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Phnom Penh Domestic Program Summary

Central Intelligence Agency · 1991-02-23 · 2 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This is an unclassified CIA foreign broadcast monitoring summary of Phnom Penh Domestic Service radio programs in Cambodian, aired at 2300 GMT on 23 February 1991 and 0430 GMT on 24 February 1991. Most items cover Cambodian trade union meetings, military clashes, rice planting, reforestation and local development. One foreign news item reports that a Soviet jet fighter disappeared after encountering an unidentified flying object. No further details are given.

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AFSN BK2402070491

SUBJ Phnom Penh Domestic Program Summary

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1 Phnom Penh Domestic Service in Cambodian 2300 GMT 23 Feb 91

2 (Reception: Fair)

3 1. on 22 feb, cambodian federation of trade unions closed its meeting to review activities in 1990. chea sim present. (2 min; text)

4. 2. repeat item 1 in 231200 cast: defense minister tie banh greets soviet counterpart on army day. (1 min)

5 3. siem reap-oddar meanchey province armed forces killed 18 enemy soldiers on 16 feb. (und min)

6. 4. kratie province police forces killed 30 enemy soldiers in 1990. (und min)

7. 5. report on a woman denouncing the enemies for their crimes against innocent people. (und min)

8. 6. in jan, villagers in puok commune of siem reap-oddar meanchey province donated foodstuffs to local combatants. (und min)

9 7. by early feb, peasants in tbong khmum district of kompong cham province had planted over 1,380 ha of dry season rice. (und min)

10 8. peasants in boreicholasa district of takeo province had harvested over 6,300 ha of monsoon rice by 22 jan. (und min)

11 9. report on paddy purchasing activities in rolea p'ier district of kompong chhnang province. (und min)

12 10. report on achievements scored by a phnom penh mechanical workshop in 1990. (und min)

13 11. kompong cham province communications, transport, and posts service successfully completed its 1990 plan. (3 min)

14 12. in 1990, svay rieng province health service stepped up efforts to provide health education to local inhabitants. (und min)

15 13. foreign news: senior french, Indonesian, and un officials will reportedly visit phnom penh soon for talks on cambodia; vietnamese foreign ministry rejected allegation on human right abuse in Vietnam; five indian cabinet ministers resigned; a soviet jet fighter disappeared after encountering an unidentified flying object. (5 min)

16 14. repeat 221100 cast communique. (1 min; filed as bk2302125991)

17 15. station article calls for focusing attention on protecting cambodia's forest. (8 min) 232300

18 phnom penh domestic service in cambodian 0430 gmt 24 Feb 91

19 (reception: fair)

20 1. on 22 feb, a central services delegation visited disabled combatants in kien svay district of kandal province. (1 min)

21 2. a development center for women is opened in thlok commune of kandal province on 22 feb. (2 min)

22 3. a seminar on supervision and distribution of foodstuffs donated by fao opened at phnom penh junior trade school on 18 feb. (und min)

23 4. in early feb, armed forces in stoung district of kompong thom province killed an enemy soldier. (und min)

24 5. report on paddy purchasing activities in a commune of kompong cham province. (und min)

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