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7. MAO ZEDONG AND HOANG VAN HOAN (1)
Beijing, 16 July 1965
Mao Zedong:
...We all believed in the Geneva Accords but the enemy did not
respect them. After you regrouped your troops, they started killing
people. They kill people in the South in order to teach them a
lesson. At first, our motto was mainly for the political struggle
and the military struggle was secondary. Later, the political
and military struggles became equal. And then the military struggle
will be the main [part], the political struggle will be supportive
to the military one. So, we are also escalating step by step.
At first, we destroy a platoon, and then a company. Then we annihilate
a battalion, and a regiment or two. That way, we can destroy from
4 to 5 battalions [in] each campaign. We should escalate and we
should know how to escalate step by step.
Notes:
1. Hoang Van Hoan headed a DRV National Assembly
delegation to China.
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