CAMBODIA: CAMBODIAN ARTILLERY MOVE IN TOO LATE TO DEFEND ITS OWN TERRITORY, ALREADY ATTACKED BY NORTH VIETNAM.

Record ID: 1063308

  • Title: CAMBODIA: CAMBODIAN ARTILLERY MOVE IN TOO LATE TO DEFEND ITS OWN TERRITORY, ALREADY ATTACKED BY NORTH VIETNAM.
  • Date: 17th January 1973
  • Summary: 1. SV & CU Govt forces directing refugees with their belongings on vehicles (2 shots) 0.19 2. LV Artillery unit with field guns 0.26 3. CU Shells prepared 0.32 4. LV Guns being fired 0.48 5. SV PAN & LV Ruins of Prey Totoeng (3 shots) 1.04 6. CU Distraught woman 1.09 7. LV Govt troops walks through ruins and rubble 1.22 8. CU Saddened woman remonstrates troops 1.47 "The Cambodian Government says 80 per cent of the people live in government-controlled areas. This may or may not be true. But even the government admits that today it controls only 20 per cent of the entire country. One year ago, it held 50 per cent. This Cambodian artillery outfit hadn't been here too long: they'd been busy. They were supporting troops farther south at Tran Khnar, a town 25 miles from Phnom Penh. A mixed force of North Vietnamese and Khmere Rouge, Hanoi's Cambodian allies, attacked Tram Khnar and were still in the area. The Cambodians tried to flush them out with their guns. But it wasn't working too well. Prey Totoeng wasn't very far from Tram Khnar. It was overrun the night before. Mrs. Proum lived in Pray Totoeng with her husband, her two children, and he home she was born in. She was bitter, heartbroken and angry. She Kept asking the government soldiers, "Why didn't you come sooner. Why didn't you protect us" The soldiers didn't reply." Initials ESP/1227 ESP/1312 TELERECORDING This commentary is from Phil Brady, National Broadcasting Company News. An alternative appears overleaf. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 31st January 1973 12:00
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  • Location: PREY TOTOENG, CAMBODIA
  • Country: Cambodia
  • Reuters ID: LVA8UFX0X8IC9COWBKKO9PPLUD3B
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