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QUESTION OF MAO'S WORKS SEMICOLON FOR THERE IS AN OBVIOUS RISK
THAT THEY WOULD BE USED FOR STAGING DEMONSTRATIONS IN PRISON.
PERMISSION TO PRESENT OTHER THINGS SUCH AS FOODSTUFFS ETC.
DOES RAISE THE QUESTION OF DISCRIMINATION IN AN ACUTE FORM
SEMICOLON AND I CAN SEE NO WAY OF MAKING CONCESSIONS ON THIS
POINT EITHER.
4. THERE MAY BE SOME ADVANTAGE IN LETTING THE DUST SETTLE ON
THE DEPORTATION ISSUE BEFORE RENEWING THESE DISCUSSIONS ON
PRISON VISITS. BUT I WOULD BE PREPARED TO ARRANGE ANOTHER MEETING
IN TWO OR THREE DAYS TIME AND THEN MAKE A DEFINITE PROPOSAL
THAT A FIRST VISIT CONDUCTED ON LINES ACCEPTABLE TO US SHOULD
TAKE PLACE AT A TIME THAT WE SHALL PROPOSE. WE WOULD TRY TO LEAVE
THE COMMUNISTS WITH THE ONUS OF ACCEPTING OR REJECTING THIS
PROPOSAL.
FO PLEASE PASS IMMEDIATE PEKING AS MYTEL 122.
SIR D. TRENCH
[REPETITION TO PEKING REFERRED FOR
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