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TO ROUTINE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1441 OF 15 DECEMBER
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REGISTHY Action Taken
1. THE DIRECTOR OF NCNA CAME TO LUNCH WITH HIS STAFF ON
13 DECEMBER. HE INVITED ME TO VISIT PEKING, AND MADE QUITE
A POINT OF IT. I TEMPORIZED. THE NEXT MORNING HE FOLLOWED UP
WITH A MESSAGE VIA SIR Y K PAO THAT THE INVITATION WAS ON
INSTRUCTIONS FROM PEKING AND THAT IF I WENT I WOULD BE RECEIVED
''BY THE LEADERS'', THIS FOLLOWS A SERIES OF OBLIQUE APPROACHES
OVER THE YEARS, AND MORE RECENTLY TWO FROM LIAO CH'ENG-CHIH.
2. LETTER FOLLOWS. I WILL OF COURSE DO NOTHING EITHER WAY UNTIL
I HAVE CRADOCK'S ADVICE AND YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. I WOULD ALSO
EVENTUALLY HAVE TO CONSULT EXCO WHETHER THE INVITATION IS
ACCEPTED OR REFUSED,
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