RESTRICTED
4. THE VEN WEI PO PUBLISHED AN EDITORIAL ON 13 JANUARY ATTACKING THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE FALKLANDS ON SIMILAR LINES TO THE NEW EVENING POST EDITORIAL OF 6 JANUARY REPORTED IN MY TELNO 35. THE EDITORIAL SAID THAT THE WORLD WAS MOVING TOWARDS DECOLONISATION AND PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTES. IT WOULD BE WISER TO FOLLOW THIS TREND THAN TO DWELL ON PAST GLORIES OF THE IMPERIALIST ERA. IF THE PRIME MINISTER STUBBORNLY PERSISTED IN A HAWKISH STAND ON THIS ISSUE, SHE WOULD MEET A SOLID WALL OF OPPOSITION.
YOUDE
LIMITED
HKJ4D
FED
PUSD
rs
PS LORD BELSTEAD
PS/MA RIFKIND PSIMRHURD
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MAGIFFARD
MR DONALD
CUPIES
TO
HK GO LONDON
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT ADVANCED
REST
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