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(6 Apr 1990) }9015A RR9015A - CAMBODIA : WALK ON THE WILDSIDE
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RR MUSIC: "River Journey" by Brian Eno
STORY: Conflict has erupted into open fighting once again in
Cambodia. With the start of the rainy season little more
than a month away, government troops and members of the
coalition resistance guerillas are battling to secure
territory. This week, Roving Report travels into Cambodia
with a senior general in the army of Prince Silhanouk - the
senior coalition leader - and discovers what life is like
away from the government-controlled areas.
SHOWS: General Toan Chay puts on rucksack; troops set off
into jungle; (December 1989) battle for capture of Phum
Ampil; Toan Chay's group travelling on carts; hospital in
Phum Ampil and patients; anti-personnel spikes and mines;
general and aides watching TV; group mounting truck with
general and travelling down track; people in near deserted
village of Thmar Pouk; general on tank near his troops' front
line with Government forces; Toan Chay's personal jeep;
K.P.N.L.F. (Khmer People's National Liberation Front)
security police in village of Banteay Chmar; cigarettes, soft
drinks and contraceptive pills on sale; tank trap; Toan Chay
sleeping; Toan Chay speaking about Khmer Rouge and
Vietnamese; radio operator; Toan Chay on cart; Village of
Pong Tek; Buddhist monks; General and troops head back
towards Thailand through jungle.
SOURCES: WTN
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