(1 Sep 1994) A Cambodian government official said on Thursday (1/9) that three
Westerners held hostage by the Khmer Rouge for more than a month
were still alive despite the passing of a deadline to meet their
captors' demands. Information Ministry secretary Khieu Kanharith
said they were last seen on Tuesday (30/8), the day the deadline
expired, and contacts with the guerrillas were continuing.
Kanharith said appeals by King Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Monique for the release of Briton Mark Slater, 28, Australian David Wilson, 29, and Frenchman Jean Michel Braquet, 27, had helped in the negotiations.
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KAMPOT / PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, 31/8-1/9
KAMPOT 31/8
Shots of open countryside
soldiers on road
soldiers loading goods into trucks
soldiers in bush with their guns
more soldiers
pan from gun to soldier
long shot of soldiers
PHNOM PENH 1/9
Cambodian Government Information Ministry spokesman Khieu
Kanharith SOT. He waits for Journalist question ("When did you see
the hostages? )...."saw them on Tuesday....To be
optimistic...message from King and Queen...we hope that they will
keep them safe."He waits for another question.
SOT ("try to encircle their area and cut off their supply routes")
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