Indochina - Aid to Cambodia: Message From the President of the United States to the King of Cambodia, October 2, 1954 (1)

YOUR MAJESTY: The people of the United States have watched with concern and admiration the struggle of Cambodia against unwarranted Communist aggression. The United States is happy that Cambodia has reaffirmed its independence and that your Kingdom is in a position now to undertake a course which will secure that sovereign freedom for which your people fought.

At this time when Cambodia has so convincingly demonstrated its independence and its stern determination to maintain that independence, I desire Your Majesty to know that my Government will be pleased to consider ways in which our two countries can more effectively cooperate in the joint task of stemming the threats facing your territories and maintaining peace and prosperity in your Kingdom.

With assurances of my personal esteem and high regard,

(1) Department of State Bulletin, Oct. 25, 1954, p. 615. Back

Source: <br>American Foreign Policy 1950-1955<br>Basic Documents Volumes I and II<br>Department of State Publication 6446<br>General Foreign Policy Series 117<br>Washington, DC : U.S. Governemnt Printing Office, 1957