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PEKING'S TELNO MODEV U/N OF 270122Z: CHINA: FOREST FIR
WE ARE CONSIDERING THE ITEMS REQUESTED BY THE CHINESE AND WILL LET YOU KNOW TOMORROW WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE. OUR INITIAL V\NEW IS THAT WE CANNOT PROVIDE ANY OF THE MEDUCANE, SO PERHAPS YOU COULD HELP IN THIS AREA. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MOST OF THE FOOD. WE ARE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION (LESS THAN 10 PERCENT) OF THE BLANKETS.
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WE THINK THAT IT WILL BE TOO COMPLICATED TO ROUTE ODA TRANSPORT VHA HONG KONG. IN ANY EVENT, CATHAY PACIFIC WHOM WE HAVE APPROACHED
INFORMALLY, HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO TRANSPORT OUR ALD ITEMS FROM HONG KONG TO PEKING AT NOMINAL COST. UNLESS YOUR OR PEKING SEE PROBLEMS, WE PROPOSE TO ACCEPT THIS GENEROUS OFFER.
3. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF PEKING WOULD LET US KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHAT RESPONSE THE CHINESE HAVE MADE TO OUR OFFER.
4. SINCE THEY ARE NOT ON THE LATEST LIST OF CHINESE REQUIREMENTS AND BECAUSE OF THEIR CONSIDERABLE COST, WE SUGGEST THAT WE NEED NOT PURSUE MARQUEES AND TENTS AT THIS STAGE (TEM 2B OF OUR TELNO 2042).
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