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4 HONG KONG 100525Z FEB 79
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 243 OF 10 FEBRUARY
AND TO PRIORITY PEKING
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1. No
VISIT TO PEKING.
1. THE INVITATION WAS TO ME AND MY WIFE AND ACCOMPANYING PARTY.'' AT THE LUNCH IN MY HOUSE AT WHICH THE VISIT WAS FIRST MENTIONED SIR Y K KAN WAS PRESENT AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE NCNA VOLUNTEERED THAT HE SHOULD COME TOO. (WE HAD JUST BEEN TO JAPAN TOGETHER.)
2. I HAVE DISCUSSED IN CONFIDENCE WITH BOTH KAN AND SIR SIDNEY GORDON SEPARATELY. GORDON STRONGLY ADVISED THAT KAN SHOULD ACCOMPANY, BOTH FOR THE SAKE OF CONTINUITY, HELP WITH UMELO AND TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC. KAN HIMSELF THOUGH NOT ANXIOUS TO BECOME INVOLVED, HAS AGREED TO COME IF I BELIEVED IT WOULD HELP. CLEARLY IT WOULD PLEASE THE CHINESE, AND HE WOULD BE A HELP TO ME.
3. I ALSO WISH DR WILSON TO ACCOMPANY. OUR THREE WIVES WOULD COME TOO. INCIDENTALLY LADY KAN'S FATHER TOOK PART IN THE UNSUCCESSFUL COMMUNIST HANKOW REVOLT AGAINST CHIANG, AS NCNA HAVE REMINDED ME.
4. 1 THINK THIS PARTY WOULD BE WHAT THE CHINESE THEMSELVES EXPECT
BUT PERHAPS CRADOCK WOULD COMMENT AND FCO APPROVE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
MACLEHOSE
FILES HKYGD FED
NEWS D
OLD PUSD PS
PS/LOAD GORDNIM ROBERTS
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
MA CORTAZU
MIL MURRAY
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