}
ASKED TO EXPLAIN REASONS CAUSING DELAY IN EXCHANGE OF
AMBASSADORS BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES SIR ALEC SAID QUOTE WHEN
EYE SAID THAT CHINESE ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED IT WAS ONLY
AN ASIDE IN RELATION TO THE NEXT WEEK OR SO STOP EYE HOPE
WE SHALL BE ABLE RESUME CONVERSATIONS WITH CHINESE GOVERNMENT
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STOP ONE OF DIFFICULTIES OF COURSE IS STATUS OF TAIWAN STOP
THAT APPLIES EYE THINK NOT ONLY TO CHINESE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
WITH US BUT RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL
WITH WHOM WE MAY HAVE NO REPEAT NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AT
PRESENT STOP VARIOUS COUNTRIES HAVE GOT OVER IT IN DIFFERENT
WAYS STOP CANADA FOR EXAMPLE GOT OVER IT IN ONE WAY SEMICOLON
OTHER COUNTRIES IN ANOTHER STOP WE ARE THEREFORE
TALKING TO CHINESE ABOUT POSSIBLE WAYS OF MEETING THEIR PARTICULAR
OBJECTIONS TO THE ATTITUDES WE HAVE TAKEN IN PAST STOP
EYE CANNOT SAY WHETHER THIS WOULD BE TEMPORARY OR NOT STOP
UNQUOTE
PARA
ASKED WHY CHINESE ARE MAKING IT A PARTICULAR POINT
THAT BRITAIN SHOULD MAKE A STATEMENT ON STATUS OF TAIWAN
WHICH SUITS CHINA COMMA SIR ALEC SAID COLON QUOTE WELL EYE
THINK BECAUSE WE WERE PARTIES TO WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE CAIRO
DECLARATION A LONG TIME AGO IN WHICH CANADA FOR EXAMPLE AND
OTHER COUNTRIES WERE NOT INVOLVED STOP IT IS A TECHNICAL MATTER RATHER THAN EYE THINK IN CHINESE MIND BUT EYE WOULD
NOT LIKE TO SPECULATE ON THIS ANY FURTHER STOP EYE THINK
事
THAT THIS IS A MATTER IN WHICH WE WILL CONDUCT DIPLOMACY
QUIETLY AND WITH HOPE OF SUCCESS..