This report was collected by a NIC Field Exploitation Team on 17 February l968 in CAN THO city, PHONG DINH Province, .SVN. Source is not available at the NIC for further exploitation.
SUMMARY
The TAN CHAU/AN PHU District Committee VC, AN GIANG (CHAU DOC and AN GIANG) SVN, Province, SVN, maintained camp B-1 (approximately WT 150120 to WT 170120) and camp B-3 (approximately WT 080050) in CAMBODIA. The CHAU PHU District Committee, AN GIANG (CHAU DOC) Province maintains camp B-2 (approximately WS OAO89O to W5 OAO895) in CAMBODIA. Camp were used for committee meetings, local, district, province, and regional military forces, and commo—liaison stations. A new temporary camp was established approximately 15 January l968.(approximately WS O95880)to receive political prisoners captured during the TET Offensive.
The TAN CHAU/AN-PHU District Committee of the VC of the VC AN GIANG (CHAU DOC and AN GIANG) Province Committee maintained a camp in CAMBODIA designated “B-1”. The camp was located approximately 200-300 meters east of the BAK NAM River and extended to the vicinity of LEUK DEK (LOEUK DEK) KAOT THOM (KOH THOM) border (approximately WT 150120 east to WT 170120. (See Attachment 1). The base was used for meetings of the TAN CHAU/AN PHU (V0) District Committee and as a training and bivouac area for the TAN CHAU/AN PHU District (vc) military forces.
The camp was maintained by-a commo-liaison agent and as of 1 October 1967 was used as a rest stop for personnel passing through the area. There were no permanent buildings and all huts were constructed of tree branch frames draped with nylon. The huts were dismantled and moved approximately every three days and were camouflaged with cut vegetation in order to avoid detection. In spite of the fact the huts were moved, the camp remained within the one kilometer defined above. Water transportation was used to gain access to the camp area.
Rice was purchased locally at PREK CHREY Village, CAMBODIA (WT 100110) and at MONG YU Village, CAMBODIA (WT 135115) for use at the camp. The site was used as the base of operations by Region II Battalion 267 while mounting attacks against the GVN border post at VINH XUONG Village, TAN CHAU District, AN GIANG Province, (WT ZOAOA5) SVN during March 1967.
The CHAU PHU District Committee of the VC AN GIANG (CHAU DOC and AN GIANG) Province maintained a camp in the vicinity of the POPOU River (approximately WS 0A0890jto W8 0A0895), CAMBODIA (See Attachment 2). This camp designated “B-2” was used for an AN GIANG Province Committee Current Affairs indoctrination meeting during November 1967. This camp site was used for both Province and District VC military forces. It has been used by the VC AN CIANG Province Battalion 1 (Battalion 510), The CHAU DUC Township Committee, the CHAU PHU District Committee, the CHAU DUC Township Special Action Forces, and the CHAU PHU local forces for meetings, training, operations briefings, and bivouac. The camp site had one center hut approximately four meters by two meters and two huts {approximately one meter by two meters)_approximately twenty meters to the east of the main hut. One other hut (approximately one meter by two meters) was located approximately twenty meters south-west of the main hut. (See Attachment 3) The huts measuring approximately A x 2 x 1.5 meters had a framework of tree branches covered with nylon. They were camouflaged with out vegetation which was not replaced often enough; therefore, its brown color contrasted against the surrounding green foliage. Access to the camp was gained over the CAMBODIA-SVN border at approximately WS 095838.
Another camp under the ultimate jurisdiction of the VC AN GIANG(Province Committee was maintained by the TAN CHAU/AN PHU (VC) District Committee approximately one kilometer east of PH TUOL PUTTREA, CAMBODIA (approximately WT 080050). (See Attachment A) This camp was designated “B-3” and was used asla permanant commo-liaison station as of October 1967. It was not used as a supply route station, but was restricted in use to guiding messengers. Maihtenance of this camp was the responsibility of NAM CHANH, the TAN CHAU/AN PHU (VC) District Committee Secretary.
A new camp was established about 15 January 1968 near AP VINH AN, CAMBODIA, approximately one kilometer west of the Cambodian border and the CHAU DOC River, and one kilometer south of the CHAC RI (not identifiable) (approximately WS 095880). (See attachment 5). This camp was to be used by the Interrogation Section, AN GIANG (VC) Province Committee’s Security Section to receive political prisoners captured during the TET Offensive. Access to the camp was gained on foot from SVN between Cambodian border posts located at WS 082910 and WS 102867.