SIHANOUK EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR GISCARD RECOGNITION OF RGNUC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-106-9-5-9
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 16, 1975
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2009/12/04: LOC-HAK-106-9-5-9
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SIHANOUK EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR.GISCARD RECOGNITION OF RGNUC
LDI6GB35 PARIS LE MONDE IN FRENCH 16 APR 75 P 6 LD
(UNATTRIBUTED REPORT "PRINCE NORODOM SIHANOUK EXPRESSES HIS
'PROFOUND GRATITUUDE' TO MR "'SCAR"
(TEXT) ON THE AFTERNOON OF SATURDAY, 12 APRIL, THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT
ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD DECIDED TO RECOGNIZE THE RGNUC, A COMMUNIQUE 5W
FROM THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY STATES THAT "THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE RGNUC INVOLVES IPSO FACTO THE CLOSURE
OF THE KHMER REPUBLIC MISSION STILL IN EXISTENCE IN PARIS."
ON SUNDAY PRINCE NORODOM SIHANOUK ADDRESSED A TELEGRAM TO PRESIDENT
GISCARD D'ESTAING TO EXPRESS HIS "PROFOUND GRATITUDE." THE
TELEGRAM CONTINUES: "FRANCE AND CAMBODIA ARE UNITED BY TIME-HONORED
LINKS OF FRIENDSHIP AND MULTIFORM COOPERATION. I AM VERY PLEASED
WITH THE CONSOLIDATION OF THESE LINKS, THE BLOSSOMING OF OUR
FRIENDSHIP AND THE FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT OF FRANCO-KHMER COOPERATION
OF WHICH YOUR EXCELLENCY IS AN ADMIRABLE ARCHITECT."
IN PHNOM PENII, MR LONG BORET, REPUBLIC SUPREME COMMITTEE VICE-
PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER, DECLARED HIMSELF "VERY DISAPPOINTED
.WITH THE FRENCH DECISION TO ASK THE KHMER AMBASSADOR IN PARIS TO
LEAVE FRENCH TERRITORY, AND THE DECISION TO RECOGNIZE THE RGNUC."
IN DUBLIN, WHERE THE EEC FOREIGN MINISTERS MET LAST WEEKEND,
SOME OF FRANCE'S PARTNERS CRITICIZED MR SAUVAGNARGUES FOR RECOGNIZING
PRINCE SIHANOUK'S GOVERNMENT WITHOUT CONSULTING THEM. THE FRENCH
MINISTER REPLIED THAT HE HAD NOT HAD TIME, AS EVENTS WERE MOVING
VERY FAST,
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2009/12/04: LOC-HAK-106-9-5-9