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district. They are conducting mobile operations to resist our National Army in the upper part of Stoeng Trang district of Kompong Cham Province.
(3) In addition to these regular forces, the Hanoi authoritics also have provincial forces responsible for administrative, military, civilian and police affairs in every province. For instance, the 7704th Division is stationed in Battambang, the 7705th Division in Siem Reap, the 7701st Division in Kompong Thom, the 7702nd Division in the eastern part of Kompong Cham adjacent to the Mekong River bank, the 7707th Division in Kratie Province, the 7703rd Division in Svay Rieng Province, the 7706th Division in Prey Veng Province, the 7708th Division in the southern part of Phnom Penh, the 9909th Division in Pursat, the 9902nd Division in Kompong Chhnang, the 9905th Division in Takeo, the 9907th Division in Kompong Som, the 5501th Division in Mondolkiri, the 5502nd Division in Ratanakiri and the 5503rd Division in Stung Treng.
In May 1989, the 5502nd Division sent over 1,000 troops to resist our National Army on the Chhep battlefield in Preah Vihear Province.
Note: Due to the casualties suffered over the past more than 10 years, each Vietnamese regular division has fewer than 10,000 men. As for the Vietnamese divisions attached to provinces, each of them has fewer men than the regular divisions.
In sum, there are now about 100,000 Vietnamese forces in Cambodia. These Vietnamese forces are launching operations to resist the tripartite forces, which are launching activities inside Cambodia and along the western border.
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It is known to all that, lately from 17th and 18th July until today the Hanoi authorities have been launching operations along the western border of Cambodia. At times, they have even fired artillery shells into refugee camps inside the Kingdom of Thailand and shelled Thai villages.
In short, the Hanoi authorities have not withdrawn their troops from Cambodia. They have withdrawn only disabled, sick and weak, and incapable soldiers for rest.
We have noted that whenever Vietnam announces a troop withdrawal from Cambodia, the Hanoi authorities always send fresh troops into Cambodia to replenish their lost manpower on the Cambodian battlefield.
(4) In addition to the regular and provincial forces, the Hanoi authorities also have other categories of armed forces. They are as follows:
(i) By March 1989, there were more than 30,000 Vietnamese forces wearing the puppet soldiers' uniforms in the puppet army. These men were taken from the more than 100,000 troops mentioned above. These men were educated in the Cambodian language and traditions before being introduced into the puppet army units.
Additional note: The 479th mobile command used to be stationed near Route 6 and in Siem Reap town. It is currently stationed in Battambang town in order to supervise the battle on the Pailin battlefield. The 979th command, which used to be stationed near Kompong Speu town, is now at Battambang in order to command both the ninth and sixth divisions, which are fighting the NADK on the Pailin battlefield. For this
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reason, we can see that the Vietnamese forces, both their divisions and their commands, are still in Cambodia. They have not been withdrawn anywhere.
(ii) Vietnam has organised a Victnamese militia among the Vietnamese nationals. A group of militiamen is organised for every 10 to 20 families. These militiamen are fully armed. There are about 60,000 well-organised Vietnamese militiamen in Cambodia.
(iii) Vietnam has about 50,000 cadres in charge of administrative affairs and experts in sabotage and intelligence among the more than one million Vietnamese nationals illegally settled in various Cambodian provinces.
(iv) There are also Vietnamese officers of lieutenant rank and Vietnamese soldiers, who can speak Cambodian fluently and are married to Cambodian women, mingling among the Cambodian people. They have the strategic duty of controlling the puppets in the political, military, administrative, security, economic, cultural and educational fields. These Vietnamese agents play the role of shadow governors behind the puppet governors and are prepared to play their secret role for 20 ycars in controlling the puppets in various villages, communes, districts and provinces. There are tens of thousands of these Vietnamese forces. In the event that the ordinary Vietnamese forces are compelled to withdraw from Cambodia, these agents will carry on the duty of the commanding the puppets to renew the aggression against Cambodia upon receiving the order from Hanoi.
There are now 110,000 Vietnamese forces, including militiamen and agents specialised in political, military, administration, police, economic and cultural affairs, and officers and soldiers mingling among the Cambodian people. In sum, by now there are more than 200,000 Vietnamese forces including regular divisions, provincial divisions, troops in puppet soldiers' uniforms in puppet army uints, officers and men mingling among the Cambodian people, militiamen, agents specialised in political, military, administrative, police, sabotage, intelligence, cultural and educational affairs.
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In the event that its ordinary troops wearing Vietnamese uniforms are forced to withdraw from Cambodia by the international community, Vietnam still has more than 100,000 Vietnamese forces planted in various forms as mentioned above. This excludes the more than one million Vietnamese settlers.
Question: If this is so, what will Vietnam do in September as regards its troops withdrawal announcement?
Answer: Vietnam may openly arrange a fake parade of some troops to be photographed by journalists and by satellite. As a farce to show that the last batch of the more than 20,000 troops are being withdrawn, its troops will be sent in trucks along routes 7, 19, 1 and 2.
Therefore, the statement made by Nguyen Co Thach and puppet Hun Sen on 30th July before the convening of the Paris international conference is aimed at deceiving national and international opinion prior to the opening of the international conference on the Cambodian problem.