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CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN OFFICE
13 JULY 1968.
TELEGRAM NUMBER 229
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YOUR TEL NO 334: DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE ABOUT THE MISSION IN
PEKING.
LET US ASK THE RUMANIANS TO HELP, THOUGH THEY MAY BE RE-
LUCTANT.
2. AS FAR AS I KNOW THEIR DIPLOMATS AT PEKING HAVE ESCAPED THE ABUSIVE TREATMENT WHICH EVEN THE OTHER EAST EUROPEANS HAVE SUFFERED, AND THEY SEEM TO MAINTAIN CORRECT RELATIONS WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, AND COULD THEREFORE POSSIBLY GET A RESPECTFUL HEARING IN PEKING.
3. THEY WOULD I THINK SYMPATHISE WITH OUR REQUEST BUT ARGUE THAT CHINESE ATTITUDES ARE UNIQUE, THAT CHINA IS A COUNTRY WHICH WAS FORCED TO ADOPT WESTERN WAYS BY IMPERIALIST INTER- VENTION, IS STILL PREOCCUPIED BY THE FEAR OF WESTERN (ESPECIALLY AMERICAN) ATTACK AND ATTEMPTED DOMINATION,
AND MAY BE IN NO MOOD TO ADMIT THE MUTUAL OBLIGATIONS ESTAB-
LISHED BY THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA,
4. SHOULD THEREFORE WELCOME ANY SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL WHICH WOULD ENABLE ME TO PRESENT A CASE WHICH SHOWED THAT EVEN IN CHINESE TERMS CHINESE BEHAVIOUR EXCEEDS ALL SOUNDS OF PROPRIETY. IT SHOULD BE BORNE IN MIND THAT RUMANIAN THOUGHT
PROCESSES ARE DIALECTICAL.
5. I THINK THE CHINESE EMBASSY HERE WILL CARRY LITTLE WEIGHT. IT IS ON CARE AND MAINTENANCE, THE CHARGE BEING NUMBER 7
ON THE STAFF LIST.
SIR J. CHADWICK
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