were mostly civilian cadres. But some were soldiers. For example, a Viet Cong officer ,who defected in July 1971 stated that 45 members of the staff of the Prey Veng Province Unit had regrouped from North Vietnam in 1966 and 1967. With few exceptions the early infiltrators were members of the Cambodian Communist Party or its Youth Group. Many hold high positions in the Khmer Communist structure to¬day