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CHINA
AND PAKISTAN SHOULD BECOME GOOD FRIENDS
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(April 27, 1955)
Both
China and Pakistan are countries in the East. There
are many common points among Eastern countries, as
all of them have been oppressed by Western countries.
Among the countries in Asia and Africa only Japan
is an industrialized country, but now it is in a difficult
position. The recent Asian-African Conference was
a success, its participating countries basically united.
The communipue of the conference was adopted not by
a majority vote, but by consensus. Between China and
Pakistan there has never been war, nor are there any
disputes. Trade is going on. China and Pakistan should
therefore become good friends.
If
the Asian-African Conference had not been sponsored
by the five Colombo countries but by China,it could
not have been held.Those people believed in you,not
in us,for ours is a country in which the Communist
Party is in power. But we Communists are not like
what the United states has depicted--people with disheveled
hair, green faces and long teeth, fiendish creatures
with three heads and six arms.We are reasonable people.
As you have accepted U.S. military aid, India is afraid
and we too are afraid. Ambassador Ahmed says that
Pakistan will never use such military aid against
India or other countries. It is good to have such
assurance. Besides, your country has signed the Manila
Pact.We are not afraid of Pakistan,Thailand or the
Philippines, or even Britain and Australia, but the
United states. Now we understand that when Pakistan
joined the Manila Treaty bloc, it did so for fear
of aggression from China. I bope you will gradually
understand that China will not commit aggression against
others. I also hope that misunderstandings between
our two countries will be cleared up and relations
between us will be improved.We have already established
diplimatic and trade relations with Pakistan.Though
diplomatic relations have not yet been established
with Thailand and the Philippines,we hope our relations
with those countries can also be improved. Premier
Zhou Enlai had some contact with representatives of
those countries during the Asian-African Conference.
China
is ready to live together in peace with all countries,
including the United States. In his statement Premier
Zhou Enlai expressed our readiness to sit down to
negotiations with the Americans. During the Asian-African
Conference we talked about the Taiwan question to
the five Colombo countries and Thailand and the Philippines.
All questions should be resolved through negotiation,and
it is not good to resort to fighting.
I
hope Mr. Ambassador will soon settle down in Beijing
and work for improvement of relations between our
two countries; you can contact the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs if you have any difficulties. For our part,
we shall enjoin the Chinese envoy and all the embassy
staff in Pakistan to develop good relations with the
government of pakistan.
(From
the verbatim record)
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