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CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY SOFIA
ELEGRAM NO. 187
TO FOREIGN OFFICE
15 JULY 1968
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ADDRESSED FO TELNO 107 OF 15 JULY REPEATED FOR INFORMATION
TO MOSCOW.
DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE: PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 334 TO BUCHAREST AND OTHERS AND MY TELNO 186.
I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS ON DRAFT.
2. IF APPROACHED, BULGARIANS ARE LIKELY TO CONSULT AND
TAKE ORDERS FROM THE RUSSIANS. NEVERTHELESS I SEE NO
OBJECTION HERE TO AN APPROACH.
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3. IF I AM STRUCTED TO SEE BULGARIANS WOULD YOU AGREE
TO MY MENTIONING ANY EXAMPLES OF SPECIFIC ASSISTANCE GIVEN
BY OUR MISSION IN PEKING TO ANY MEMBERS OF BULGARIAN OR OTHER
EAST EUROPEAN EMBASSIES WHEN HARRASSED? I SEEM TO RECALL
CUR CHARGE PHYSICALLY HELPING SOVIET DIPLOMATS AT PEKING
AIRPORT LAST YEAR, BUT THIS INSTANCE PRESUMABLY CANNOT BE
QUOTED ORALLY AS A DEMONSTRATION OF MUTUAL HELPFULNESS AT
TIME OF COMMON ADVERSITY IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO TACKLE RUSSIANS
THEMSELVES.
FC PASS MOSCOW.
MR. CRAWLEY,
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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