SIHANOUK SAYS U.S. GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO TALK WITH HIM

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LOC-HAK-256-2-11-3
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RIFLIM
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U
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1
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January 11, 2017
Document Release Date: 
March 26, 2010
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11
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Publication Date: 
February 14, 1973
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CABLE
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T No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/03/26: LOC-HAK-256-2-11-3 L R VZCZC. HB071;O0 WTE 33 DE WTE: ,0736 0450459 1404552 FEB 73 Fri THE SITUATION ROOM TOHAK 153 TO RODMAN/LORD FOR DR KISSINGER : ZEM UNCLAS WH30497 FBIS 28 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY a FEB73 SIHANOUK SAYS U.S. GOVERNMENT REFUSES..TO TALK WITH HIM C140301 PARIS AFP IN FRENCH 2317 GMT 13 FEB 73C (BY PIERRE COMPARET) (-EXCERPT) PEKING p 13 FEB--PRINCE NORODOM SIHANOUK. SAID ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS APPLY TUESDAY IN A TELEGRAM ADDRESSED TO A U.S. NEWSPAPER THAT THE WAR WILL CONTINUE IN CAMBODIA AS A RESULT OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S REFUSAL TO MEET. WITH HIM OR TO HOLD TALKS WITH HIS GOVERNMENT. THE TELEGRAM STATES: KISSINGER AND I WILL. NOT MEET EITHER IN HONG KONG OR IN CHINA, PRINCE SIHANOUK :SENT A COPY OF THE TEL TO THIS AFP CORRESPONDENT ON TUESDAY. (RGNUC) ADDED: THE U.S. GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO HOLD ANY MEETING GRAM THE HEAD OF .THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT. OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF CAMBODIA WITH ME OR ANY TALKS WITH MY GOVERNMENT. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS, THE WAR IN CAMBODIA WILL CONTINUE.. THE TELEGRAM WAS SENT FROM HAIKOw. IN THE PROVINCE OF KWANGTUNG (THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL IS CANTON) WHERE THE PRINCE IS MAKING AN OFFICIAL VISIT FOLLOWING HIS RETURN FROM _HANOI LAST WEEK. 14 FEB 0401Z PK/HH 230 o Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/03/26 : LOC-HAK-256-2-11-3