CRS 302
16
RECHN
EN CLAIR
AUCO
201
10APR 73
FM TOKYO
130118Z
UNCLASSIFIED
HKX2/1
7.3
TO ROUTINE F C O TELNO 383 OF 12 APRIL AND TO ODA INFO
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FEKING UKMIS NEW YORK AND HONG KONG SAVING TO MOSCOW, WASHINGTON,
YGOUL, SAIGON, PHNOM FENK AND BANGKOK.
ECAFE 29TH SESSION:
CHINESE SPEECH
1. ER AN CHIH-YUAN (DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
AND CONFERENCE DEPARTMENT) DELIVERED CHINA'S LONG AWAITED
''KEYNOTE'' SPEECH IN OPENING ITEM ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC
AFFAIRS THIS MORNING (12TH). AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF COLONIALIST OPPRESSION AND PLUNDER FROM WHICH CHINA HAD ALSO
SUFFERED, THE COUNTRIES OF ASIA WERE FIGHTING THEIR WAY OUT OF CONTROL BY GREAT POWER HEGEMONY= VICTORIES HAD BEEN WON
AGAINST U.S. IMPERIALISM IN VIETNAM AND LAOS. OTHER SIGNS
OF RELAXATION OF TENSION WERE THE AGREEMENT BEING REACHED BETWEEN
THE KOREAN PEOPLE THE JAPAN/CHINA RAPPROCHEMENT AND RECENT
ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONS WITH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
BUT IT WAS STILL NECESSARY TO BE VIGILANT AGAINST THE ACTIVITIES
OF THE IMPERIALISTS (PARTICULARLY THE SUFERFOWERS) IN THE IR
ATTEMPT TO EXPLOIT AND BRING A NEW ECONOMIC SUBORDINATION
UNDER FRETENCE OF AID AND CO-OPERATION. IN PARTICULAR
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''A SUPER FOWER WAS SEEKING TO INCORFORATE ASIAN COUNTRIES INTO
ITS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE BY PEDDLING ITS ASIAN COLLECTIVE SECURITY
SYSTEM FROM WEST ASIA TO THE PACIFIC.
2. CHINA WAS ONE OF ASIA'S DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND WOULD
SUPPORT ALL COUNTRIES OF THE REGION IN OPPOSITION TO BIG FOWER
HEGEMONY. CHINA WOULD FOLLOW THE FIVE PRINCIPLES IN
HER INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND WOULD NEVER BE A BULLYING
SUPER POWER HERSELF. EVERY COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT
TO CHOOSE ITS OWN SOCIAL SYSTEM AND RUN ITS OWN AFFAIRS.
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/ 3. ECAFE