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CYPHER/CAT A
ROUTINE HELSINKI
TELEGRAM NO. 185
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TO FOREIGN OFFICE
10 JULY 1968
ADDRESSED TO FO TEL NO 185 OF 10/7 RFI SAVING TO WASHINGTON,
PARIS, BERNE, COPENHAGEN, THE HAGUE, OSLO,
STOCKHOLM, BELGRADE, CAIRO, COLOMBO, KABUL,
KATMANDU, DELHL, RAWALPINDI, KAMPALA, NAIROBI,
LUSAKA, RABAT, VIENTIANE, ALGIERS, BAHGDAD,
KHARTOUM AND MOGADISHU, PEKING, AND HONG KONG.
1606A
YOUR TEL TO BERNE NO 358: EXIT VISAS FOR BRITISH
MISSION IN PEKING.
MY ASSESSMENT IS THAT THE FINNISH GOVERNMENT WOULD REACT
SYMPATHETICALLY TO AN APPROACH ON THE LINES PROPOSED. THEY
ARE SENSITIVE TO THE NEED TO MAINTAIN NORMAL STANDARDS
OF DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE, AND MIGHT BE PREPARED TO SPEAK
TO THE CHINESE.
2. HOWEVER, I AM EQUALLY SURE THAT THEY WOULD NOT WISH TO GET OUT IN
FRONT OF OTHERS ON SUCH AN ISSUE. THEY
ARE VIRTUALLY THE ONLY WESTERNERS IN PEKING WHO HAVE
NOT BEEN PUBLICLY ATTACKED BY THE CHINESE AND THEY WANT
TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. THEY WOULD THEREFORE BE LIKELY
TO DEFER ANY DECISION UNTIL THEY HAD AN IDEA OF THE
EXTENT TO WHICH OTHER GOVTS WOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION.
SIR D. SCOTT FOX
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