ALBANIA AND MOROCCO,
2. THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES SAID IN EXPLANATION OF VOTE THAT THEY
VERE IN FAVOUR OF ADMITTING THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA BUT NOT OF
EXPELLING TAIWAN: CHAD, GUATEMALA, TUNISIA, JAMAICA, SENEGAL, SAUDI
ARABIA, COLOMBIA, GUYANA, AUSTRIA, IRELAND, SIERRA LEONE
AND MOROCCO, THERE WERE DIFFERENCES OF EMPHASIS IN THESE STATEMENTS
AND THE COUNTRIES MAKING THEM VOTED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. DRISS
(TUNISIA) WAS FOR GIVING TAIWAN A PROVISIONAL STATUS UNTIL PEKING'S
CONSENT TO SOME OTHER ARRANGEMENT COULD BE OBTAINED. THOMPSCY (GUYANA)
SUPPORTED THIS SUGGESTION AND HOPED THERE WOULD BE A NEW SUBSTANTIVE
RESOLUTION NEXT YEAR. BAROODI (SAUDI ARABIA) WAS IN
FAVOUR OF HOLDING A PLEBISCITE WHEN THE PRESENT HEADS OF STATES OF
THE TWO CHINAS HAD DIED AND CALLED FOR BOTH RESOLUTIONS TO BE WITHDRAWN.
BENHIMA (MOROCCO) SAID THAT HE HAD RESERVATIONS ON THE SECOND PART OF
THE OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH OF THE ALBANIAN RESOLUTION AND WOULD HAVE
PREFERRED IT TO HAVE BEEN VOTED ON SEPARATELY. THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
COLOMBIA SAID THAT HE HOPED AT A FUTURE DATE TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION
WHICH WOULD ADMIT THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLI YF
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CHINA TO MEMBERSHIP BUT WOULD NOT EXCLUDE TAIWAN. 3. SPEAKING AFTER THE
VOTE BOTH BAHOLLI (ALBANIA) AND YAZID (ALGERIA) HAILED THE RESULT AS A
GREAT EVENT. THEY DENOUNCED THE IMPORTANT
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QUESTION RESOLUTION. HOWEVER, WHILE BAHOLLI'S STATEMENT WAS CHIEFLY
INVECTIVE AGAINST THE TWO CHINAS CONCEPT, YAZID SAID THAT HE HAD TAKEN
NOTE OF COMMENTS CN THE CONTENT OF THE ALBANIAN RESOLUTION AND THE
FRATERNAL AND RESPECTABLE REASONS FOR WHICH DELEGATIONS HAD NOT BEEN
ABLE TO SUPPORT IT.
4. INDIA, CHILE, ITALY, AND ALBANIA (BEFORE THE VOTE) GAVE THE USUAL
REASONS FOR SUPPORTING THE ALBANIAN RESOLUTION. LUPIS (ITALY) SAID THAT
IF THE IMPORTANT QUESTION SEEMED LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO FRUSTRATE THE
WILL OF THE ASSEMBLY THEY WOULD FAVOUR A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLY
THROUGH THE REVISION OF PROCEDURAL CRITERIA, 5. THE REPRESENTATIVES OF
MADAGASCAR AND CAMBODIA BOTH SAID THAT THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
SHOULD NOT BE ADMITTED AS IT DID NOT RESPECT THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
CHARTER.
6. 1MMEDIATELY AFTER THE VOTE, DRISS (TUNISIA) PROPOSED A RESOLUTION
WHICH CALLED FOR THE ITEM TO REMAIN ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 26TH SESSION
AND ENTRUSTED THE SECRETARY GENERAL WITH THE TASK OF EXPLORING THE
POSSIBILITY OF SOLVING THE PROBLEM AND REPORTING TO THE 26TH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY. YAZID (ALGERIA) SAID THAT WHILE HE APPRECIATED DRISS'
INTENTIONS IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DO THIS AT ANOTHER SESSION. HE APPEALED
TO DRISS TO WITHDRAW HIS RESOLUTION. KOSCIUSKO-MORIZET (FRANCE) SAID HE
WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY IN SUPPORTING THE SECOND PART OF THE TUNISIAN
DRAFT RESOLUTION AND ALSO APPEALED TO DRISS TO WITHDRAW IT. DRISS THEN
DID SO AFTER AND ASSURANCE FROM THE PRESIDENT THAT IT WOULD FORM PART OF
THE
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(Mr. Yazid, Algeria)
AGENDA TIEN 97
ZORA CON OF THE LAVPUL RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHÉNA IN THE
UNITED NATIONS:
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(a) DRAFT RESOLUTION SURETTED BY AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, COSTA RICA GABON,
HAITI, JAPAN,[IRSOTHO,/MADAGASCAR, MALAWI, NEW ZEALAND, WERARAGUA,
PARAGUAY, THE PHILIPPINES, SPAIN, SWAZILAND, THAILAND, TOGO AND THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (A/L.599);
(b) DRAFT RESOLUTION SUBMITTED BY ALBANIA, ALGERIA, CUBA, GUINEA, IRAQ,
HALI, MAURITANIA, PAKISTAN, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, ROMANIA,
SOMALIA, SOUTHERN YEMEN, THE SUDAN, SYRIA, THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF
TANZANIA, YEMEN, YUGOSLAVIA AND ZAMBIA (A/L.605).
The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French): Before I call on the first
speaker I should like to ask those representatives who wish to speak to
be good enough to inscribe their names on the list of speakers, I should
also like to ask the members who intend to submit further draft
resolutions or emendments to do so se quickly as possible.
Mr. YAZID (Algeria) (interpretation from French): It is my delegation's
honour to initiate the discussion on the question of the "Restoration of
the lrful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United
Nationa" on behalf of the countries of Africa, Asian, Latin America and
Europe which have taken the initiative of asking once again that this
question de placed on the agenda and which have submitted the draft
resolution contained in document A/L.605.
I should like to say first of all on behalf of all those countries that,
while we are anxious to contribute to the observance of the time-table
that we have set for our work, we nevertheless consider that this
question deserves to be amply discusand, to be sufficiently discussed so
that our community of nations and international public opinion may
realize that the time has come to say "no" to those who are responsible
for this veritable anachronise in our time, that is to say, the absence
from our midst of the People's Republic of China.
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In this introductory statement in our debate I shall attempt to place
this question in context, and my delegation proposes to speak again in
the course of the debate to develop at greater length our arguments and
those of the countries which are associated in our move to have the
question placed on the agenda and in the submission of the African,
Asian, Latin American and European draft resolution,
Algeria has associated itself once again in the move to have placed on
the agenda the question of the "Restoration of the lawful rights
of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations". We consider
that the restoration to the People's Republic of China of all its lawful
rights in the United Nations is more necessary and more urgent than
ever.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of our Organization was overshadowed by the
absence of People's China, an absencs vhich made meaningless the slogans
of justice, progress and peace which applied to our comemorative
debates.
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(Mr. Yazid, Algeria)
Since the admission of Algeria to the United Nations, we have
incessantly
denounced the discriminatory, hostile and provocative policy of certain
countries with regard to the only legitimate Government of Chips, the
authentic
representative of the great Chinese people, which is the heir of age-old
civilizations and has resolutely started down the road to national
independence,
social progress and economie development. The stubborn refusal of
certain
Powers to restore to the People's Republic of China its sent in the
United Nations
is a flagrant denial of justice and a negation of the principle of
universality,
the fundamental principle of our Organization,
China is recognized by all as being one of the great Powers, with the
largest population in the world and the richest in economic, technical
and
scientific potential. It is a founding Hember of the United Nations and
a
permanent member of the Security Council. Nevertheless, for more than
twenty
years it has been denied its right to occupy the sent to which it is
entitled,
The presence of the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek among us in the
result not of a failure to recognize reality, but of the deliberate,
absurd,
dangerous and irresponsible attitude of the imperialists. This situation
cannot
continue, and its prolongation would be fraught with consequences.
The triumph of the Chinese revolution, the triumph achieved after a long
and heroic struggle by the Chinese people against their oppressors, is
one of
the most important events of modern history.
For more than twenty years the Chinese people and the Government of the
People's Republic of China have been building a socialist society freed
from
foreign colonialim and feudal exploitation, and they have von splendid
victories over underdevelopment, fanine, sickness and ignorance, The
People's Republic of China is resolutely engaged in the struggle against
imperialism,
colonialium and neo-colonialium, It is making a most positive and
decisive
contribution to the attainment of the aspirations to justics, progress
and pesce of peoples, It has always sought to solve by peaceful means
existing disputes between States, thus giving full effect to the five
Bandung
principles,
The Goverment of the People's Republic of China is one of the few
Governants which respect the Geneve agrements of 195k on Indo-China and
the agreements of 1962 on Laos. In its international relations it has
always applied the principles of equality, mutual interest, respect for
sovereignty and territorial integrity, and non-intervention in domestic
affairs. The People's Republic of China maintains diplomatie and
friendly relations with an ever-growing maber of States and its
contribution to economic, technical and cultural co-operation with the
Third World is a model of generosity and effectiveness. Ita sesistance
to people
struggling for their national liberation, their independence, their
ecomsaic development and their social progrese is an example of
solidarity.
The People's Republic of China is a historical reality recognized by all
States, including the enemies of the Chinese revolution. The
international role of the People's Republic of China is the role of a
great Power, a great nuclear Power, and a great space Power. No proble
of importance could be or should be settled without China.
The myth of the so-called Republic of Taivan has been created out of
whole cloth, The Chiang Kai-shek clique, expelled by the Chinese people,
has taken refuge in the Chinese province of Teivan and maintaine
itself there thanks to the protection of United States land, air
and naval urned forces. The feudalists installed in Taivan have set up
• police régime which is the faithful instrument of imperialist
provocations.
There exists only one Chim, only ona Chinese State, and that is the
People's Republic of China, The Chinese State vas a signatory of the
Charter of San Francisco and was granted a sent as a permanent member in
the Security Counell. The clique which unlawfully occupies the seat of
China vas expelled by the Chinese people, and placed itself
itself under
the protection of the bayonets of its American masters, Only the
Governmen
of the People's Republic of China is empowered to enjoy the legitimate
rights
of Chins in our Organisation, and ve should expel the feudal clique
which
still site among us.
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(Mr. Yazid, Algeria)
Non-recognition by the thited Nations of the legitimate rights of the
People's Republic of China is a flagrent injustice. The overwhelming
majority of the Members of the General Assembly have recognized the
overriding need to see great socialist China bring us ita
indispensable contribution to and co-operation in the rehabilitation
For it is the United Nations and the proper operation of our
Organization. which is suffering the disastrous consequences of the
non-participation in our work of the People's Republic of China, The
Chinese people do not need the United Nations to advance in their
struggle, it is the United Nations which needs the presence of Chine.
The principle of universality is the main basis of our Cherter, and yet,
since 1949, by systmurtia manoeuvres there has been a refusal to
recognize the legitimate rights in the United Nations of a Power with
more than 700 million inhabitante. That is a flagrant, scandalous and
unique example of international injustice vhich detracts from the little
authority that the Organization still has,
This year, again, we have before us
United States draft resolution
(A/E,599) which presents the question of the restoration of the
legitimate rights of the People's Republic of China in the United
Nations as a question dealing with the admission of a new Hember whose
solution requires a two-thirds sajority. That is a fraudulent and
illicit argusent which is contrary to the Charter and contrary to the
facts, China is a founding Member of the United Nations and it holda a
permanent sent in the Security Council. It is a question of expelling
the unlawful occupants of China's sont and recognizing the real
representatives of a State that is already a Heuber, namely, the
People's Republic of Chios. This is a question of procedure which
requires only a simple majority. The United States draft resolution is a
challenge to common sense, to reason, to our rules of procedure and to
the Charter of the
United Nationa.
(Mr. Yazid, Algeria
The Algerian delegation, together with a certain mumber of delegations
from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, has submitted the draft
resolution which will be found in document A/L.605. This draft
resolution
will provide our General Assembly with an opportunity to work for the
safeguarding of our Organization, to defend our Charter and to
demonstrate
its devotion to the principle of universality. In voting for the
restoration
to the People's Republic of China of all its rights and for the
recognition
of the representatives of ita Government as the only lawful
representatives
of China in the United Nations, and for the immediate expulsion of the
representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the seat that they illegally
occupy
in the United Nations and in all the organs attached to it, we shall be
performing an act of international equity and we shall be strengthening
the
likelihood of the success of justice, progress and peace in the world.
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& very speedy
We all realise that the prospect of a speedy restoration to socialist
China of its lawful rights in the United Natione be atired actual panic
in the imperialist ranks. The imperialists are therefore trying to vin
support for the idea of an intermediate solution and compromise. There
can be no compromise on principles. 1 repeat there
can be no compromise on principles. There is only one Chine the People's
Republic of China. The feudal police clique of Chang Kai-shek represents
only its imperialist masters and by expelling it from our Organization
we will be performing an act that is realistic, just and necessary,
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I have just read out our introductory statement to the debate on the
question of the restoration of the lawful rights of the People's
Republic of
China in the United Nations. I have spoken on behalf of a number of
countries
which have jointed with Algeria in inscribing this question on the
agenda
and then in the submission of a draft resolution. Our participation in
the
debate will be a participation with the merit of being precise and clear
and one that will be important frasmuch as it will, in a few years, be
seen as an element which testifies to the fact that our countries are
really the
countries which are working for the strengthening of the authority of
our
Organisation and for the creation of the best chances of seeing Justice,
progress and posse established in the world,
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MS. JIMENEZ (Philippines): Once again the General Assembly is confronted
with the question of the so-called restoration of the lawful rights
of the People's Republic of China in the United Natione, As the People's
Republic of China shows no desire to join the United Nations and abide
by its rules, my delegation will mintain its opposition to its admission
to this Organization. We have not found in the actions of
Communist China any valid reason to change our stand,
While this Assembly persists in its efforts to resolve the issue of
Chinese representation, the Peking régine continues to impugn the
integrity of the United Nations and has not evinced any interest in
becoming a member and accepting the responsibilities of membership.
Jurely evidence of such interest would be the very least we should
expect of a prospective new Member of the thited Nations?
My delegation is fully aware of the fact that the People's Republic of
China in a great Power possessing nuclear weapons and exercising control
over a huge population, But precisely because it is in a position to
vield great power Communist China should manifest a readiness to accept
a correspondingly heavy responsibility towards the international
community.
My delegation would respectfully remind those who invoke the argument of
universality on behalf of the People's Republic of China that from the
time of its conception the United Nations vas designed primarily as an
Organizat.cn for maintaining and enforcing peace. The principle of
universality was suggested by some States at San Francisco, but it was
rejected in favour of the provision in article ↳ of the Charter which in
effect restricts membership
to "peace-loving States which accept the obligations contained in the
present Charter and... are able and willing to carry out these
obligations." This is the essential criterion that the People's Republic
of China must meet if it wants to participate in the work of the United
Nations.
We cannot understand the logic of those who advocate the principle of
universality to justify the admission of the People's Republic of China
and their corollary proposal for the simultaneous expulsion of the
Republic of China from the United Nations, Our sense of fairness and
justice bids us to reject this corollary proposal.
As one of the founding members and architects
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of the United Nations, with a noteworthy record of commitment to the
PurposES and Principles of our Organization and of constructive
contribution to ita work, the Republic of China has proved itself worthy
of contiming its membership. It fought courageously against fascist
aggression during the Second World War. It is thriving in peace and has
faithfully complied with Its obligations under the Charter, It has lived
up to all the requirements
of membership in this Organization.
The advocates of the admission of the People's Republic of China also
argue that its membership in the United Nations would have a mellowing
effect on its revolutionary inclinations. However, we have no guarantee
that this will be the case, Indeed, the policy of violent revolution was
recently reaffirmed by General Lin Pino during the twenty-first
anniversary of the People's Republic of China on 1 October last, He said
that during the 1970s the Peking régime "would further strengthen its
military unity with the revolutionary peoples of the world to wage the
anti-imperialist struggle till the end", and that "a new high tide in
revolution was fast developing". If these statements are correct
indicators
of the policy of Communist China in the years shend we may expect to
witness an intensification of violent revolution and of the so-called
national
liberation movements in other lands,
With regard to the question whether or not the issue of Chinese
representation is an important question requiring a two-thirds vote of
the Assembly, my delegation will adhere to the position it has
constantly aintained -- that the Chinese question is an important
question.
The General Assembly has recognized the vital importance of the question
of Chinese representation since it was first raised some twenty years
ago, and has reaffirmed its decision on numerous occasions.
(Mr. Jimenez, Philipines)
At its sixteenth session the Assembly, in resolution 1668 (XVI),
declared
that inasmuch as the representation of China vas vital and crucial for
the future of the Organization, any proposal to change the
representation of China ves an important question within the meaning of
Article 18 of the
Charter. The Assembly reaffirmed that decision at its twentieth session
and successive sessions. It should be mentioned in this connexion that
the
inclusion of the question in our agenda has been requested in the part
as
an item of an important and urgent character,
Those are the reasons which prompted the delegations of Australia,
Brazil, Costa Rica, Gabon, Haiti, Japan, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malavi,
New Zealand, Nicaragua, Paraguay, the Philippines, Spain, Svaziland,
Thailand,
Togo and the United States to submit draft resolution A/L.599 on 13
October. Our draft would have the Assembly affim again its decision
that, in accordance with Article 18 of the Charter, any proposal to
change tha representation of China is an important question, There is
neither a basis nor a justification for the Assembly to disturb that
previous decision, which should therefore remain valid, We command it
again to the Assembly
for vide support.
In conclusion, as a neighbour of the People's Republic of China ay
country looks forward to the day when the Peking régine will manifest in
deeds its respect for the independence of its neighbours and its
readiness to accept and abide by the principles of the Charter,
particularly those expressing the collective vill of the international
community to uphold the rule of law and establish world peace based on
Justics, Only then say we reconsider our opposition to Communist China's
admission to the United Nations. For the present, that opposition standa
and vill be duly reflected in our votes on this important question.
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Mr. EI (China) (interpretation from Chinese): Once again the General
Assembly is called upon to debate so-called question of the
representation of China,
Over the years my delegation has time and again called attention to the
fact that to seat the Chinese Commmlet régime in the United Nations 18
to negate the basic Principles and Purposes of the Charter. This point
bears repeating. for it has not been sufficiently appreciated that the
Charter and the so-called Mao Tse-tung thought are diametrically opposed
to each other both in purpose and in spirit,
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Tse-tung thought",
according to the 1969 constitution of the Chinese Communist Party, is
"Marxian-Leninism of the era in which imperialim is heading tovară total
collapse vhile socialle is heading toward world-wide victory". It is
said to be the distillation of Mao's revolutionary experience; it is a
guide to revolutionary action and it is as infallible as it is
invincible. The Charter tells us that "the peoples of the thisted
Nations" are determined "to save succeeding generations from the scourge
of var". It categorically prohibita unilateral use of force except in
legitimate self-defence, Mao Tse-tung revels in war, believing that it
is not only Inevitable but positively desirable, "War", said his heir
apparent, Lin Piso, "can temper the people and push history forward. In
this sense, war is a great school." The Charter enjoins Member Statas to
settle their disputes by peaceful means in conformity with law and
justice. Mao Tse-tung pranches force and violence, proclaining that "the
seizure of power by armed force, the settlement of issues by var, is the
central task and the highest fom of revolution".
Peining.
The Charter bids States Members of the United Nations to "refrain in
their international relations from the threat or use of force against
the territorial integrity and political independence of any State". on
the other hand, is the forumost exponent and the most nesiduous
practitioner of camouflaged and indirect aggression in the form of
infiltration and subversion, It is the promoter of what is called
"people": war", vhose essential ingrediente are force and violence.
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To succeed, "people's war" calls for the existence of a strong communist
party capable of mobilizing, organizing and arming the people. The
encouragement, training, financing and equipping of guerilles in a whole
series of countries could be more of a menace to the territorial
integrity and political independence of all non-communist governments in
the vulnerable parts of the world than even the direct use of force by
Peiping. This is because in almost all these countries there are
dissident elements that, with aid and support from abroad, are ready to
play the role which the Viet Cong are playing in the Republic of
Viet-Nam,
Peiping' experience in the Korean far has taught it to avoid, es far as
possible, direct confrontation with any military power, It has, however,
never cessed to unleash a torrent of variike pronouncements against both
the United States and the Soviet Union. "So long as we are fully
prepared ideologically and materially", said the Feking Review of 9
January 1970,
can deal then head-on blows and win victory, whether they launch a big
wer, 8 var at an early date, a conventional var, a large-scale nuclear
war or a surprise attack.'
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The Chinese communist propaganda machine is thus geared to creating a
perpetual state of tension. The Sofia Rabotnichesko Delo of June 1970
observed:
"The maber one thesis of Chinese (Communist) propaganda is that war is
inevitable and forthcoming, that the people must be prepared for it,
that the peaceful solution of the Indo-Chinese, Near Eastern and other
problems is impossible, and that attempta to find such a solution are a
betrayal of the interests of struggling peoples."
That being so, any regional development and co-operation for the
reduction of international tension must be looked upon with suspicion
and hostility. No wonder Peiping has been so bitter about the recent
Moscov-Bonn non-aggression treaty. The People's Daily of 13 September
1970 inbelled the treaty "a gross betrayal of the interests of the
people of Germany, the Soviet Union and Europe by Soviet revisionist
clique", "a monstrous fraud", and "a diabolie 'global Munich!" effected
by the Soviet Union and the United States.
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Mr. Wei, China)
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(Mr. Wai, Chine)
It is tru# crystal-clear that between the United Nations Charter and the
cult of violence and var preached and practised by Mao Tea-tung there
can be no compromise and no possibility of accommodation. The acceptance
of the one must necessarily asen the rejection of the other. There is no
middle-ground
between the two. For the Chinese Communista, this exaltation of force is
a
basic article of faith. It was written into the new Party Constitution,
adopted in April last year. It is by means of force that Peiping, as Lin
Piso
spelled out in no uncertain terms in his political report to the Ninth
Party Congress, intends to overthrow "imperialise headed by the United
States" and
"modern revisionism with the Soviet Union at its centre". It is by seann
of
force that Peiping intends to bring about the victory of the Maoist
revolution
in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Peiping practises what it preaches. It is a matter of record that since
1949 the régime has participated in a series of military adventures,
either directly
or by proxy. It played a loading role in the Korean war. It attacked
India In 1962 and Bikkia in 1965. Ita role in the way in Indo-China
needs до
elaboration. All this suggests that Mao's doctrine of war and violence
must
be taken seriously.
Yet, no matter how plainly the Chinese Communists talk and set, there
are
always people who continue to cherish illusions about the real
intentions of Felping. They seem unable or unwilling to couprebend the
menace posed by that régime. Let me, therefore, cite a few instances of
Chinese Communist aggrussion
in order to show that the coures of tlaidity and conciliation may be
found to lead
to grave danger.
Let me first take the case of Burma. It is no secret that since 1967
Chinese Communist troops have begun to slip into northern Burma, The
vanguard consisted of Burmese dissidents who had crossed over into thins
years earlier,
had been trained, equipped and indoctrinated by the Chinese Communists.
They were
backed by a force of Red Chinese siliṭim uma. The number of such militia
men
cannot be accurately determined. They have been estimated at anywhere
from 5,000 to 20,000 strong. Since they wear the common tribal costums
of the people
of north Burns, they are indistinguishable from the Buzneen, The Chinese
Communist-backed force cut deep into the Shan State, and in the west
controls the
Burma Road north of Lashio, deep into Kachin State pway Bhamo, east
across the
Salveen, to include the whole north-eastern tip of Burus except the city
of Kangtung. No wonder Felping is so proud of the achievements of the
Communist
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