Re:
Sam Rainsy: រឿងព្រំដែន ជាមួយ ប្រទេស លាវ | Border issue with Laos
Cambodia PM gives ultimatum to Laos over 'invasion'
Cambodia:
Vietnamese Strategy and the New Realities
The Central Intelligence
Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security
Agency, and the intelligence organization of the Department of State.
2. Hanoi has made a huge
investment in Cambodia, and we believe that before it is willing to
consider compromise seriously it will have to be assured that its investment is
protected.
19. At the same time, Hanoi has taken a generally harsh approach toward Thailand, castigating Bangkok for cooperating with China in aiding the Khmer Rouge and for allowing the resistance to use Thai territory.
In general terms this means essential control over Cambodia (and
Laos) with minimum practicable visibility.
We believe that before significantly reducing its troop
strength in Cambodia
Hanoi will insist that both Cambodia
and Laos heed its direction and leadership under the rubric of "special
relationship."
In our
judgment, it will not hesitate to wield a heavy hand
19. At the same time, Hanoi has taken a generally harsh approach toward Thailand, castigating Bangkok for cooperating with China in aiding the Khmer Rouge and for allowing the resistance to use Thai territory.
Through its Laos
surrogate it has attempted to exploit a dispute involving three villages on the
Thai-Laotian borderto put Bangkok on the defensive in the UN and embarrass ASEAN members in
the Non-aligned Movement. There are also elements of overt intimidation in the increased
frequency of Vietnamese[…]
41. Our
judgment...Significant Vietnamese
force reductions would be possible, although a substantial military presence albeit disguised in some way, will still be required for joint anti-insurgent operations and a large
contingent of civilian advisers will be used to oversee the Heng Samrin
apparatchiks. We note that in Laos there are
roughly 45,000 Vietnamese troops and several thousand civilian advisers. The residual Vietnamese presence in Cambodia will probably would
not be less than this.
Wrong, Thailand was not on the defense. Thailand invaded and took the 3 villages. Laos counterattacked and retook them.
ReplyDeleteAnd you were then a CIA agent on site to have known all that, right?
DeleteNo, I had contacts in North Vietnamese command. North Vietnamese deployed troops at Laos vital points including the Capital to allow Laos to concentrate all of their best troops at the contesting villages. That's how Laos won.
ReplyDeleteWithout Vietnamese troops, Thais could easily sneak attack else where and wreck havoc Laos army.
Same thing happened to Cambodia. When Thailand moved heavy armors and jet fighters toward the west of Palin and Battambang to threat Cambodia with a thrust. Vietnam moved a few special units to deploy as a check. Thus, Cambodian troops can still maintain at Preah Vihear.
Once Thailand realized what happened, they concentrated their best troops toward the 3 contesting villages. But by then, it's too late, Laos troops already dug in and repelled a couple heavy assaults by the Thais. Thais suffered huge casualties then quit.
ReplyDeleteRumors were there were Vietnamese commanders embedded inside the Laos troops in the 3 villages.