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PRIORITY WARSAW
TELEGRAM NUMBER 343
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CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN OFFICE
12 JULY 1968
674
YOUR TELEGRAM 358 TO BERNE.
BRITISH MISSION IN PEKING.
THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR HAS LONG BEEN ABSENT FROM WARSAW. THE CHARGE DAFFAIRES IS YOUNG AND BOORISH. I DOUBT WHETHER
THE POLISH GOVERNMENT WILL ACHIEVE MUCH BY TALKING TO HIM. THE POLISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS REGARD THEIR OWN INFLUENCE WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AS SMALL. THEIR SUPPORT
FOR THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT HAS EARNED THEM CHINESE ILL-WILL.
2. 1 AM SURE THAT MR WINIEWICZ WILL GIVE ME A COURTEOUS AND SYMPATHETIC HEARING, BUT I THINK HE MAY WISH TO CONSULT THE POLITBURO BEFORE HE GIVES ME AN ANSWER.
3. I THINK THAT PUBLICITY WOULD INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD
OF A POLISH REFUSAL TO ACT ON OUR BEHALF.
4. I SHOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ASSURE MR WINIEWICZ
THAT NO PUBLICITY WILL BE GIVEN TO OUR REQUEST OR TO
HITS REPLY UNLESS HE WERE TO INDICATE THAT PUBLICITY
WOULD BE WELCOME TO HIS GOVERNMENT.
SIR T. BRIMELOW
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