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meeting, our national resistance launched an artillery attack against Phnum Sampeou. Puppet Tie Banh and other puppets immediately fled to Battambang. If puppet Tie Banh is already on the run, do Heng and Hun dare poke their heads in at Pailin-Route 10? As for the Vietnamese soldiers who are fighting and also hiding, they will certainly be captured soon.
OTHER REPORTS ON FIGHTING IN CAMBODIA
ANS reportedly seizes a tank in attack in Battambang (Excerpt) According to a latest report just in (ANS combatants seized a T-54 tank, four military trucks and two 120-mm artillery battery pieces and also destroyed two other T-54 tanks in attack against Phnum Srok district, Battambang Province, yesterday morning [21st October]
At 0520 on Saturday, the ANS combatants of the 11th and 7th divisions, with the co-operation of the militia forces of the Vietnamese-Heng Samrin regime, launched an attack on a Vietnamese-Heng Samrin position located about 25 km from the Phnum Srok district seat. After fierce fighting for more than one hour the ANS forces completely captured the position. There is no detailed report on the casualties available yet. At present, the Phnum Srok district seat is still under the control of the non-communist Cambodian resistance forces...(Voice of the Khmer in Cambodian_0430 gmt 22 Oct 89)
DK radio reports
attack on battalion position, Route 6 in Kompong Thom (Excerpts) On 14th October, our Cambodian national resistance forces carried out the following sweeping attacks against the Vietnamese enemy and puppets in Santuk district [Kompong Thom Province].
The first prong attacked a battalion position of the Vietnamese enemy and puppets at Cheay Sbai and three company positions at Svay Kal and in Tbong Krapeu village. We killed 24 and wounded 31 Vietnamese enemy soldiers for a total of 55 casualties, including a battalion officer, three company officers and 400 policemen killed on the spot... We liberated nine villages in Kakaoh commune: Cheay Sbai, Svay Kal, Kakaoh, Tbong Krapeu, Samnak, Chineak, Santuk Kraom, Santuk Krau and Sala Santuk. We also freed 65 Cambodian soldiers and 129 village officials in Kakaoh
commune.
On the second prong, our Cambodian national resistance forces and people in Santuk district co-operated in cutting off and destroying 7 km of Route 6, from Santuk Krau to Tbong Krapeu; from Santuk Krau to Kakaoh; and from Cheay Sbai to Phnum Santuk. The people in Santuk district, particularly in Kakaoh commune, have increasingly contributed to carrying out military and political activities against the Vietnamese enemy and its puppets, and in cutting off large and small communication routes of the Vietnamese enemy and puppets. (VODK in Cambodian 2330 gmt 20 Oct 89)
DK radio reports attack on SRV/Heng Samrin positions in Samlot (Excerpts) At 0530 on 18th and 19th October, Cambodia's national resistance forces attacked and destroyed a network of eight positions of the Vietnamese
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enemy and puppets, from the position at the Bar La monastery to Peam O Ta Sanh. Our national resistance forces desetroyed two battalion positions, three company positions and three platoon positions. Puppet forces and Vietnamese soldiers wearing puppet troops' uniforms are stationed at these positions. We killed 20 enemy soldiers and wounded 35 others... During the fighting, we captured seven Vietnamese soldiers and eight Cambodian soldiers. (VONADK_in Cambodian 2315 gmt 20 Oct 89)
Phnom
successes
Penh reports recent armed forces' (Text) During their mopping-up operations carried out in the border areas of the provoinces of Siem Reap-Odder Meanchey, Battambang, Banteay Meanchey and Pursat, from 8th to 14th October, the Cambodian armed forces put 155 enemy elements out of action; 103 were killed, two were captured and 50 others gave themselves up. They also seized 70 assorted firearms and a great deal of war materiel. (SPK in French 0400 gmt 22 Oct 89)
LI PENG MEETS THAI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, DISCUSSES WESTERN SANCTIONS
Peking home service 2230 gmt 20 Oct 89
Text of report
At a meeting with Phichai Rattakun, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, and his party in the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in the evening of 20th October, Premier Li Peng said: Thailand is one of the countries most friendly to us. We are prepared to strengthen co-operation with Thailand in all fields, including economy and trade.
At the meeting, Li Peng expressed thanks to Phichai for the tremendous efforts the latter made in his capacity as chairman of the Thai reception committee during the former's successful visit to Thailand last year. He said: You are free to go anywhere in the streets and visit any tourist location during your stay in Peking. You will find that the situation in China is stable.
Li Peng continued: Some countries in the West exerted pressue on and imposed economic santions against us after we put down the counter-revolutionary rebellion in Peking. They will cause some difficulties for us. However, one should note that China has great resilience against pressure. Of course, we ourselves shall not close the door that has been opened to the outside world. Nevertheless, some Western countries tried to close their doors to China. This situation is not going to last for long. We are prepared to develop relations, including economic relations, with them on the basis of the five principles for peaceful coexistence.
Touching on the economic situation, Li Peng said: At present, we do face some difficulties in the field of economy. The pace of development has slowed and the market has slumped. However, this provides an opportunity for our enterprises to carry out restructuring, improve the quality of their products and develop a wider range and more varieties of products. China's economy will never suffer a shrinkage as predicted by some people in the West.
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