The World - News from Feb. 27, 1985
Thailand said that Vietnamese naval vessels have captured 11 Thai trawlers with about 300 fishermen aboard in an area where Thailand and Vietnam have not yet agreed on a demarcation line under the 1982 U.N. Law of the Sea Convention. A Thai official said that Vietnamese ships reportedly fired on the trawlers Sunday, but there were no known casualties and some Thai trawlers managed to escape.
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