PRC FOREIGN MINISTRY PROTESTS U.S. ATTACKS ON CHINESE SHIPS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-244-4-12-3
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: May 9, 1972
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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PRC FOREIGN MINISTRY PROTESTS U.S. ATTACKS ON CHINESE SHIPS
8091628 PEKING NCNA INTERN AT I ONAL SERVICE IN ENGLI SH 1623 GMT
9 MAY 72 8
(TEXT) PEKING, MAY 9, 19 72 C HS INHU A) --STATEMENT OF THE
M TiN IS TR Y OF FOREIGN AF FAI RS OF THE PEOPLE'S R EP U3L I C OF CHI NA ,
MAY 9, 1972.
ON MAY 6, 7 AND 8, 1972 WARSHI PS AND AIRCRAFT
OF THE UN ITED STATES BRAZENLY AND REPEATEDLY ATTACKED
TWO CHINESE MERCWANT SHI PS, "H ONGQI l~. 152- AND "HDNG6tI
N0. 160", WHY CH WERE AN CHORED OFF THE S}DRE
OF H)N NGU ISLAND OF NGHE AN PROVINCE DF THE DEMOCRATIC
REPIBLIC OF VIETNAM, 4J0UNDING CHINESE CREW MEMBERS AND
VIETNAMESE C IV ILI AN S WHO WERE DN BOARD AT THE TI ME AN D
SERIOUSLY D AM Aa I NG THE BODIES OF THE SHY AS . THIS
CONSTITUTES A GRAVE PROVOC ON AGAI
PEOPLEti
IND GNATION AT THIS AND IADGE A STRONG PROTEST WITH lY,E
THE U. S. GOVERNMENT MUST IMMEDIATELY STOP ITS
ACTS QFPROVQCATION OF ATTACKING CHINESE MERCHANT SHIPS
AND PREVENT THE RECLRRENGE OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS. OTHERWI SE,
IT MUST BEAR FU_L RESPON SIBI LI TY FOR ALL THE GRAVE
CONSEQUENCES ARISING THEREFROM. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
RESERVES THE LAWFUL RIGHT TO DEMAND COMPENSATION FOR
ITS LASSES.
9 MAY 16 S2Z JAS /GG "' "
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