CAMBODIA ANNOUNCES INTENT TO RELEASE MAYAGUEZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-107-4-11-6
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: May 14, 1975
• Content Type: REPORT

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B U L L I T I N
CAMBODIA ANNOUNCES INTENT TO RELEASE 1AYAGUEZ
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PHNOM PENH DOMESTIC SERVICE IN CAIBODIAN AT 2307 GMT 114 MAY
CARRIES A 1-~-MINUTE PRESS COMMUNIQUE ON THE MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT WHICH
IS READ BY HU NIM SINISTER OF INFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA.
THE COMMUNIQUE SAYS: SINCE WE LIBERATED PHNOM PENH AND
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, U.S. IMPERIALISM HAS REPEATEDLY AND
SUCCESSIVELY CARRIED OUT INTELLIGENCE AND ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES
TO CONDUCT SUBVERSIVE, PROVOCATIVE ACTS AGAINST THE NEWLY LIBERATED
NEW CAMBODIA IN AN APPIARENT DESIRE NOT TO ALLOW THE CAc BODIFN
NATION AND PEOPLE TO LIVE.
IT EXPLAINS WHY THE RGNUC HAS DETAINED U. S. IMPERIALIST
SHIPS OFF THE CAMBODIAN COAST, CHARGING THAT THESE SHIPS,
INCLUDING THE MAYAGUEZ, ARE CIA SPY SHIPS. IT ALSO CHARGES
THE U.S. OF USING AIRPLANES TO ATTACK CAMBODIAN NAVAL
VESSELS, AND THEN SAYS: "OUR RGNUC WILL ORDER THE MAYAGUEZ
TO WITHCRA'W FROM CAMBODIAN TERRITORIAL WATERS AND WILL WARN
IT AGAINST FURTHER ESPIONAGE OR PROVOCATIVE ACTIVITIES. THIS
APPLIES TO THE .1AYAGUEZ OR ANY OTHER SHIPS, LIKE THE SHIP FLYING
THE PANAMA FLAG WHICH WE RELEASED ON $ MAY 1575,'.
17 MAY 00052 BR/GS""'
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 15, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
At my direction, United States forces tonight boarded t
merchant ship S.S. Mayaguez and landed at the Island
for the purpose of rescuing the crew and ship which h
seized by Cambodian forces. They also conducted sup
against nearby military installations.
I have now received information that the vessel has be
intact and that the entire crew has been rescued.
The forces that have successfully accomplished this mi
under hostile fire lwt are preparing to disengage.
A"t
I wish to express my,, appreciation and that of the entir
units and men who participated in these operations for
sacrifice.
ie American
of Koh Tang
d been illegally
sorting strikes
n recovered
ision are still
nation to the
:heir valor and
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PRESS STATEMENT
In further pursuit of our efforts to obtain the rele se of the
SS Mayaguez and its crew, the President has directed the following
military measures, starting this evening Washington tim :
U. S. Marines to board the S. S. Mayaguez.
U. S. Marines to land on Koh Tang Island, in order to
rescue any crew members as may be on the Island.
_.. Aircraft from the carrier "Coral Sea" to unde
military operations in the area in order to protect and support the
operations to regain the vessel and members of the crew.l
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Text of Statement to be Read Over Cambodian's
Frequencies and via Loud Speaker to Inhabitants
of the Island
international distress frequencies to receive response. "
"American forces have retaken our ship, the Mayaguez, and
landed on Koh Tang Island. We demand the release of the crew
members unharmed. If the Cambodian authorities do not announce
by 10:00 this morning their intention to release all crew members
unconditionally and immediately, the Cambodian authoriti s will
be fully responsible for the further consequences. We ar monitoring
SECRET
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