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But after the repatriation plan was announced Friday. SPK. the Cambodian news agency. darkly hinted that the countrys forces would attack the repatriation points. Refugees who agree to return. the Thai militarys Supreme Command announced. will be taken to one of four points on the 500milelong border. the exact locations of which are being kept secret. They will have a choice of points controlled by the Khmer Rouge or the Khmer Serai. The Thai governments Task Force 80. which oversees border area security and the operation of the refugee camps. appears willing to adopt stern measures to prevent relief workers from informing refugees that they have the right to remain in the refugee camps under U.N. protection. Last week. Peter Pond. an official of the Thai Refugee Committee. a voluntary charitable relief organization. passed out leaflets in Khmer inside the Sa Kaeo camp telling refugees they could demand the right to stay and that the U.N. and other agencies would protect them. Khmer Rouge cadres quickly moved to confiscate the leaflets. beating up several refugees helping Pond distribute them. and Pond promptly was arrested by Task Force 80. He was charged with entering a restricted military area and was jailed. Pond. an American citizen and the son of the wife of a former U.S. ambassador to Thailand. was moved from a refugee camp jail. where he spent the weekend. to an undisclosed location in Bangkok on Monday. He remained in custody Monday. and sources close to his relief agency said they expect him to be expelled from Thailand. The sources said that Pond had military permission to enter Sa Kaeo camp. despite the charges against him.*