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well as reflecting badly on News Department.
What the Chinese do in
even in their own Embassy, if they had arranged a press
But they should be prepared to respect
China or conference, is their affair.
our conventions on our ground.
5.
we should try to The lesson to be drawn is, I think, that impress on the Press Section of the Embassy that if the conventions are not observed they should expect hostile press coverage which ours. We should could be damaging to their interests as well as also be careful in future Ministerial visits from China to avoid the
recurrence of such incidents.
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