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FM TOKYO CONFIDENTIAL
REG N [PROOV MƏ.51
HICK 2/1
1975
TO ROUTINE F C O TELNO 384 OF 12 APRIL/AND TO ODA INFO PEKING UKMIS NEW YORK AND HONG KONG SAVING TO MOSCOW, WASHINGTON, SEOUL, SAIGON, PHNOM PENH AND BANGKOK.
M.I.P.T.
16
ECAFE 29TH SESSION: CHINESE SPEECH
FROM BRITISH DELEGATION
4.
FOR ALL ITS AGGRESSIVE PHRASES AN'S SPEECH (COPY BY NEXT BAG) HAD FAR MORE BARK THAN BITE. HIS THINLY DISGUISED ATTACK ON THE USSR, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE U.S. WAS GOOD KNOCKABOUT STUFF. THE COMMENTS ON CAMBODIAN, VIETNAMESE AND KOREAN REPRESENTATION SEEMED LARGELY TO REPEAT WHAT THE CHINESE DELEGATE SAID AT THE UNCTAD COMMITTEE ON COMMODITIES AT GENEVA ON MARCH
16TH. THE 'REGRETS' AT THE PRESENT SITUATION WERE NOT
FOLLOWED UP BY ANY SPECIFIC PROPOSAL FOR NEW REPRESENTATION.
NOR WAS ANYTHING SAID ABOUT HONG KONG'S POSITION.
5. I SHALL REPORT FURTHER IF ANYTHING MORE SERIOUS EMERGES FROM FURTHER EXCHANGES. IN THE CORRIDORS THE CHINESE HAVE TOLD US
IN APPARENTLY FRIENDLY FASHION THAT THE U.K. IS QUITE DIFFERENT' FROM THE SUPERPOWERS. ALL THE OBJECTS OF THE CHINESE ATTACK
ARE YET TO SPEAK. WE BELIEVE HOWEVER THAT THEY WILL DO NO MORE THAN ANSWER FIRMLY BUT NON- PROVOCATIVELY. THE CHINESE HAVING
SPOKEN VIRULENTLY TO ESTABLISH THEIR FORMAL POSITION MAY THEN BE CONTENT TO CONTRIBUTE PRACTICALLY TO A SESSION WHICH HAS ALREADY SHOWN WELCOME SIGNS OF A DOWN TO EARTH APPROACH.
F C O PLEASE PASS TO ALL SAVING ADDRESSEES.
WARNER
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