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DATE: THURSDAY, March 26, 1992                   TAG: 9203260044
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA                                LENGTH: Short

BODIES MAY BE MISSING JOURNALISTS'

Four bodies that may be those of foreign journalists believed executed by Khmer Rouge guerrillas 22 years ago were flown to Honolulu on Wednesday for analysis, U.S. officials said.

They were dug up from a river bed 25 miles south of Phnom Penh. Two were found with their hands tied behind their backs, said a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

U.S. investigators say preliminary findings suggest the remains may belong to four of the five journalists working for the American networks NBC and CBS who disappeared while covering the Indochina War.

The remains were well-preserved and virtually complete, so prospects for identification were good, said Madeleine Hinkes, an anthropologist with the Army Central Identification Laboratory.

The remains "showed some signs of physical violence," she said.

Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong promised in an interview that his government would fully cooperate with attempts by the United States, Japan and other countries to account for missing foreign nationals in Cambodia.

by CNB