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TO ROUTINE PEKING TELEGRAM NO. 77 OF 23 JANUARY INFO SAIGON, VIENTIANE, MOSCOW, HONGKONG (FOR GOVERNOR) HANOI (VIENTIANE PLEASE PASS BY BAG) INFO, SAVING PHNOM PENH, WASHINGTON, PARIS.
YOUR TELNO 42: VISIT BY LABOUR PARTY DELEGATION.
WE HAVE SPOKEN TO MCNALLY WHO TOOK THE POINT IN YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN PUT TO THEM BY THE CHINESE EMBASSY HERE. UNFORTUNATELY HE SAW NO WAY ROUND THE ADMINISTRATIVE
PROBLEM POSED BY THE WEEKLY FLIGHT TO MOSCOW SINCE THE DELEGATION
COULD NOT BE AWAY MUCH LONGER. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE STOPOVERS IN
PEKING AND MOSCOW WERE INTENDED MERELY TO EXCHANGE IDEAS ON THE .
PROBLEMS OF INDO-CHINA. THE CHINESE HAD ALREADY INVITED A LABOUR
PARTY DELEGATION FOR A PROPER VISIT TO CHINA. THIS WAS MERELY A STOP-OVER IN A PURELY INDO-CHINA CONTEXT.
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