UN General Assembly
1982

solution and re-establishment of mutual confidence by complete neutralization and international control and guarantees for my country, the leaders of Hanoi replied, or caused replies to be made, that they would not negotiate with a man who no longer represented anything , who was politically finished , and that the situation in Kampuchea was irreversible . 15. Yet today as yesterday, I feel no hatred towards Viet Nam. 1 have never ceased to recognize that the geographical position of our two countries makes them neighbors to the end of time and that they are, because of this, compelled to understand each other and to listen to each other. This understanding, however, can be established only between equals and not between servant and master. 16. The present Government of Hanoi does not accept this analysis. It has chosen to forget, and how quickly, the repeated help that our people and I myself have rendered during a crucial period to the people of Viet Nam in their struggle for independence and reunification. It has also very quickly forgotten—this is even more