Shortly after the March 18, 1970, coup d'etat in Phnom Penh, North Vietnam's Minister Pham Van Dong called on me in Peking, and in the presence of China's Prime Minister Zhou Enlai, swore to me in the name of his country that the Democratic Republic of Vietnam would always respect the abovementioned delineation of territorial borders, as well as the "Kingdom of Cambodia's" coastal islands.
In the euphoria surrounding the close of the Summit Conference of Indochinese Peoples (April, 1970), Pham Van Dong promised Norodom Sihanouk, again in Zhou Enlai's presence, that after our "joint victory over American imperialism," he and I would together go and lay a monumental "friendship marker" somewhere along the Vietnam-Cambodia border. It would symbolize the two countries' mutual respect of each other's territorial integrity and national independence. The Khmer Rouge have never forgiven Communist Vietnam for violating these promises made to Cambodia...via Norodom Sihanouk!
In April 1970, during the Summit Conference of Indochinese Peoples that I had helped organize, Premier Pham Van Dong of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam said to me: "Your Highness, we earnestly wish to see you resume your functions as Cambodia's head of state as soon as possible. We Vietnamese are your faithful allies; we will fight to the finish for your just cause. We Vietnamese will help you with all our resources and in all good faith."
But no matter what they say about me, until the day I die I will keep on believing that the Vietnamese will have no regard for our national independence and territorial integrity until they have reason to be grateful to us.
Therefore, all Cambodian children-this generation and next generation should think thoroughly when dealing with Yuon crocodile leaders. King Chey Chettha II and Prince Norodom Sihanouk, both of whom terribly made the worst mistakes in the Cambodian history.
0 comments:
Post a Comment