Unofficial translation from French by KI-Media
Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk
Head of State and President of the National Supreme Council of Cambodia
To His Royal Highness Krom Luong Norodom Ranariddh and
His Excellency Mr. Hun Sen,
Co-Presidents of the Provisory National Government of Cambodia
Royal Highness,
Excellency,
I learned, this morning, through
the news media, that, near the end of this July 1993 month, you will
pay a friendly visit of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV).
In Hanoi, please ask the RSV
government to replace the border posts between Vietnam and Cambodia with
those along the Vietnamese-Cambodian border that were officially
recognized by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam [North Vietnam] and by
the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam [Vietcong] in the 60s and
70s: at certain locations, during the 80s, these border posts were
moved well inside Cambodia’s territory. Also during the 80s, [border]
gates that mark the so-called “Vietnamese-Cambodian border” were built
deep inside Cambodian territories. These [border] “gates” must be
demolished if they are found not to be exactly at the borderline between
Vietnam and Cambodia which prevailed up to the eve of the Lon Nol-Sirik
Matak coup d’etat.
As for the maritime border
between Vietnam and Cambodia, it must not be different from the one
recognized by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and by the National
Liberation Front of South Vietnam during the 60s.
Please tell the eminent
government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that our friendship for
Socialist Vietnam and its People remains unchanged and will remain
large. But, the friendship between our two countries and our two People
can only be effective and strong only with the mutual respect of our
land maritime borders which were internationally recognized in the 60s
and which were recognized by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and by
the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam themselves in the 60s and
70s.
Please accept, Royal Highness and Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration and my deepest affection.
(Signed) Norodom Sihanouk
Beijing, 19 July 1993
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Var Kim Hong’s suicide and the “death” of Cambodia: Norodom Sihanouk
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UNOFFICIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION by M. Preuk (on March 17, 2005)
B. M. D.
Norodom Sihanouk
Beijing, March 16, 2005
Nowadays, nobody can deny [the fact]
that the “2nd Kingdom” Cambodia had lost a significant part of her land
and maritime territorial integrity as compared to her territorial
integrity during the 1963-1969 period (with the return of Preah Vihear
[to Cambodia by Thailand]).
Nowadays, one knows very well
that a large part of our lands and seas dating from 1963-1969 is
integrated, without any opposition [from our part], to the “sovereignty”
framework of our 3 neighbors (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos) – each one of
them having their own share of the Cambodian “cake.”
For example, we find an
appreciable number of villages belonging to our People which were
located well within the interior of the SRN (Sangkum Reastr Niyum)
Cambodia, but are from now on, 3 times “alas!”, well within the interior
of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) – SRV – and … they
are, of course, well defended by the (invincible) army of our “viet
brothers.”
Very recently, Maitre Michel
Buisson (Esquire) and his friends were able to note that these “viet
brothers” are becoming the owners of Khmer villages – because of their
extreme poverty, our Compatriots who are poor had to rent, or, even
worse!, sell [their lands] to the “viet brothers”. Maitre Buisson had
witnessed that these latter are pushing the “new borders” of “their
South Vietnam” well within the interior of “2nd Kingdom” Cambodia.
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It is true, that under the reign
of Lon Nol (Khmer Republic), the Vietnamese from South Vietnam
(Kampuchea Krom) sent letters to the viets in Svay Rieng by
unequivocally writing on the envelope of their respective letters: “Svay
Rieng, Vietnam” – sic! –.
It is also true that Nguyen Van
Thieu’s army occupying then our Neak Luong, had re-baptized it “Saigon
Moi” (New Saigon, in French Noveau-Saigon).
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* *
Coming back to Maitre Michel Buisson, he saw viet militaries behaving as masters over the Khmers living in the city of Snuol.
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The SRV “created” new borders
(to their own benefit) by building during the 80s, 90s, and 2000s,
“entry gates” and canals well within the interior of our 1963-1969
borders.
Thailand, on its part, “created”
new borders (to their own benefit) by building straight highways which
cut a good portion of our legal territory along certain provinces of the
“2nd Kingdom” Cambodia. The lands which are closest to Thailand along
the highways cited above “belong,” from now on, to the Thai Kingdom.
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Nowadays, the fact the team of
H.E. Var Kim Hong officially “works” with our 3 neighbors to find out
where our borders are is a vivid proof that:
The SRV, the Thai Kingdom, and
the Popular Democratic Republic of Laos , absolutely, do not recognize
the legitimacy and the legality of Cambodia borders dating from 1963 to
1969 – even though at the Summit Conference of Indochinese People in
Canton, the delegations of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of
South Vietnam (President Nguyen Huu Tho), of the Democratic Republic of
Vietnam (Prime Minister Pham Van Dong), of the Neo Lao Hak Xat (Prince
Souphanouvong) had, in front of Prime Minister Chou En Lai (People’s
Republic of China), formally recognized the 1963-1969 delineation of the
Cambodian borders; they even solemnly promised , in the name of their
respective countries, nations, and peoples, to always – meaning
eternally – respect this delineation of our borders.
Our “2nd Kingdom” Cambodia
herself (represented by H.E. Var Kim Hong’s team) accepts to suicide
herself by recognizing, even under the eyes of International Law, that
Cambodia does not have precise borders.
By officially accepting to
re-negotiate the borders issue, our “neo-Angkorian” Cambodia admits, on
her own, that she does not know where are her land and maritime borders.
In this respect, the [use of
the] word “suicide” is not exaggerated. Because a Country which
recognizes that it does have precise and legal borders is a dead
Country.
Signed: Norodom Sihanouk
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Var Kim Hong dared to present me with a falsified geographic map of our Country (Cambodia): Sihanouk
Unofficial translation from French by KI-Media
BMD
NORODOM SIHANOUK
Phnom Penh, 18 December 2004
Certain VIPS stated that “King (Second
reign between 1993-2004), I (Norodom Sihanouk) did not respect certain
stipulations, certain articles of our 1993 Constitution.”
Here are my responses to the
accusations and criticisms leveled against the so-called
“non-application” by King Norodom Sihanouk on the stipulations and
articles of the 1993 Constitution:
1. I start by mentioning the
VIOLATIONS of the constitutional rights by Men in Power during the 2nd
Kingdom of Cambodia (1993-2001):
First, National Congress was never allowed to be held, unlike what it was under the SRN (Sangkum Reastr Niyum) era.
Second, all peaceful
demonstrations were banned; furthermore, demonstrators and protesters
who were only exercising their constitutional rights were repressed –
with “deadly means”.
Third, Coup d’Etat was held against the winners of the legislative elections.
Fourth, the 1991 Paris
Agreements, which forbid the “validation” of the unequal treaties
between the Republic Socialist of Vietnam and the People’s Republic of
Kampuchea – aka State of Cambodia – over the (false) territorial
integrity (land and sea) of Cambodia, were violated.
Fifth, H.E. Var Kim Hong dared
to present me with a falsified geographic map of our Country (Cambodia),
a map which he affirmed (in fact he was lying) to be a map from the SRN
era.
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* *
2. I did not meet twice a month
with Leaders or members of the RGC (Royal Government of Cambodia)
because I was already very aware of the (true) situation and (the truly
alarming) problems faced by Cambodia, the “new Country of Angkor”. In
fact, first of all, TVK – which I watch day and night – already gave me
the “version advanced by the government” of things and people in our
country.
Furthermore, I already knew the
true situation and the true problems faced by the “neo-Angkorian
Kampuchea” by reading about them on “Cambodge Soir”, the “Cambodia
Daily”, the “Bangkok Post”, “The Nation” (Bangkok) – all of which I
received and read them regularly.
Since my years at the Preah Sutharot elementary school and up to now (2004), I was never a lazy person who neglects his work.
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3. I never presided over the
Supreme Council of Magistracy because the 1993 Constitution made me
assume responsibilities which did not correspond to the principle of
non-power.
A king “rules but not governs”
could not be held responsible for the Corruption and the injustices of
our Judicial System, nor the loss of territorial Integrity.
I asked on several occasions for
modification to the 1993 Constitution so that the King (who has no
power) should not have to bear such responsibilities. However, it was in
vain.
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My conclusion: History will judge me, as well as Others.
(Signed) Norodom Sihanouk
---------------------------------------------------------------------As the King of Cambodia (2nd Kingdom), I will not sign the treaties on the territorial and maritime borders of the “new the Khmer Kingdom” and her neighbors: Sihanouk
Unofficial translation from French by the Cambodia’s Border Committee [www.cfccambodge.org]
NORODOM SIHANOUK: My Second Text for December 12, 2003.
I / - Concerning a recent letter
addressed to me by Samdech Krom Preah N. Ranariddh asking me to tell
this and that to Samdech Hun Sen and his government, some newspapers
have misinterpreted my so-called “rejection” of the written requests of
the President of Funcinpec relating to our national borders.
I have, in this respect, the duty to make the following clarifications (“Mise au Point”):
II / - Like any respectable
Khmer patriot, I accept and will accept for Cambodia only the official
and internationally recognized (including the U.S.A. in 1969) outline of
the territorial and maritime borders of Cambodia dated 1963 (after the
fair Verdict by the International Court of the Hague concerning the
Khmer hill and the temple of Preah Vihear, in 1962) and 1969 (before the
Putsch of the Lon Nol-Sarik Matak Group on March 18, 1970).
III / - I do not recognize and
will not recognize the treaties between the Khmer regime pro-SRV
[pro-Socialist Republic of Vietnam] (1979-1990) and other bilateral
“Indochinese” states treaties, nor the Thai-Vietnamese treaties
impairing the territorial integrity, and the outline of the territorial
and maritime borders of Cambodia (KAMPUCHEA) dated from 1963 to 1969.
IV / - As the King of Cambodia
(2nd Kingdom), I will not sign the treaties on the territorial and
maritime borders of the “new the Khmer Kingdom” and her neighbors
(Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Thailand, Laos) because these treaties
will not be the guarantor of the preservation of the outline of the
territorial and maritime borders of Cambodia dated from 1963 to 1969.
V / - This being said, the
Funcinpec (just like the CPP and the PSR), elected by the Sovereign
Nation to exert on her behalf the full State Power and, consequently,
all the state and national responsibilities, must address directly to
the RGC [Royal Government of Cambodia] and its Head rather than
resorting to the service of the King.
Signed Norodom Sihanouk
Copy certified to be faithful to the handwritten letter by His Majesty the King by:
The Cambodia’s Border Committee in France and Worldwide.
Paris, December 15, 2003.
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