The article suggested t h a t the southeast was a regional command under the aegis of the "President of the Clandestine Khmer Communist Party." The region had a special mobile u n i t w i t h leaders, the axticle stated, "said to have returned some t i m e ago a f t e r t r a i n i n g i n North Vietnam." Beneath the region served a number of l o c a l commands, each charged with a d i s t i n c t geographical area. A l m o s t a l l the leaders, the article went on, had been "members of the Clandestine Communist Party since 1954." Khmer Communist documents dated November 1969 suggest the southeastern command was designated "Region 203." Region 203 s t i l l e x i s t s .