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COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
11 March 1968
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Addressed Commonwealth Office telegram No. 302 of 11 March Repeated for information to Peking.
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Your telegram No. 427: Prison Visits.
In principle, I agree that if the NCNA take the initiative in raising the question of visits with us we should go ahead with arrangements as if nothing had happened.
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On the whole, however, I would prefer not to take the iniative just yet in stirring up NCNA about the matter. We are just in the middle of another initiative about film stars and the argument over gift rice continues. I think it may be better not to press the Chinese on too many problems simultaneously. If all goes well, however, I would hope that we could if desired raise the question of prison visits towards the end of this week.
Foreign Office pass Priority Peking telegram No. 96.
Sir D. Trench
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