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THE NUMBER ON THE SIDE OF THE SHIP IS "E311" ANO IS BELIEVED TO BE THE VESSEL THAT CAPTURED THE MAYAGUEZ. AT THIS TIME THEY ARE FLYING SIGNAL FLAGS STATING "I AM A CAMBODIAN VESSEL. I REQUIRE A PILOT." THE THAI NAVY HAS BOARDED THE SHIP. FURTHER REPORTING WILL FOLLOW THROUGH OTHER APPROPRIATE CHANNELS. BT DECLASSIFIED AUTHORITY bod ·/lhu.J,v,, ~uro. ~ BY Vt NLF, DATE ~/~• PSN: 41466 PAGE 01 OF 01 T R:t35/12:52Z OTG:l51235Z MAY 75 ****** *******E COPY ' 3 !581 ******* ****** S COPY #9318 t3!5124Q AY 7!5 I . 0 ST TE QPC SM DC CIA IT MOUS DC AO "AL. SL.E c 0 A H DC " C A H DC ANMCC FO T lTCH?E D 'Z 0 t !H 2~!5Z AV 1!5 F UT"Al'AO COMO P ST UTAPAO A'L" THIJJ MO ~ ,,.,...,._VJOPfU!P J!,f''t 11J!562/Fl'M6GOl!NIOPREP•3 PI 4CLEl75•t~0 · 1 PINAL. 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PSN: 4!938 TORi 1S!S/2t i24!' ******* *******S COl'Y ' ooo~ooooosssssssoioooooo~ lN C YERVHOP E A!N~O o~ ~se 538/4 FOR RE'U~N THAl~ANO, MSC 151.2 RE RTS UPON COMPLEfI~N O~ PERSONNEL! TRANSFER, MAYG!Z ALT! OLCXE 'OR S GAPORE AT 1512002 MAY, POS!T 0' MA¥AGUEZ WAU 10"~ l02•48 5. Z1, A OP !P 3 ,RO T SUR ! fllf5 Z3~ T S L ST EPORT~ &S•8 BT • OF 02 TOW1l3~12t' 12~z · DTG l1521llZ MAV 75 ••••••• *******S COIP't 0 ' . . 635 ******* *******& COP¥ n. s DE UE JCS 911 1352240 Z \522402 MAV 15 F Je .TE C CE S DC A H DC l D TO Alli ZERO CA Pf ELD c• RP ~/~9623/PA,RON ~ou~~!NIOPREP-~ PlNNAC~!V FRO T UR ER/053 A. , C A D! S STX ATE~ Ai. U HA f;! H. , 1 CtOE T, Ml. AT 221 ZS AVAGU!Z p SIT S8~1N2 1122tE8 cus tee SPD ,. K,.~ H2. pt TR N 'OUR ''212t5Z f"AY 7!5;'11Jft2/VOICE RPT Tn c:rP 12· ie222ez2. H3 • 1!522UJZ1 z. R .R S, Zl. 'T QPR P•3 Pi NACLE FRON' BURNER 082. Z2, THI % CTr. 12,3 S!TREP 011, Z~. A PLIPYI G I P 'O POLLDW. --- DECLASSIFIED AUTHORITY ()00 tiitu.liv<. 514'· ?\? BY iif NLF. 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CUS 195 SPO &• MTS 1 UR t5222ez M A~ 751083/YOICE R~T TO e,, 12 ie2s2ez1, DECLASSIFIED AUTHORITY MJD Oitulivt. ~?gp. -,o • BY l t t NLF, DATE 2JU10T1 • • PS I 428,1 PA ! 1 TOR 11 se.,111 UJ3Z' ******* *******S COP¥ ' ******* *******E COPY OP IMMED OE RUEKJCS #8004 1360040 0 l60040Z MAY 75 FM JCS c\~ INFO STATE OPCEN WASH DC CIA WHITE HOUSE WASH DC AOC CARLISLE BKS PA CSAF WASH DC CSA WASH DC ANMCC FORT RITCHIE MO 0 151803Z MAY 75 FM USS HENRY B WILS N TO AIG SEVEN ZERO FIVE ZERO INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC COMNAVSURFPAC SAN DIEGO CA COMCRUOESGRU THREE COMOESRON SEVENTEEN CTG SEVEN FIVE PT ONE JCS WASHINGTON DC COMMUSSAG/7AF NAKHON PHANOM TH CTF SEVEN TWO CTF SEVEN FIVE CTF SEVEN SEVEN CTF SEVEN SIX CTG SEVEN SEVEN PT FIVE TG SEVEN FIVE PT ONE CINCPACFLTREPTHAI BANGKOK TH CINCPACREP PHILIPPINES SUBIC BAY RP ~/N04673/USS HENRY 8 WILSON DOG7/IN/OPREP 3 PINNACLE/FRONT BURNER/SERIAL 005 A. COMMANDER•S ESTIMATE Al. COMPLETED NGFS H. I tCIOENT Hl. NGFS FOR MAYAQUFZ RECOVERY H2. AMPLIFYING OPREP 3/PINNACLE/FRONT BURNER/SERIAL 003 H3. 151315Z MAY 75 H5. FOL IS RECAP OF All GFS RELATED ACTIVITIES: RECEIVED HOSTILE (AUTOMATIC WEAPONS> FIRE FROM 10-19.3N4 103-08.4E6. RETURNED FIRE WITH 30 ROUNDS FROM FIVE INCH GUNS . PS 42136 PAGE 01 TOR:136/00:41Z DTG:151803Z MAY 75 ******* ~T *******E COPY DECLASSIFIED AUTHORITY QoQ {)ltuli~ ~~.~ BY W: NLF, DATE z/ Z11150 ' . . ******* *******E COPY ESTIMATE FIRE EFFECTIVE AS NO FUTHER HOST IL E FIRE NOTED. EXPENDED 28 ROUNDS OF FIVE INCH AMMO ON MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT AT 10-19.0 1, l03-08.4E6 AND CO FIRMED DESTROYED . EXPENDED 22 ROUNDS OF FIVE INC A MO ON HOSTILE PCF • PSN:04213b PAGE 02 OF 02 TOR:l36/00:41Z DTG :l51803Z MAY 75 ******* *******E COPY ' .. ******* OP XM D OE RUEKJCS #80 4 l~e 4 0 18 -40% AV 1?5 I' JCS INFO ST TE OPC!N ASH DC CIA WHIT MOU E WASH DC AOC C . R~ SLE 8K P• C8AI' A H OC CSA A H oe ANMCC FORT !TCH?E 0 0 1~18 3Z MAY 115 F USS HEN V J~ ON TO AIG S!VE Z! f'XVE ZERO X PO C 0 SHI TO DC CO AYSURFPAC SA 1 DIEGO CA CO CRUD!SGRU TH EE CO D!S 0 S!VE T!E CT S VE PlYE P~ 0 E JCS A HINGTO DC C US~AG/1A, AKHO PHANOM TH CTll' SEW! T 0 CTf' SEV! "?YE CTI" S!~E 8EWE CTF SEY! SIX CTG S!VE S!YE PT F!YE 1 TG S!VE l"!V! PT ONE CI CP CFLTREPTH I ANGKOK TH C?NCPA R P PHtLiPPl ES SUBIC BAY RP ~I 0487~/USS HENRY 8 W?~SON DOG7IIN/DPREP 3 I Pi ACL!~FRONT U ERISERIA~ 005 A, C ANDfRtS !ST? ATE Al~ CO PLE~!D Gf' H. , l cio NT H1, NGFS F R MAYAQU!2 RECOVERY H2• A PL FVING OPR 3/PfNNAC~EIFRONT BURNER/SERIAL 013 H3, 15~~15Z MAY 15 . H5. 1'01.t IS RECAP 01' AL.L ' NGPS REl.ATEO ACTIYITl!SI RECEIY'-D OSTl~! (AUTOMATIC WE~PONS) ~IRE FROM l .,g~3N4 l 3· 8.4 e~ RE,UR D ~IR WITH ~ft ROUNDS FROM FXVE INCH GUNS~ DECLASSIFIED AUTHORITY /NJ4 lii1ulw "', 5z,at,, '° BY /if NLF, DATE c/reo PSNI 421~8 TOR•l~G/ill1•1z · OTG11s1a11az MAY,,. ••••••• *******8 co,v ' . . ... ******* *******S COPY ES'I T F! £ ,, CT!VE AS NO FUTHER HOSTlLE F~RE NO,ED, EXPE D D 28 ROU OS INCH AMMO ON MACHINE GUN EMP~~CEHfNT AT 1 •t9,0N1, 1 3• D CO FIRMED OESTRD¥ED• EXPENDED 22 ~OUNOS OF FtVE t C AM E PCF (SWIFT BOAT) ,IRING AT USAF HELO. ~CT CO Fl ~E ~ESTROYED AND SUNK~ EXPENDED 77 ROUNDS FlVE I NCH M 0 0 V A~lOUS POINT AND AREA TARGE'S AROUND NORT~E~N E KO~ T lS~ AT DIRECTIONS 0' ABCCC 'DR HOSrt~E FJRE SUPP• RE XO • AT 11~5 p s &OAT WAS PLACE IN TM! WATER ' TO ASStsr USAFj H ~O COY V F GSF P RS FROM NE BEACH , PERS BOAT PROCEEOED TO lTMl ~I l G A GE OF MACHINE GUN EMP~~CEH!NT LOC~TEO AT NO T D OF I LANO . PERS BOAT RE~URN!D FIR! WITH FOUR M61 ACHI GUN • OAT ROCEEOED TO WITHIN 3 ~ VOS OF BE~CH AT 10• t , 1, 183~0 , 3 ~ U DER COWER PROVID!O 8~ GUNSHIP. ON ARRXVALI U AF H LO L~ D 0 TO LOAD GS' ANO BOAT PRDVtOfD SUPPRESSION flREe UP TMORA AL F !LO• BOAT RETREATED UNOER H!AYV HOS1?~£ MAC lN GU PIR AND RETURNED 'lRE UNTtL OUT OF RANGE . P!RS BOAT Al E N STATION TO PROYIDE FURTH!R SUPPORT I' NECESS ¥, OAT A THE SE T TO W!STERN BE CH TO ASSIST IN ~£COY~· ERV F GS, , URX ; ~SF EXTRACTION APPROX 'fY! MACHt~f GUN LOCATIONS AROU te~1g 11 1 3• 8!2 WERE NOTED FlRI~G ON MELDS . PERS BOAT !GA UPP SSIO~ FIRE. FIRE CONSIDERED !FFEC~tYE AS · NO MORE ROUN ~R RECE Y D. BOAT C~E~ RE'U~NEO TD ORIG BEACH UNDER DAR s T SEA c FOR PEAS BEL!EVEO STIL~ o~ eE~cH . BOAT CRE~ BEG~ T NSIT U S CALLED OFF 'HEN MtSStNG ~ERS WERE FOUND . BOAT !TU NE TO ILSON AT 2925 . Wt~SON HAS BEEN RELEASED TO REFUEL~ GXG GU S XPE 0 D TOTA~ OF 1400 ROUNDS 0, MACHINE GUN AMMO DU I A OYE EV T • NO PERSONAL CASUALTIES, KINOR HOSTILE FIRE DA AGE TO GIG . Z, RE A KS ~ ~AST OPREP 3 REPORT THIS INCIDENT ADS 3 JU 7!5 T PA 2 OF 82 TOR:l38/88 c•lZ ******* *******S COPY " . . ii 561 ******* f'L SH E UEKU S #812g 13 310 z 1s 31 z v ns FM J S ! fl'O OPC 4SH DC CI4 ' T 1HIT w 8 cc AOC C L SL Bl( p c 0 l M DC cs A c A CC FORT RtTC I D l 16 2327. .V '~ F P T 0 "OUR l'IYE ZERO TO DC O?EGO c• l'FETT f'IEL.D Cll ~9623/ ATRON FOURllNIOPREP•3 PINNAC~EV l'RO T "u 10e1 A, C A O! S ESTX ATE~ Al . LI CH G!D H . 1 ~ C T, Ht , AY~GU!Z POS!T 1~28N5 1 2•3DE~ CUS/SPO 168Tl18, CORRECT 8fRfAL1 058 TO R!A SP 18KTS . H2. ~ATR I' u te 128Z8 MAY 1~10ee1PCC ~PT TO CT, 12 t81225Z6 H3 . 1e 2 ~us z. R MARKS . 21, L ST PR P• 3 P NACLE FRONT BURNER 866~ Z2. TH S IS CTG 72 . 3, SITREP 7'11. Z3 . A P~ll'VI G XNl'O TO FOLLOW . DECLASSIFIED AUTHORITY tlpn Rr~u),v, :?'24v.w BYJd • p NLF, DATE ~.?:!!!. TOR :136/031 t lZ' DTlil tee2;s2z MAY .,,y-. ******* *******S COPY ' ' . . .. /0 ******* ** ****•S. CO"¥ Fl. SH DE UEKJCS #8088 138 153 Z 15 te3Z MAY 75. FM JC INFO ST TE OPC! w SH DC CIA 'HITE );fQUS! ASH DC AOC CARL.tSLE 81 DECLASSIFIED AUTHORITY ~ o.i~ 'St. ' 138 *******U N C L A S S I F I E D*******E COPV OP IMMEO DE RUEKJCS #8902 1391045 O 191045Z MAY 75 FM JCS INFO STATE OPCEN WASH DC CIA WHITE HOUSE WASH DC AOC CARLISLE BKS PA CNO WASH DC CSA WASH DC ANMCC FORT RITCHIE MO O l91020Z MAY 75 FM UTAPAO COMO POST UTAPAO AFLD TH/JJ TO NMCC WASHINGTON DC CSAF WASHINGTON DC CINCPAC HONOLULU HI CINCPACAF HICKAM AFB HI CINCPACREP SUBIC BAY PI l3AF CLARK AB PI/DOC 7AF NAKHON PHANOM APRT TH/DOC COMUSMACTHAI BANGKOK TH AFMPC RANDOLPH AFB TX/OPMR INFO 13AF AOVON UOORN AFLO TH/DOC USAF FORWARD OPS DIV FT RITCHIE MO UNCLAS/JOPREP JIFFY 0697/FFM5GO/IN/OPREP~3 PINNACLE/75•130-03. REFERENCE OPREP 3 l51235Z INFORMATION RECEIVED TODAY SUBSTANTIATES POSSIBILITY THAT THE CAMBODIAN GUNBOAT E~3111 THAT ENTERED SATTAHIP PORT, IS IN FACT THE SHIP THAT CAPTURED THE MAYAGUEZ. THE CREW HAS CONFESSED TO THAI OFFICIALS. THE CREW HAS AlSO REQUESTED TO BE TREATED AS REFUGEES, THEIR REFUGEE STATUS HAS BEEN REFERRED TO U.S. EMBASSY OFFICIALS ON THE S'ENE. RATIONAL FDR THE CAPTURE OF THE MAYAGUEZ WAS THAT THE CREW WAS AT SEA WHEN CAMBODIA FELL1 AND THEY DECIDED TO IMPRESS THE NEW GOVERNMENT WITH THEIR LOYALTY. THIS BACKFIRED WHEN THE NEW GOVERNMENT WAS TOLD OF THEIR AC!, AT THAT TIME THE CREW DECIDED NOT TO RETURN TO CAMBPDIA FOR FEAR OF THEIR LIVES, ANO SAILED FOR THAILAND. THE CAMBODIAN CRSW PLUS A NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE ON THE SHIP ARE STILL UNDER THAI CONTROL. BT • PSNS045822 PAGE 01 OF 01 TOR:l39/10:49Z OTG:l91020Z·.··MAY 75 *******U N C L A S S I F I E D*******E COPY ' .. 604 *******U N C L A S E F T D*******E COPY FLASH DE RUEKJCS #8819 1410811 Z 2108llZ MAY 75 FM JCS INFO STATE OPCEN WASH DC Cl A WHITE HOUSE WASH OC AOC CARLISLE BKS PA c\r!/\ CNO WASH DC CSA WASH DC ANMCC FORT RITCHIE MO Z 0 210800Z MAY 75 FM 56SOW NAKHON PHANOM APRT THAI TO CJCS WASH DC/NMCC CINCPAC HONOLULU HI/CC CSAF WASH DC/XOOC CINCPACAF HICKAM AFB HI/XOOC 13AF CLARK AB Pl/OC INFO AFEOC FT RICHIE MD/OPS DIV l3AF AOVON UOORN AFLO THAI/DC USSAG 7AF NAKHON PHANOM APRT THAI/DOC COMUSMACTHAI BANGKOK THAI/J33 v ClNCPACAF HONOLULU HI/JRCC ARRS SCOTT AFB IL/DOC MAC SCOTT AFB IL/OOC UNCLAS E F T 0 FOUO/JOPREP JIFFY/PINNACLE/FFPPX0/56SOW/IN/OPREP-3/ H. REPORTED PERSONNEL LOCATOR BEACON Hl. VOICE CONVERSATION BETWEEN 7AF AND CINCPAC, H2. 20/2325Z/MAY/l975. H4. ON 20/2325Z MAY 75 THE 3ARRG/JRCC WAS NOTIFIED BY MAJ GANT • PSN:04825l PAGE 01 T0Rll4l/08:13Z DTG:21osooz HAY 75 *******U N C L A S E F T O*******E COPY ' .. *******U N C L A S E F T O*******E COPY ENRDUTE TO USON RTAFB, PICKED UP AN INTERMITTENT BEEPER WHILE PASSING OBN 104E. IN ALL FOUR INSTANCES NO VOICE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTED. 13AF RCC HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO INSURE ALL AIRCRAFT TRANSITTING THIS AREA FROM CLARK BE BRIEFED ON THE ABOVE ANO ESTABLISH LISTENING WATCH. ANY RECEPTION OF A BEEPER SINGLA IS TO BE PASSED TO 3ARRG/JRCC ON HF RADIO. BANGKOK CENTER HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO INSTRUCT ALL U.S. AIRCRAFT TRANSITTING THE AREA TO CONTACT 3ARRG/JRCC ON HF RADI01 IF A BEEPER IS PICKED UP. AT 2l0333Z COBRA 061 ENROUTE TO NAKHON PHANOM RTAFB FROM CLARK AB1 REPORTED THAT HE HAO NOT RECEIVED BEEPER SIGNAL IN THAT AREA. NO FURTHER REPORTES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. z, OPERATIONS CENTER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION AT 210426Z FUTURE OPREP-3 REPORTS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. BT • PSN:048251 PAGE 02 OF 02 TOR:l41/08: 13Z OTG:21oaooz HAY 75 *******U N C L A S E F T O*******E COPY ' . . I~ ******* *******E COPY UP IMMJ:O DE ~ui::KJCS 9074 141143 0 21143 Z AV 75 F ~ JCS INFO STATE PCE WAS~ DC CIA •JHIT. HOUSf ~t.S~ DC A8C CARLISL~ BKS PA CSA!= WASH DC CSA ASH DC A MCC Fn~T RITCHIE MO 0 211317Z 1'1AY 75 F~ PATR.ON Fou::i TO AIG SEVE~ ZERO FIV Z~R~ INFl CNn HA5HI GTu~ DC CO~NAVAIRP~C SA OIFGO CA C~~PATWI~GSPAC MOFFl=TT FIELD CA CTF c;FVFl\l TWO CTG SEVF~ TWO PT THREE cn~USNAVPHIL SUBIC BAY RP CTU SFV.N T!n PT THREE PT FIVE C ·u-AG/7TH /1F t ~/09. 23/P TRO FOUR/ I 1/QPREP- 3 PI NACLE /072 A. COM~ANnE S ESTIMATE Al . NEG~TJVi: BEEPER SIG ALS VICI tJTY KOH TANG IS. H. I Ctr>ENT ~l . A/C ~QNITOR~D GUARD FREQUENCIES VICIN IT Y OF KOH TANG ISLAN D FRO 210645ZP UMTIL 2111~ozo . Nn BEEPER OR COMMU !CATI ONS HEARD. Z. fMARl • DECLASSIFIED AUTHORITY M>Z> 1D1uliu.- 5'2..oO · }O ~ '( ..ld: - ---·· NLF, DATE ?Jun PS t-': 4 5 75 PAGE 01 OF 01 P. :141/14:40Z DTG :211317Z MAY 75 ******* *******E COPY ' .. ,t ••••••• t"ECRET- *****••E COPY ROUTINE DE RUEKJCS #9828 1531340 R 021340Z JUN 75 FM JCS INFO SECSTATE WASH DC C I A WHITE HOUSE WASH DC CSAF WASH DC CNO WASH DC CSA WASH DC R 021138Z JUN 75 \ FM USOAO/BANGKOK TO DIA WASHDC/DS•3C v INFO CINCPAC HONOLULU Hl/J-2 COHJPAC HONOLULU HI/CODE 522 i E C R E T NOFORN OISSEM USDAO 0401 JUN 75 sue~: (U) THE SAGA OF THE E•311 - AN UPDATE. THIS IS IR 6 895 0279 75 1. THAILAN0/2. CUl THE SAGA OF THE E-311-AN UPDATE/3. N/A/4. 31 MAY 7515. BKK TH, 31 MAY 75/6. A-217. ADM SA•NGAT CHALORYU• CINC, RTN; ANO ~EAR AOH AMPON NABANGCHANG, DIR OF INTElL, RTN/8. 6 895 0279 7519. 2 JUN 75/10. N/A/11. DAO BKK/12. DIOP: PG2070/13. R.W. KOERNIG, COL• USAF/OATTil4. N/A/15. SUMMARYi (5-NFG-) AT A RECEIPTION ON THE EVENING OF 31 MAY 75, ADM SA•NGAT AND ADM AMPON SPOKE READILY To RO ABOUT THE e-311. THEY NOTED THAT THE CREW WAS STILL BEING INTERROGATE01 THAT THAI FISHERMEN WHO HAO BEEN RELEASED WITH THE HAYAGUEZ CREW HAD BEEN INTERROGATED, THAT THE RTN WAS REASONABLY CERTAIN THE E-311 010 NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE SEIZURE OF THE MAYAGUEZ BUT NOT ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED, THAT IS APPEARED THAT TH! E-311 WAS ON A DIFFERENT MISSION SOME MANY MILES AWAY AT THE TIME, ANO THAT ADM SA NGAT HAD MADE UP HIS MINO TO ASSIMILATE THE E-311 INTO THE RTN WHEN IT FIRST APPEARED OFF SATTAHIP. l• (SNfD> AT A RECEPTION ON THE EVENING OF 31 MAY 75 AT WHICH RO WAS ABLE TO INTRODUCE THE NEW US AMBASSADOR TO THAILAND TO GEN KRIANGSAK CHAMANAN, C OF S• SUPREME COHO HQ; TO AOH SA NGAT' CINC, RTN; ANO ACM KAMON DECHATUNGKHA, CINC, RTAf, RO WAS ABLE TO DISCUSS THE CAMBODIAN SHIP E~311 AT RATHER GREAT LENGTH WITH BOTH ADM SA NGAT ANO HIS DIR OF INTELL, RAOM AMPON. THE TWO ADMIRALS DISPLAYED SOME PIQUE AS REGARDS THE INFO LEAK TO THE NEWSPAPER WHICH HAO • PSNi005597 PAGE 01 TOR:t53/l3:lt8Z DTG:021138Z JUN 75 ••••••• c:S-=E C R E T ****•••E COPY DECLASSIFIED AUTHORITY l\:rA &Af. lc.e'.c 0 l 4/.J"/o"> BY · M. NLF, DATE 1 2/t1 lo< .. ••••••• S E C R -E-1" •••••••E COPY CAUSED THEM SOME SERIOUS EMBARRASSMENT, BUT OTHERWISE THEY WERE FRIENDLY ANO STRAIGHTFORWARD. BOTH OFFICERS, SEPARATELY, INDICATED THAT THEY HAO CONDUCTED LONG ANO INTENSIVE INTERROGATIONS OF THE CREW, TOGETHER ANO SEPARATELY. CRO COMMENT- ADM AMPON, WHO HAO JUST RETURNED FM A WEEKS VISIT TO THE fRAT AREA HAO NOT RECEIVED Ro•s LETTER AS YET WHICHREOUESTED1INTERALIA1 THE RIGHT TO INTERVIEW THE E-3ll CREW WITH A TRAINED US INTERROGATOR WHO WAS LANGUAGE CAPABLE.HE PROMISED TD SEEK IT ON MONDAY12 JUN AND PROVIDE WHATEVER INTO HE COUL01 WHETHER OR NOT THEREQUEST WAS GRANTED.)BOTH OFFICERS ALSO INDICATED THAT THE QUESTIONING WAS CONTINUING ANO THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN THEIR INVESTIGATION WOULD BE COMPLETE~ 2. f-$.MF9~ AOMS SA NGAT ANO AMPON REVEALED THATTHEY HAOALSO QUESTIONED THE THAI FISHERMEN WHO H~O BEEN RELEASED BY THE KHMER ROUGE AT THE SAHE TIME THAT THE CREW OF THE MAYAGUEZ HAO BEEN FREED. THESE CREW MEMBERS HAO NOT OBSERVED ANY SHJPLARGER THAN A PC FROM THE TIHEOF THEIR CAPTURE THROUGH THE TIME OF THEIR RELEASE. T~EY WERE POSITIVE THEY HAO NOT SEEN ANY WARSHIP OF THE SIZE OF THE E•31t. (RO COMMENT - IT MUST BE NOTED HOWEVER, THAT THE THAI FISHERMEN WERE NOT CAPTURED AT THE SAME TlME AS THE MAYAGUEZ1 IN FACT THEY HAO BEEN SEIZED SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE. ALS01 THE THAI VESSEL WAS NOT IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE MAYAGUEZ CAPTURE AT THE TIME OF THE SEIZURE, IT WAS ONLY LATER THAT THE TWO SHIPS WERE BROUGHT INTO CLOSE PROXIMITY.) l. tSNf-9-) BASED UPON THE INTERROGATIONS OF THE E-311 CREW AND THE THAI FISHERMEN1 THE RTN1 AT THIS POINT JN TIHE1 ANO MORESPECIFICALLV• AOMS SA NGAT AND AMPON, ON THE EVENING OF 31 MAY, SAID THEY WERE 11 REASONABLY SURE BUT NOT ABSOLUTELY CONVINCEOM THAT THE E-311 DID NOT TAKE PA~T IN THE SEIZURE OF MAYAGUEZ. THEY NOTED THAT QUESTIONING OF THE E-311 CREW HAD REVEALED THAT THEY WERE ON AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MISSION AT THE TIME - A MISSION OF TRANSPORTING TROOPS TO KOH TANG ANO THEN PROCEEDING TO POULO PANJAN ISLAND, THE LATTER A LONG DISTANCE FROM THE POINT OF SEIZURE WHICH WOULD PUT THEM TOO FAR AWAY TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE MAYAGUEZ CASE. CRO COMMENT- THE ASSUMPTION APPARENTLY HAS BEEN HADE THAT THE e-aii CREW HAVE TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT fHER MISSION WHICH SETS THE STAGE FOR THE TIME ANO SITANCE PROBLEM WHICH FURTHER EFFECTIVELY BACKS VP THEIR DENIAL OF PARTICIPATION. THE RTN SEEM TO BE CONVINCED BUT NOT YET BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT.) 4. (5NF9> ADM SA NGAO WAS QUITE CANDID AS REGARDS HIS INITIAL ACTIONS AND DECISIONS REGARDING THE E~3ll WHEN IT UNEXPECTEDLY HOVE INTO VIEW AT SATTAHIP. HE TOLD RO HE HAD DECIDED TO ASSIMILATE THE SHIP INTO THE RTN. HE HAD INSTRUCTED THAT IT HAVE ITS KHMER MARKINGS REHOVED1 THAT THE THAI FLAG BE HOISTED, ANO THAT IT DISAPPEAR FROM VIEW. HE TOLD RO FLAT OUT THAT HE FELT HENCOULO ACCOMPLISH THIS LlTTLE OECIPTION WITH NO DIFFICULTY. THE RAT10NALE WAS THAT THE KHMER WOULD, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK, LEARN THAT IT HAO BEEN SUNK BY THE US DURING THE ACTION SURROUNDING THE AREA OF THE MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT. THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE THAl•CAHBOOIAN POLITICAL SENSITIVITIES. THE US WOULD BE SPARED THE ANGUISH IT HAO GONE THROUGH OVER THE VIETNAMESE ANO CAMBODIAN AIRPLANES ANO FURTHER MORE HAO NO use FOR A SHIP LIKE THE PSN:005597 PAGE 02 TOR:t53/13:48Z OTG:021138Z JUN 75 ••••••• -5 E C R & T •••••••E COPY ' . . ••••••• •••••••E COPY E-311 WHILE THE T~AI NAVY 010. THAT WOULD PRECLUDE ANY us~THAI POLITICAL DIFFICULTY. THUS WITH NO RUCKUS FROM CLAIMANTS, THE E-3ll WOULD BE DEDUCTED FROM THE KHMER NAVAL ORDER OF BATTLE ANO ADDEO TO THE THAI IN ONE FELL SWOOP BUT THEN HE SAID, CAME THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WHICH CAUSED HIM ANO THE RTN AS A WHOLE A GREAT DEAL OF EMBARRASSMENT. HE CONCLUDED WITH SOMETHING IN THAI WHICH PARALLELS1 "THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MEN GO ASTRAY"• HE ADMITTED HE OION•T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME OF E-311 WOULD BE Now. • PSN:005597 PAGE 03 OF 03 TOR:t53/13:48Z OTG:021138Z JUN 75 ••••••• ****•••E COPY . . FBIS 03••••• PHNO~ FENH DO~ESTIC SERVICE IN CA~BODIAN AT ~j07 G~T CARRIES A l~-~INUTE PRESS co~~UN!GUE ON THE ~AYAGUEZ INCIDENT ~HICH IS REAu SY HU NI~, MINISTER OF INFOR~ATION AND PROPAGANCA. THE co~~UNI~UE SAYS: SINCE ~E LIBERATED PHNOM PENH AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, U.S. IMPERIALIS"1 HAS REfEATEDLY ·AND SUCCESSIVELY CARRIED OUT INTELLIGENCE AND ESFIONt.GE ACTIVITIE£ TO CONDUCT SUBVERSIVE, PROVOCATIVE ACTS AGAINST THE NEWLY LIBEfiATED NE~ CA~BODIA IN AN APPARENT DESIRE NOT TO ALLO~ THE CAMBODIAN NATIO~ AND PEOPLE TO LIVE. IT EXPLAINS ~HY THE RGNUC HAS DETAINED U.S. IMPERIALIST / SHIPS OFF THE CAMBODIAN COAST, CHARGING THPT THESE SHIPS, INCLUDING THE YlAYAG UEZ. ARE CJ A ~PY SH !PS.. IT ALSO CH~RGES THE U.S. OF USING ~IRPLANES TO ATTACK CA~BODIPN NAVAL VESSELS, AND THEN SAYS: "OUR RGNUC ~ILL ORDER THE MAY?GUEZ TO ~IT~DRA ~ FRO~ CA~BODIAN TERRITORIAL ~ATERS AND ~ILL ~ tRN IT _AG_A.lN.S.1.__fURTHER ~se 10Nt~E O.R EBQ~QCATlVE A.C_TIVl T1ES. THIS AP PTIES TO THE ."]A YA GLI J2R ANY OJHER SHIPS, LIKE THE SHIF F'tYING THE FAN A ~ A FL~G ~ HICH ~ i RELEASED ON S ~AY 1S75." 1 ~ 1AY 0005l BR/Gs••••• ' . .