Some of you have expressed skepticism as to whether the base maps used by the SRP to place the location of border posts #184 thru #187 are even recognized by Cambodia. In order to clarify this issue, we did our independent research and we went back to the 1985 Border Treaty concluded by the People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). It should be recalled that the 1985 Border Treaty was later supplemented by the 2005 Supplemental Border Treaty.
As it turns out, the 1985 Border Treaty clearly lists the map sheets that both the PRK and the SRV agreed upon for border delimitation. Two sets of maps are listed in this treaty, the first set of maps consists of 26 map sheets at a scale of 1/100,000. These are the two pages providing these 26 map sheets and their sources. As can be seen clearly on the second page, map sheet "Trang Bang-Ouest" prepared by the "Service Geographique de l'Indochine" in 1952 is one of the official maps accepted for the area of interest here.
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Coincidentally, this is also the same map used by the SRP to pinpoint the location of border posts #184 thru #187:
The second set of maps listed in the 1985 Border Treaty consists of 40 map sheets at a scale of 1/50,000. The following are two pages from the 1985 Border Treaty providing a partial list of these 40 map sheets and their sources. As can be seen clearly on the second page, map sheet "Duc-Hue" prepared by the "1st Engineer Topo Group RVNAF (Corps of Engineer)" in 1966 is one of the official maps accepted.
Coincidentally, this is also the same map used by the SRP to pinpoint the location of border posts #184 thru #187:
We hope this clarification would put this issue to rest once and for all. However, if you still contest our finding, we humbly suggest that you bring this issue to PM Hun Xen of Cambodia and PM Nguyen Tan Dung of Vietnam directly for a final resolution.
Thank you,
KI-Media team
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