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| Keywords: 1958 diplomatic note from phamvandong to zhouenlai.jpg In 1958 the People's Republic of China issued a declaration defining its territorial waters which encompassed the Spratly and Paracel Islands North Vietnam's prime minister Pham Van Dong sent a diplomatic note to Zhou Enlai stating that The Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam respects this decision The diplomatic note was written on September 14 and was publicized on Nhan Dan newspaper Vietnam on September 22 1958 The content of Pham Van Dong's diplomatic note to Premier Zhou Enlai is as follows Comrade Prime Minister We have the honour to bring to your knowledge that the Government of the DRVN recognizes and supports the declaration dated 4th September 1958 of the Government of the PRC fixing the width of the Chinese territorial waters The Government of the DRVN respects this decision and will give instructions to its State bodies to respect the 12-mile width of the territorial waters of China in all their relations in the maritime field with the PRC I address to you comrade Prime Minister the assurance of my distinguished consideration collected by www spratlys org http //www spratlys org/collection/claims/vietnam/vietnam1 htm 1958-09-14 Vietnam Government PD-VietnamGov PD-PRC-exempt http //www mevietnam org/lanhtho-lanhhai/feer-dispute html and http //www fmprc gov cn/mfa_chn/zyxw_602251/t1163255 shtml Spratly Islands Relations of China and Vietnam | ||||
