TEXT OF CHOU EN-LAI SPEECH AT BANQUET FOR VWP-DRV DELEGATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-111-6-4-7
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 4, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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TEXT OF i:HOU E':-LAI SPEECH AT BANRG-T FOP VA! -DRV DELEGATION
3041954 ?= KING VC`2A Iti E` 31 ISM? 19yO G"T 14 JUN 73
(TEXT)' PEKING, JUNE 4, 1573 CHSI`.HUA)--`OLL.3.~I`+G IS TF'M FULL 7=X1? C
PREMIER CHOU E%-LAI'S SPEECH AT THE 3A!:9UET GIVEN HERE THIS EVF.'T_PG BY
TFHE CENTRAL C:JY'?'A'ITTEE CE HE CO!YU IST PARTY O CHI":A AND THE STATE
C3JNCI! HO'v3LR OF THE VIET'1A ! r A TY A`:D GO V-R~?.;+'ENT DEL-V=ATIC'::
RESPECTED CO"RADE L- DUkV,
RESPECTED C3YF;A?DE PHA M VAN DO`NG,
?SPECTEJ C3'IRADE LE THA%'H `.GHI,
RESPECTED SA"DECH PEI!`., ?RI"'= "'i'.IST-R TEE RCYi=L ;0VERlw '1 T
OF "VATI04AL UNION OF CAr33DIA, AND ``:"E PE":a -F3UTH,
COMRADES OF THE VIETNAM PARTY AND GOV r( r!NT :EL_GATION,
0DVIRA3ESAND yRIE :3S,
WE AR ; '')OST GLAD THAT THE 7E'_E3ATI3': THE VI!T`:A' iwO (E7S WARTY
A;D ThE GDVERN`!E ":T OF T)- DEvOCRATIC . -PU3_IC OF VIF:TtiAfO Lt-- BY
CO-GRADE 1,E DUA'i, FIRST .,_CRETA?Y OF T_E CE4T-AL CC--ITTEE O THE
VI~T`3A"1 3PKE PARTY, . D CO RASE PHAV VA', O'.G, Mtiw:R C= THE
P3LITICA'.. 3;.:R-7A; OF ! ?- w=?'7"=A? CC"''ITTEE OF THE 1iIET `:Av ~r'O=YEFS P ;T
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AND tPr%--- BIER OF THE GOvER';''fE':T OF THE 7-^OCPATIC z_=LELIC CF V! ET 'qA
FiAS CO'!! TO OUR CC+:'TRY 3% A VISIT. THE FACT T}-AT T-- ^
ATEc'i."L 1iIET';A""E - ? 4?-! = s: - AEI s- O '3C-PA VOYS TO C1:
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THEIR ' AR AI':ST U.=. '. FOR 'ATIO':.AL S LVATIJ~: L Y
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TO EXPRESS OUR +A=:"EST 'NMENT OF THE REP'USL.C 3F SOUTH VIE-TNA'M, SPUT_ALLY TRL-'P- LRC`:
TAE 3E~"OCFATIG _=3:05 OF TSOUTH VI'-AYEST PEOPLL-, A" ST...L-!:
THE ' ! G O T : A T I O N S r?D S T
_ TF;- A7_AIRS OF SOLTr. 'vIF.'
a) THAT THE SITJATION IN SOUTH VIET?4A'1HAS `OT BEEN STABILIZED TO THIS
DAY. ALL THIS CA'; OT SUT =- CONJ-Y':ED AND OPPOSED SY THE PEOPLES IN-DOCHINA AND TEE= WORLD OVER. ^~ D
~!~. WE ` aT TEE SAIGON Ar'Y?!,~z?
WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY HELD THAT INDOCHINA CAN ONLY BELONG TO THE
Ia"OOCHI".'= 5 PEOPLES AND THE DESTINY OF I~:"0CF5INA "'UST SE DECIDED BY
Ti :E I NOO CH ;-SE PEOPLES T FF'OSEL VES. NO I NTERFF=E NCE I N I h C cHI `:r
L''OER WHAT VER PRETEXT AND IN 'R:`irATFV=w =a-'", a, ILL SE TCL FATED, R'0P
WILL IT SUCCEED. THE CHINESE GOVE=c',''FNT AND PEOPLE FIR"1"_Y SU =:;=T TH-
a)RRECT STAND TEN ?Y THE GOVF=s';"?=':T CF THE DE''OCRATIC FEPLELIC OF
VIETNAM A %D THE PROVISIONAL REVOLUTIONARY GOVERN"= `;T OF THE PEPUELT_C
=-'".-tiT- ..- T}=E Prialc
OF SOUTH 'VIET-.;:a"r FOR THE STRICT I "a!. - RTIo'y ? O
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M.ARZ 'rE NT,'. '` IT "1Y Si:PPa 'Y 'i:~ "ITTIN3 5.
3 TS "AJE BY T YE L!~O
PATRIOTIC F=ONT FOR THE I'"t L- 'E TAT Ir. .; OF THE VIE':TIA','E AGF?EE"ENT AND
FIR M SUPPORT TAE =law-PRINT ECL a? IOti WADE EY CA' ODIA?S H=AC Cw
STATE SA'FDECH :3PO30"' SIHANOUK AND T-;=- SOLE''`"N A'2L" JLST STA? D TAVEN 2Y
THE ROYAL 3OVER':"ENT 0= NATIONAL UNION OF CA"3ODIA PEGA-CIN!-. THE.
TTL E'".E':T' ]F T?y CA"-OOIA': ^,J_STION. THE JUST CAUSE CF THE T1- EE
IS000HI'NE.SE PEOPLES WILL CERTAINLY T=IL`YPH.
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XXX WILL CE.RTAI";L Y T3IU 'PH.
(TEXT) CO"RADES AND = = I-';DS,
g T CHI"35E ~;': VL-T':AYESE PEOPLES A?_ CLOSE'
SR~3ln:Rs ~-- I: d ~ u0 S. T~ 4 T-:C ' --\~ TC E__
AND 'E'J^! .jRA,I`tGAS ??O'TI': EACH 3THE JIS T}--! PPOiFACs
^E V LUTI!,a;ARY 'YIP. THIS OL E HAS =D
rERSJ\ALL Y 3Y EJ ,E-T L E.,'~E' O=TF- C-I':ES 4ECPLW Cr^I=": - 0
T5E? J`:U ."4D TrE GREAT L E A ~? OF TAE PECr L_ P _SIC_~YT~} 0 wF1
l;'-i; IT IS 3AS7-O' : ti '?ARXIS`!-! w' I'+IS" a` D PROLETARIAS ISTER!r"ATIC NAL Icy.
ARE GLAD TO SEE THAI, TE~"PEYED IN T. C=UCI3LE OF TH-
VAR A L'T~ ''- `FS=
G R S3rJ'" ~` =0R NATIONAL S:.t Vf-T_JT 'E
PEOPLE' a AI: ti'T i: U.S. A
T F-, E DWI? A';7) ':IL ITA :T U`.'ITY YT F OLR T'hO F -:..rI- S A. D GL'
TRIO J?LES -AV SEE'7 ?-wT ._' _ -(;A ,':C=D AR;O CC":S3LIOA _ E r T - E \E
PERI3a D O-WT 'AR I.. Vx=T"'A'r ?HE CHI SE ?ECRLE \.IL L
CDSTIS~,E TO T;-:EIR I TTR`,ATIC":ALIET DUTY AND RcSCLLTE! Y SUP?CFT
THE VIETNAMESE r EOPLE? S JUST CAUSE TILL CC`?L ETE VICTO=RY IS 'tOV.
4E ARE C3';GI`3VE~ THAT THIS FRIENDLY VISIT TO CHI';A BY TY,- VIET`;A^e
?ARTY A;;' GOJ-~`:"~":T 0-EGATIO LE'? 3Y
L --..=.L Y MylE A .T.-; CO' 77 IEU ' IOt TO T i-: t' T
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A JOE~F-? DPM~1OF THE C-77-AT FRIE`:OS:-tIP F`;D ^'ILIT,A-.'". ~itiITY _TT>E_"; T!:=
TWO PARTIES, T'.''O COU':TRI?S A!;!) TO PEOPLES OF CHINA AND VIET';A"r. 'E
WISH GO'OPLETE SUCCESS TO TEE VISIT C= Ti E VIET';A." PARTY AND COVET
DELEGATI3 I`: CHINA.
NOW, I PROPOSE A TOAST
TO THE GREAT VICTORIES OF THE VIET AFAND OTHER I! DOCI I-:ESE
PEOPLES,
TO THE GREAT FRIE`dDSHIP A %;D ''.IL ITA`;T L! ITY BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES,
TWO COUNTRIES Asa TWO PEOPLES OF CHINA AND VIETNAM,
TO ;-:E H ALT;` OF ?RESIDE T TON, DUC THA`:G,
TO THE HEALTH OF COMRADE LE DUAN,
TO TEE HEALTH OF CO"RADE TRUONG CHItiH,
TO THE HEALTH OF COMRADE PHA"'! VAN DOS.:,
THE yyTHE HEALTH OF COMRADE LE THA%M ?`CHI AcD ALL TEE CO"'RADES C-
THE DE4?EG AT I:3'i,
TO THE HEALTH OF SA?DECH ?ES' *;RUTH AS!) ""`'E` PENN NIOLTH,
TO THE HEALTH O THE HEADS OF JIPL.O?ATIC ""ISSIG :S ASL' THEIR WIVES
PRSSE T , A,
-To THE HEALTH OF ALL OUR CO" ?ADES AND FRIENDS PRESENT I::EFE
Cr D ALI )
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/10/06: LOC-HAK-111-6-4-7