PEOPLE'S DAILY ON NIXON VIETNAM DECISION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-244-4-15-0
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: May 10, 1972
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/17 : LOC-HAK-244-4-15-0
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PEOPLE S DAILY
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(TEXT OF PEOPLE'S DAILY 1! MAY COMMENTATOR'S ARTICLE: ,"A
DANGEROUS STEP OF U. S. I,PERIALISM IN EXPANDING THE ~~PR OF AGGRESSION
IN VIETNAM ")
(TEXT) PEKING, 10 MAY 19 72 --O N S MAY 19 7 2, U .S . PR ES IDEN T NI ~ N
BRAZENLY DECLARED THAT NE HAD ORDERED U.S. AGGRESSOR TROOPS
TO LAY MINES IN THE ENTRANCES TO VARIOUS HARBORS IN THE i'RV AND
"CIT DFF" RAILWAY LINES AND INLAND RIVER AND ALL OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
LI NES TN NORTH VIETNAM AND TO CONTINUE AND INTENSIFY NAVEL
AND AIR ATTACKS AGAINS, NORTH VIETNAM.
HE ALSO ARBITRARILY DEMANDED THAT VESSELS OF OTHEf~ COliP1TRIES
LEAV E DRU FORTS WT T? TN A PRESCRI BED PERIOD OF TI ME. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS STEP OF U.S. IMPERIALISM IN EXPANDI NG THE WAR OF
AGGRESSION IN VIETNAM AND A FRENZY ? PROVOCATION AGAINST
OLE !~]ORLD
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THE. PDJPLE OF VIETNAM AND THE PEOPLE OF THE U"H
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CONDEM N 0 AGAINST THIS SER OU S A OF WAR, .5 ALA ION BY
U.S. PERIALISM.
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~:COND AND LAST ADD 82 OF }C MAY (PEOFLE'c C~AII_Y ARTTCL!".>
(TEXT) THE U.S. GOVFRNME:NT NAS Irav~.NTED VARIOUS PRLTE'XTS 7N
A VAIN ATT EM PT TO CONCEAL ITS CRIMES. T N EX PA NDI NG IT S
WAR OF FGGR ES SION AND TRYING TO DEP RI VE THE VTk.TN AME.", E PEOPLE OF
THE IR SAC RED RI GH T OF UN T TY I N F TGN TI NG A 4JAR OF RE S I STAN CE.
IT WILL NEVER SUCCEED. AT PRESENT, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT NAr NOT ONLY
REF LAS Ep TO WI THDRAbI THE U.S . PGGRES SOR TROOPS I M^1ED IATELY , TOTALLY,
AND UNCONDITIONALLY OR TO STOP SUPPORTING THE NGUYEN VAN THI~1!
PUPPET CLIQUE, SUT ALSO EXPANDED THE t~+AR OF I~GGREcSION pNi~ ESCpLnTED
THE ~~~AR BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO "S AFFGUARD" THE LIVES OF THE [.~.5.
pGGRES SOR TROOPS. THIS SHJWS THAT THE SO~CALLED ACTT ON TO "E~!D
THE WAR" TS SHEER DECEPTI ON
SINCE TWE END OF MARCH, THE ARMYi~E'N AND PEOPLE
OF SDUTH VIETNAM HAVE SCORED SJCCESSTUE E3RILLIANT VICTORIES 0~~
VARIOUS BATTLEFIELDS, CAPTURF'D MANY TOWNS AND STRATEGIC
POINTS, DESTROYED A LARGE NLJM3ER OF Er1Fs'1Y F`F~'ECTIVES, AND DEALT
TELLTNG E~LOWS AT U. S. IMPERIALISM'S VIETNAMIZATION PLAN.
TTS NEOCOLONIALISM TN 50UTH VIETVAN HAS GONE Fl.!RTHE;R F?pNKRUPT. TD
SAVE TT S EL F FROM DE F FAT , THE U. S . GOVERNMENT HAS NOt,J E`XP AN DED ITS
MILITARY ADVENTURE IN SOUTH VIETNAM.
HO4JEVER, NO MATTER HJW U.S. IMPERIALISM ES CPLATES THE ~,!PR,
IT CANNOT INTIMIDATE THE HEROTC VIETNAMESE PEOPLE OR STOP THE'TR
VTCTORTO[15 ADVANCE IN THEIR WAR OF RFSTSTANCE (`G ATNST [!. S.
1-'EGRESSION AND FOR NATIONAL SALVAT ION. ON THE OTHER
HAND, TT WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE FIGHTING !?!I LL OF THE
VIETNAMESE AND INDOG}{INESE PEOPLES IN RES ISTI NG AGGRESSION AND
FLRTNER STIML2ATE THE STRONG OPPL~SITION BY THE PMERICAN PfbFLE
AND TWE INDIGNANT CONDEMNATION BY THE WORLD PECPLES. FACTS HAVE
PROVEN, AND WILL CON TTNl1E TO PROVE, THAT EVERY ESCALATION
OF THE WAR IN VIETP!AM BY [I .S. IMPERIALISM WILL CERTAINLY BE
FOLL041ED EY EVEN MORE DISASTROUS DEFEAT.
THE CHINESE PEOPLE AND THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE ARE CLOSE COMRADES
IN ARMS AND EROTHERS WHO SHARE WEAL AND WOE. "THE 7~!2 ~">zLLION
CHT NESE PEOPLE ARE A F041CRFtL PACKING OF THE UIETNAMESE PEOPLE,
THE VAST EXPANSE OF CHINA' S TERRITORY IS TWEIR RELIABLE REnR
AREA." THE CHT NESE PEOPLE LOOK UPON GT VI!~ FIIL,L SUPPORT TO THE
PEOPLES OF THE THREE INDDC HT NESE COU NTRI ES TN TH E'I R STRUGGLE
AGAINST U. S. AGGRESSION AND FOR NATIONAL SALVATION AS TWEIR
BOUNDEN I LATER N AT I ON AL I ST DU TY
~O LONG AS THE WAR OF AGGRESSION 8Y U.S. Ih'PERTALTSM
AGAINST VIETNAM AND INDOCHINA CON TINIIES AND REGARDLESS OF l~>F-AT
FORMS TH TS ~lAR Pl,>RSUES , WE ~.1JILL RESOLUTELY SUPPORT T}{E PEOPLE OF
VIETNAM AND INDOCHINA IN CARRY ING THE WAR OF RES TSTANCE THROUGH
TO THE END UNTIL FINAL VICTORY TS AC}{TEVED.
(ENDALL)
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FIRST ADq 82 OF 12! IY;A Y wCf "~,~" I ~? 'I'T9- I R. ~dAR OF R ES I5 TA N CE . TD THE
THE GHTNESE tapil;~RtvMENT Af~D~1~'E4PLF' t~'SOI..tTTELY St1PPflRT TuF' ~'O1.FMal ~?P?D
~!I~ST STA(~1~ TAKEN BY THiw` GgVII~tEN7 Off' ,T~~ DFMflCRATTC REPtPLIC OF
VIE:TNAt~1 IN TTS STATEMENT OF M~~ f~,' l97'^'~. THE CF4INESF GOVk~I+IMF~'T.
REAFFIRf~S 7N AT "THE 7Cfl MI LLIt~`~1 CHxNk~E",PEOPLE PROVIDE A Pfl1~,-~'RFttL
PACKTi~?G FOR TKE VIE~'NAMESE PFQI~LF;; THE VAST EXPANSE OF CktIP~"A._?S
TFRR T'~RY I S TN FIR R~:LT ABLE Ri~R `i?EA." ~ .N0 t+MTTER WHAT HA PP PN ~, TNI S
STAND OF Olr~RS !~lTLL REMAIN FTR~l~~A1~D t1N SHAKA~'LE. Sp. LOt~'G AS !!. ~.
IM PF' R T ~. T SM t`O E S NOT STOP I T S