and region commands were in being in 1968. Unfortunately, neither the locattion nor the methods of operation of a central headquarters have been ascertained. Perhaps the Cambodian headquarters was near COSVN in Cambodia's southeast, in line with Lon Nol's assertion that the Khmer Communist Party "President" was there in late 1969.* Or it may conceivably have been in Hanoi. The central headquarters ruled its subordinates loosely. The insurgents lacked radios, and messages had to be carried by hand