CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY COLOMBO
LEGRAM NUMBER 444
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TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
27 JULY 1968
CONFIDENTIAL.
ADDSD TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELNO 444 OF 27 JULY REPTD ROUTINE
TO PEKING.
704
YOUR TELNO 373 TO BERNE: BRITISH MISSION IN PEKING.
I RAISED THIS WITH PERMANENT SECRETARY MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS TODAY. HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT CEYLON WOULD BE READY
TO TAKE THE ACTION REQUESTED.
2. I MENTIONED POINT IN YOUR PARA 4 BUT ADDED THAT IF MR
ROBERT GUNAWARDENA (WHO IS OF COURSE NOTORIOUSLY PRO-CHINESE)
COULD BE INDUCED TO SAY THE RIGHT THING IN PEKING IT MIGHT
BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ANYTHING SAID TO THE VERY JUNIOR CHINESE
CHARGE D'AFFAIRS IN COLOMBO. SAMARISINGHE SAID THAT HE FULLY
AGREED AND THOUGHT THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE SENDING APPROPRIATE
INSTRUCTIONS TO PEKING VERY SOON. HE UNDERTOOK TO LET ME KNOW
WHAT ACTION THEY EVENTUALLY DECIDED ON.
C.0. PLS PASS TO PEKING.
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SIR.S.TOMLINSON
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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