CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY DAR ES SALAAM
TELEGRAM NUMBER 533
CONFIDENTIAL
684
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
13 JULY 1968
CONFIDENTIAL.
FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROM DAR ES SALAAM
ADDRESSED TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 533 OF 13 JULY
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO PEKING HONG KONG WASHINGTON KAMPAL A AND NAIROBI (FOR SPECREP).
-665)
YOUR TELNO 583 OF 11 JULY (NOT TO SPECREP)
EXIT VISAS FOR PEKING STAFF
(606A)
I HAVE CONSIDERED FO TELNO 358 TO BERNE AND YOUR TEL 583 VERY
CAREFULLY IN LIGHT OF OUR PRESENT RELATION WITH TANZANIANS
AND WHAT WE KNOW OF THEIR RELATIONS WITH CHINA,
2. IN PRACTICAL TERMS THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE INCREASE
IN GOODWILL HERE FOLLOWING THE RESUMPTION OF RELATIONS. TANZANIANS
ARE SUSPICIOUS OF US AND APPEAR TO EXPECT PERIOD OF QUIET RELATIONS-
BUILDING BEFORE MUTUAL PROBLEMS OF ANY GREAT SUBSTANCE ARE RAISED
WITH THEM. WE CANNOT EXPECT THEM AT PRESENT TO FEEL INCLINED
TO HELP US OUT IN ANY MATTER IN WHICH THEIR OWN INTERESTS WOULD
NOT BE DIRECTLY SERVED BY SO DOING.
3. WE HAVE RECEIVED SLIGHT INDICATIONS THAT PRESIDENT'S RECENT
VISIT TO CHINA WAS NOT AS SUCCESSFUL AS TANZANIANS HAD HOPED
IT WOULD BE. I SUSPECT THAT TANZANIANS WOULD BE LOTH IN ANY CASE TO SUBJECT THEIR RELATIONS WITH CHINESE TO WHAT THEY WOULD SEE AS
AN UNNECESSARY TEST NOT WITHSTANDING PARA 3(111) OF YOUR TEL 583.
4. 1 THUS FEEL ON BALANCE THAT TANZANIANS WOULD BE UNLIKELY
AT PRESENT TO RECEIVE APPROACH SUGGESTED SYMPATHET-
ICALLY, ALTHOUGH POSITION MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT IN TWO OR
THREE MONTHS TIME.
CO PASS PRIORITY PEKING HONG KONG WASHINGTON KAMPAL A
MR. HOBDEN
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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RECEIVED IN CHS No. 63
17 JUL1968
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