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TELEGRAM NO 696
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TO PEKING
26 JUNE 1968 (FED)
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ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NO 696 OF 26 JUNE REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG, 689 6844685
YOUR TELEGRAMS NOS 558, 559 AND 560: TREATMENT OF THE MISSION. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE CAREFUL THOUGHT AND PREPARATION WHICH
YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS PROPOSED OPERATION.
2. WE SUGGEST THAT, IF A VISA HAS NOT BEEN GRANTED TO YOU BY 1 JULY, YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER SEEK AN EXPLANATION FROM THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AT THE HIGHEST
LEVEL ACCESSIBLE TO YOU, SPEAKING GENERALLY ON THE LINES SUGGESTED IN PARA, 2 OF F.0. TELEGRAM NO 668. IF AN INTERVIEW IS NOT GRANTED OR ITS TERMS ARE UNSATISFACTORY, THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE IS PREPARED, SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS TO SUMMON THE CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES HERE ON 5 JULY.
3. MEANTIME WE SHALL BE GETTING AHEAD WITH THE PREPARATIONS FOR
THE DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE SO THAT, IF NECESSARY, INSTRUCTIONS COULD GO TO MISSIONS ON 15 JULY, BY WHICH TIME YOUR OWN APPLICATION WOULD BE A FORTNIGHT OVERDUE.
4. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
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