SECRET
WASHINGTON TELEGRAM NO. 13 TO FOREIGN OFFICE
2.
ONE OF THESE VISITS WOULD PROBABLY BE REGARDED AS A DISPROPORT- IONATE REACTION TO CHINESE THREATS (EVEN ALLOWING FOR THE MACAO EPISODE) AND EVEN THE STATE DEPARTMENT MIGHT WELL FEEL THAT WE WERE MERELY COURTING FURTHER PRESSURES. THERE WOULD ALSO BE A GREATER RISK OF BRINGING THE WHOLE SUBJECT INTO THE PUBLIC EYE HERE IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF SOME CHAUVINISM, NOT LEAST IN CONGRESS, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
TO HANDLE THE SUBJECT DISCREETLY AND SYMPATHETICALLY IN THE FUTURE.
FO PASS ROUTINE HONG KONG POLAD SINGAPORE AND PEKING AS
MY TEL NUMBER 1 TO ALL.
SIR P DEAN
SENT 0403 4 JANUARY 1967.
RECD 0405 4 JANUARY 1967
REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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