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Allied radar ships join blockade off Cambodia coast
Radar picket ships of the US Seventh Fleet joined South Vietnamese naval units in a blockade of Cambodia’s Gulf of Thailand coast. The crews patrolled outside the 12 mile limit in international waters. Cambodian and South Vietnamese troops carry out a three prong operation toward Takeo and Angtasom to trap retreating Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. Soviet sources deny CIA involvement in the Cambodia coup.
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South Vietnam
Cambodia
Kompong Som
Sihanoukville
Takeo Province
Mekong River
Phnom Penh
Takeo City
Angtasom
Takei City
Phsa Kum Roesey
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Norodom Sihanouk
Lon Nol