February 15, 1963 Memorandum of Chairman Mao Zedong's
Digital Archive digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org International History Declassified February 15, 1963 Memorandum of Chairman Mao Zedong’s Conversation with Prince Sihanouk Citation: “Memorandum of Chairman Mao Zedong’s Conversation with Prince Sihanouk,” February 15, 1963, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, PRC FMA 204-01509-03, 70-74. Translated by Neil Silver. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/117953 Summary: Mao Zedong and Norodom Sihanouk exchange views on capitalist and imperialist countries, particularly on India, the US, Thailand, Yemen, and Iraq. Credits: This document was made possible with support from the MacArthur Foundation. Original Language: Chinese Contents: English Translation Memorandum of Chairman Mao Zedong’s Conversation with Prince Sihanouk (Not yet checked and approved by the Chairman) Time: February 15, 1963 at 1:15 p.m. Place: Qinzheng Hall, Zhongnanhai [leadership compound] Present on our side: President [of the People’s Republic of China] and his wife, Peng Zhen and his wife, He Long and his wife, Luo Ruiqing and his wife, Ji Pengfei and his wife, Yang Lin (Assistant Bureau Director, General Bureau for [Foreign] Economic Relations), Ambassador Chen Shuliang and his wife, Director-general [of the Foreign Ministry] Zhou Qiuye Present on the Cambodian side: Madame Sihanouk, [Private Adviser to Prince Sihanouk] Penn Nouth, [Private Adviser to Prince Sihanouk] Son Sann, [Member of the High Council of the Throne and Commander of the Royal Air Force General] Ngo Hou and his wife, [Secretary of State for Home Affairs] Phurissara and his wife, [Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] Huot Sembath, [Director of Public Services] Sisowath Essaro and his wife, Princess Mom, Ambassador Sirik Matak and his wife, Princess Mom, [Director of the Protocol Department of the Cambodian Foreign Ministry Nay] Valentin Interpreter: He Zhenliang; Notetakers: Zhang Duanji, Feng Kexiang Chairman Mao: How are you? Sihanouk: Very well.
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