SOUTH VIETNAM: FIGHTING FLARES ALONG CAMBODIAN BORDER.

Record ID: 375889

  • Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: FIGHTING FLARES ALONG CAMBODIAN BORDER.
  • Date: 30th March 1970
  • Summary: 1. LV TANKS IN FIELD. 0.08 2. BV TANKS AND TROOPS GOING FORWARD, EXPLOSIONS. 0.10 3. LV PAN TANKS AND TROOPS MOVING FORWARD. 0.19 4. CU S. VIETNAM SOLDIER. 0.24 5. LV AIRCRAFT IN AIR PAN TO GROUND AND SMOKE. 0.37 6. LV TANKS GOING FORWARD. 0.40 7. LV TANK FIRING GUNS. 0.45 8. CU S. VIETNAMESE TROOPS. 0.46 9. SV TANK WITH GUNS FIRING. 0.51 10. CU SOLDIER WITH RIFLE WATCHING. 0.54 11. LV TANK AND TROOPS. 0.56 12. LV GUNS FIRING. 1.04 13. LV TROOPS AND GUNS FIRING. 1.07 14. GV TANKS MOVING FORWARD WITH TROOPS. 1.13 Initials AH/VS/JH/PS AH/VS/JH/LAD Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th April 1970 13:00
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  • Location: NEAR THE CAMBODIAN BORDER, SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVA3JLX3QNJDODKYXG5XQALLHARM
  • Story Text: SOUTH VIETNAMESE FORCES NEAR THE CAMBODIAN BORDER ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN FIERCE FIGHTING WITH VIET CONG AND NORTH VIETNAMESE UNITS --- BELIEVED TO HAVE CROSSED THE BORDER FOLLOWING THE CLAMP-DOWN BY THE NEW CAMBODIAN AUTHORITIES. DURING LAST THURSDAY'S BORDER FIGHTING, SOUTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS WERE SUPPORTED BY SKYRAIDER DIVE-BOMBERS AND ARMOURED TROOP CARRIERS.

    THE CONFLICT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE IN AN AREA OF HILLS AND JUNGLE. THE BORDER AT THIS POINT IS EXTREMELY ILL-DEFINED, AND ON FRIDAY THERE WERE REPORTS THAT SOUTH VIETNAMESE FORCES HAD CROSSED INTO CAMBODIA IN PURSUIT OF VIET CONG.

    THE REPORT WAS LATER DENIED IN SAIGON. BUT A MILITARY SPOKESMAN ADMITTED THAT FIGHTING WAS TAKING PLACE TO WITHIN 200 YARDS (183 METRES) OF THE FRONTIER, AND THAT IT WAS IN MANY PLACES DIFFICULT TO REGARD THE BORDER AS MORE THAN "AN IMAGINARY LINE."
    ORDERED OUT OF CAMBODIA BY THE NEW LEADERS, THE VIET CONG AND NORTH VIETNAMESE HAVE BEEN REGROUPING , AND SOME HAVE CROSSED FROM THE NEUTRAL SANCTUARY OF CAMBODIA INTO SOUTH VIETNAM.
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