Telegram to King Suramarit of Cambodia
(March 5, 1957)

Source: RMRB (Mar. 6, 1957), 1. Other Chinese Text: XHBYK, 105 (April 10,
1957), 60. Available English Translation: NCNA, Daily News Release (Mar. 6,
1957), 10.

King Norodom Suramarit
Your Majesty:

On the occasion of Your Majesty's birthday and the National Day of the
Kingdom of Cambodia, on behalf of the Chinese people and on my own behalf, I
extend my warm congratulations to Your Majesty and to the people of your country.
May the friendship between China and Cambodia be further consolidated and
developed on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence,1 and may
the Kingdom of Cambodia prosper, its people thrive, and may Your Majesty enjoy
good health.
(Signed as Chairman of the PRC and dated)

Note
1. See text Jan. 28, 1955(2), vol. I, note 1.