ~ 5 t h ~ the'
u t b-or.~loi-c of t h e h i g h ~ rT h ~ l isu.thorYlti6s
and sxyrsssed t h e h o p t h a t t h t , B o y d Thai Go7:sm-~entwould not
faiIt.1 t o pass c s c s s s w y o r d s r s tii-th 2 visx t o n & b g Thai
D m m o t s wit hdrat: fron C a ~ b o d ti ~
~ r rt ory.
i
f
The CornmissLon decicisd t o c o t s t h a l s t t a r md
aekr,owkd.ge i t s recsi7yt t o t k.,; ~G;~SZ
Gcvar-mnt.
3.1~0
I n t h e i r 1stt e r NQ. %~/DGP/x d c t sd t h3 2nd D a c n k ,19gj,
Ghs Royal Govcmnmt jllfo~l?.siB the C ~ ; ~ S C ~ OtPh ,z t a f t e r the
dscisior, of t h e R o y d Govsmns~it20 withdraw aZ1 thc; staff of
t h e i r &bass7 5~ Bangkok, the G o v s ~ 3 m tof Thailand pro&&
during thij past days with t b s r e b f ~ m .m. a of
t t m o p s and with.
t h e i?st dl~t
i m 3f k ~ p *m4.i VCY ;:st ;tsrr:d d o n g the Cs;>bodian'Thai border, t h a t t h e s e p r s p a r a t i c ~ s? I I ~ths rnsl.acing stafmentaz
nads hy t h f ; Chief of the Thai Go~remnatv i s - a - e s the
Cmbodian G o v e r n a t por.stit$ tad r. ssrims t h r e a t t o pace i n tb is
& G ~ while ~ ~ ~ b o d i a - z d
nn-dt c m r i e d r,ut a t nU a';
such
?
prsperations. T ~ Royal.
G
c o ~ ~ s m arqussttid
~ t
t k Cannission
~
to
s-bs
t h s p o s s i b i l i t y of s e r ~ d i ~t og Bcttmbang and Sim h a p
m e o r s e v e r a l Ir;mb6rs of t h e C m , i s s i o ~ ?t o v e r i f y , 5vsi.l a s
passive witnesseis, th.3 'good f rfiitht of Cmbodia,.
The R o y d
Got.smmor,t had a l s o s t a t e d in t h e i r l a - t t s r t h a t t h s y 5Jsrc
cmvincsd t h a t t h o c o n f l i c t batwssn Thsilar-d a d Cmbodia was
bsymd t h s juri.sidcti.cn of t h e Cmnission, but %ha%i t iJaS incunb6r1.t or? t h s Cm-issim t o sa6 t h s t p a c s was n a i n t a i n s d ir! t h 3
countrias of f o m e r 'Ei'rmch Dido-China which i n t o r a l i a h m l v e d
t h e s e c u r i t y of Cmbodia. The Royal ifovmw-t
f a l t that a%tacks
o r .:l?reats gain st Cmbodia, whatevsr be t h e i r o r i g h , concsrnsd
the Infemat ionaP Cornmission, ,
The zbovs Istter was discussed a t BE e x t r a o r d b a r y \r6*3t&g
by t h e Cmmission. Ti~sI n d i m ar,d t h s Canadirx Dalsqatiofis f e l t
i
f
t h a t a s t h s Gmsvn Lgrssrwnt f o r Ca35:~di.r: did not include Thailand,
t h e Comissior, tras not sor:~ptcnt t o :i_:i;3 :)bservars a s requested
by t h s Royal Govemme;zt.
Ths Polish Deleget ior! br.ss? t l.i:::i.::. :ir;yxzit t hct ;:s t h e
a i n s f o r which t h e G~rieva~ 1 , r ~ e z i ~ s '~~: :;3;? 5 cmicluded wsre 20%
only t o s9sure c s a s s - f i r c , bu.t a l s o 'ti:! 6Eslrra R d u r a b l ~p a c e
in Ia;a-Chhn,
t hi, Agr+~:mt sougk:t t:,GY;rl:;l.X*G $ h c
egrity
of Cmbodim t e r r i t o r y , Ths Polist! D a l e p t icn addad t h c t b s s i d s s
o t h e r obligat i o 2 s resulting f r m t h e irgremsnt t h e C m i s s i o n
had an adcled task t c consider a11 n & t a r s concsming viola ti or,^
o r t h r e a t s of v i o l a t i o ~of t h c k t z g r i t g of t h s C a ~ b o d i mtemitory
by forsign forces. The. Bolish Dslcgatiol?, thereforti, f ~ l +that
t
t h e Comissior, shou.ld s a d o b s ~ r v e r st o B?.ttanbang and S i a
Reap, The Polish Dslegat ion noved tho following r s s o l u t ion:
,
q t i s resolvsd t h a t t h e Cmsission should r e p l y t o t h e
R o y d G o v c m s n t of Ca?,bodie b. t h e f o l l o w h g terms:
The I n t e r n a t i o ~ dComission f o r Supervision m d
C o ~ . t r o lb
: Cmbodia ~c?.u?owledg~
receipt of t h e l e t t s r
of t h e M k i s t r y of Forcigc A f f a i r s of Canbodia Mo.983D G P / ~ , of ths a d Docsiibei-, 1958.
Ths 11:te n i z t i o n a l C m i s s i c n a f t e r having considered
tho requ.cst of ths Roy:;.l (~ovomnmtof Cmbodia contained
in t h i s l e t t e r a d taking i ~ t ocorislderation t h e 0bl1gations rasu.lt ill& fro12 t h o C~a;s-fi r a i l ~ e a a 3t.n
C a ~ b o d i asig??..c;dqn t h c 21st J'v.17. 1 3 4 considers it possible
t o s a d groups of' obsorvsr:; t,.,.thu places n a t i o n s d i n
t h s 1stt a r of Batta~lb,mgari3 Si.-,.:rezp. 11
The abova raso1u:tion was kc::
to end a s t h e Indian and
t h e C@adix Dclegat i o n s voted against ? it wzs not c a r r i e d by t h e
Cmissim,
-kc;
Aftax f u r t h e r discussior, it was decidsd by a n a j o r i t y vote
(1ndia.n nnd Co cadi* Dolagations voting f o r ) t o i n f o m t h e
Royal G o v e r n a t t h a t t h e Comlissior, cou.ld not taka m y action
r e g a r d k g t h e r e l a t ion s h i p bet wsen Thailmd and Canbodia, that as
t h e Royal G o v s m e ~ twere aware t h e I n t ernat i o n a l Cmnission in
t h e i r I c t e r i n R2pr-ls f o r t h e p r i o d 31st Dscmbsr, 1956 :nd 31st
Dscalbsr, 1957 hod zt a t sC t h a t the B9y-zl G o v e m s ~ thad v s l y
s a t i s f ~ c t c r i l yf u l f illd t h a i r o b l i g ~ions
t
u ~ d e rA r t i c l e s 7 and
13(c) of t h s Cease-fire Agremmt f o r Cambodia, end a l s o t h a t t h e
imports of war
e r i a l by t h e Royal Govemamt were not in excess
of i t s e f f e c t i v a d e f a c e r ~ q u i r s ns~ and
t t h a t t h s Gomission .
continued t o ba convinced of t h e rslsvar-ce of t h e m s t a t e n m t s
up-to-date.
Ths Polish D ~ l s g ? t i o nt h e r e a f t s r dssirsd t o s a d a
m a j o r i t y w d ~ n i x g r i t yr e p r t t o t h e Co-Chaiman, This mquest
was howcvar w i t hdrawnlthe Co",r:issior. s subssqusnt neet ing,
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