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PARIS DELEQATION STATEMENT ON NIXON CAMBODIA REPORT P a r i s VNA I n Vietnamese t o VNA Hanoi 0936 QMi' 1 J u l 70 B

(FOR OFFICIAL USE OWLY)

(Statement t o t h e p r e s s by t h e spokesman of t h e DRV d e l e g a t i o n t o t h e P a r i s conference on Vietnam in connection with Wr Nixon's speech of 30 June 1970)

[Textl The Nixon a d m i n i s t r a t l o n has always t o l d l i e s and decelved American and worïd p u b l i c opinion. Mr Nixon's SReech of 30 June 1970 1s a c o n c r e t e and s t r l k i m g m a n i f e s t a t i o n of t h i s shameïessness. A s regards Cambodia, l t 1s k n o m t o everyone t h a t t h e ü n i t e d S t a t e s has sabotaged t h e 1954 &neva agreements on Indochina, e s t a b l i s h e d an a g g r e s s i v e m i ï i t a r y b l o c i n Southeast A.5ia. a r b i t r a r i l y p u t Cambodla under t h e " p m t e c t i v e ' wnbreïia o f t h i s b l o c . p l o t t e d on s e v e r a l occasions t o overthrow Head of S t a t e Sihanouk, v i o l a t e d Cambodia t e r r i t o r y more t h a n 8,000 times from 1961 t o 1970. organlzed t h e b n Nol-Sirik Mitak c l i q u e t o s t a g e t h e coup d ' e t a t of 18 Mirch 1970, and on 29 and 30 April 1970 dlspatohed POO.000 U.S.Saigon Puppet t r o o p s i n a massive i n v a s i o n of Cambodia. Nevertheless, plr Nixon ha% p u t t h e blame on t h e DRV and b r a z e n l y slandered t h e DRV by saylng t h a t i t "has widened t h e war i n Cambodla!"

Mr Nixon said t h a t a f t e r 30 June 1970 t h e b l t e d S t a t e s w l l l no l o n g e r l a u n c h a g g r e s s i o n a g a i n s t Cambodia. However. U.S. a c t i o n s i n Cambodia and even Mr Nixon's s t a t e m e n t s of 30 June c o n t r a d i c t h l s words. A--U.S.

a l r c r a f t continue t o bomb deep i n Cambodlan t e r r i t o r y .

&-Saigon Puppet t r o o p s and a i r f o r c e elements comanded by Americans stiïl trample Cambodian t e r r i t o r y under t h e i r f e e t , k i l l i n g t h e Khmer people. C--U.S. weapons a r e belng massively poured h t 0 Phnom Penh; Mr Nixon a g a l n d e c l a r e d h i s i n t e n t i o n t o continue t o supply the Inn Nol-Sirik W t a k c l i q u e w i t h weapons and aircraft.

P - M r Nixon has given i n s t r u c t i o n s t o U.S. s a t e l l i t e s t o b r i n g t h e l r t r o o p s l n t o Cambodia * h to in t h e name of "encouraglng and s u p p o r t h g t h e e f f o r t s of t h l r d c o u n t r l e s Who wis f u r n i s h Cambodia u i t h t r o o p s or material.' E--Introduction

o f mercenaries from Biafra and t n e Congo l n t o Cambodla.

The above f a c t s alone a r e enough t o prove t h a t t h e Nixon a d m i n i s t r a t i o n is n o t only continuing b u t 1s a l s o widenlng l t s war of a g g r e s s l o n I n Cambodia.

Also I n h i s speech of 30 June M r Nixon l i e d w l t h regard t o t h e " m l l l t a r y r e s u l t s " of U.S. a g g r e s s l o n i n Cambodla. Mr Nixon 1s v e r y s k l l l f u l i n l y i n g b u t cannot conceal h i s m i l i t a r y and p o l i t i c a l setbacks a s t h e r e s u l t of t h e U.S. a g g r e s s l o n i n Cambodia. As pointed o u t I n t h e communique of t h e t h e Defense U i n i s t r y of t h e Royal Oovernment of National ünion of Cambodia lead by Head of S t a t e Slhanoul , 10.000 ü. s. t r o o p s have been a n n l h i l a t e d anï )O0 U.S. a i r c r a f t have been s h o t dcvr :r isss t h a n 2 months.

A t o t a l of 10.000 Saigon Puppet t r o o p s have been a n n i h i l a t e d and 40,000 t m o p s of the Lon Nol-Sirik liatak c l i q u e have al50 been a n n i h i l a t e d and disbanded. nie Ion N o l - S i r i k M t a k regime p r o t e c t e d by the Uiited S t a t e s is i n a s imminent p e r i l a s an egg r e s t i n g on l

t o p of a s t i c k .

As regards Vietnam, Mr Nixon s t i l l pursues h i 5 so-oalled ”Vietnamization of t h e war,” that i s , t h e p o l i c y of continuing and pmlonging the war. Mr Nixon s t i l l stubbornly maintains hi5 aggressiva, n e o c o l o n i a l i s t stand. Mr Nixon declared h i 5 refusa1 “ t o lowrr t h e rninirmim conditions.” t h a t is, he s t i l l refuses t o C m p l e t e l y , I n n e d i a t e l y , and unconditionally withdraw U.S. trooyn f r o m South Vietnam and t o give up the r o t t e n . warlike, and d i c t a t o r i a l IhJau-iïpnhiem Puppet a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of U.S. h l r e l l n g s . in hrief, Fb- Nixon haa n e r e l y rehashed hi8 p n v i o u s *tubborn,perfldious, and worn-out arguments on t h e Vietnam problem. Mr Nixon has now once agaiq npoken of ”peace” while aCtUally making war. Kr Nizon s t i l l riourishes h i 6 ( ? i l l u s i o n s ) of wiryiing a m i l i t a r y viotoPy on the b a t t l e f i s l d and a s t r o n g p o s i t i o n s a t t h e conferenoe tnble.

me DAV Covernnent and t h e Vietnamese people c h e r i s h peace and have shown t h e i r good v i l 1 90 long a8 the M i t e d States continues i t s but w i l l never recognize a Pax mericana. aggreasion, the Vietnamese peoplp are d e t e m i n c d t o a t r u g g l e wtil (Tcomplete) v i c t o r g . Zhe s t r e n g t h of the m l l i t a n t a b l i d a r i t y between t h e Vietnamese m e r , and I P o t i a n peoples i s i n v i n c i b l e . nie only way leading t o peace and t h e p r e s e m s t i o n Of U.S. honor is for the Nlxon a d m i n i s t r a t i o n t o end i t s aggression in V i e t n w . OPBbodia. and iaos uiq t o completcly, r a p i d l y and unconditionally withdraw U.S. troOPS fFom Bouth Vietnam, k b o d i a , and IPos.

P a r i a , 1 July 1970.