CYPHER/CAT 'A'
ROUTINE KHARTOUM
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 303
5 JULY 1968.
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6042
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ADDSD TO F O TELNO 303 OF 5/7 RFI PEKING HONG KONG AND WTON.
YRTEL 358 TO BERN.tlooky
I CD CERTAINLY APPROACH THE SUDANESE GOVT ON THE LINES SUGGESTED AND
AT THE TOP OFFICIAL LEVEL AM SURE OF GETTING A SYMPATHETIC RESPONSE.THE
MFA ARE FIRM BELIEVERS IN THE DIPLOMATIC PROPRIETIES. THE FOREIGN
MINISTER, HOWEVER, HAS A KNOWN PRO-COMMUNIST RECORD AND IS
UNLIKELY TO HELP. IN ANY CASE SUDANESE GOVT RELATIONS WITH THE
CHINESE EMBASSY HERE ARE MINIMAL. THE AMBASSADOR HAS NEVER
RETURNED FROM HIS REINDOCTRINATION TRIP TO CHINA AND I DOUBT
WHETHER THE CHARGE D'A. CARRIES ANY
WEIGHT.
2. AS REGARDS PUBLICITY, I AM SURE THE SUDANESE WD BE
EMBARRASSED BY PUBLICITY, PARTICULARLY IF IT WERE REVEALED IN ANY
WAY THAT THEY HAD ACTED ON OUR BEHALF.
F.O. PASS PEKING, HONG KONG AND WASHINGTON.
SIR R. FOWLER
[REPETITION TO PEKING REFERRED FOR DEPARTMENTAL DECISION,
REPEATED AS REQUESTED TO OTHER POSTS].
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