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TELEGRAM NUMBER 826
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TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
28 JUNE 1968
CONFIDENTIAL.
ADDRESSED COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AS MY TELEGRAM NO. 826 DATED 28TH JUNE, REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO PEKING.
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YOUR TELEGRAM 696 [TO PEKING] AND PEKING TELEGRAM 609.
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TREATMENT OF MISSION: DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE.
CAN I HELP BY PLUGGING THE SAME LINE IN PRIVATE CONVERSATION HERE. WITH LOCAL CONSULAR REPRESENTATIVES AND E.G. VISITING PARLIAMENT- ARIANS, PRESSMEN, RADIO ETC. COMMENTATORS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON TRADE MISSIONS, AND SO ON? I AM FAIRLY WELL PLACED FOR THIS KIND OF THING SINCE I SEE A GOOD MANY PEOPLE OF THIS KIND AND THEY ARE IN A MOOD TO BE RECEPTIVE TO SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE SITUATION IN CHINA WHEN ACTUALLY HERE.
2.1 CANNOT MYSELF SEE WHY WE NEED CONFINE OURSELVES TO DIPLOMATS. OTHERS MAY BE JUST AS INFLUENTIAL, BUT I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR GUIDANCE ON HOW FAR YOU WOULD WISH ME TO GO.
CO PLEASE PASS PEKING 313.
SIR D. TRENCH
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