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YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 187: BRITISH MISSION IN PEKING.
APART FROM HELP AFFORDED TO SOVIET DIPLOMATISTS BY SIR D. HOPSON LAST YEAR, WE KNOW OF NO OTHER EXAMPLES OF SPECIFIC ASSISTANCE GIVEN TO EAST EUROPEAN EMBASSIES IN PEKING WHEN HARASSED.
WE AGREE THAT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES A REFERENCE TO THE SOVIET EPISODE IS NOT ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE. HOWEVER, WE SEE NO OBJECTION TO A GENERAL COMMENT ON THE PARTICULARLY CLOSE AND FRIENDLY RELATIONS EXISTING BETWEEN OUR RESPECTIVE MISSIONS IN PEKING. FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION OUR RELATIONS WITH THE BULGARIANS IN PEKING ARE PARTICUL- ARLY CORDIAL: AND THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF SHARING OF INFORMATION AND MATERIAL ON CHINA.
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