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Poking telegram No.59 to Noreign Office
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in their opinion, open its doors to Caleng Kai-shok and the Americeus. "The workers of Hong Kong and the Chinese Covernment wished to sco it continue in peace as a British colony“
1. Ch Anglo-Chinese relaticas as a whole, Chou En-lai said thet the differences between the two naticas did not nûd up to anything fundamental. Relations had, however, not got botter since 1954, es Bir Mthony Edon had then said to him that they would, 19 1025 Bea Sir Anthony's succussor, (in that capacity ho did not make elesz) had not the same understanding of (val, as Sir Anthony had himself
isplayed. Chou Ba-lai hoped that he would have the opportunity of meeting and tallting with . Hacmillan.
robable that he meant at a "cumit echferung?" a Forciça NiNEN (A, fficial who was present, afterwards emphasized to Cantlis tho Laportence of injecting into such a conference' sone of the wisden of the Fast").
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5. Chou En-lai said that ho had talked more frankly as am so ma vith Cartlic than he could do with officials; he hoped that Comblio would pass on his opinions to the Prime Minister,to you, Dir, “In to interested 1.Ps. Cantlic oxpects to arrive in the United Kingdom about February 18, and I have encouragul him to call iamliatoly on Far Eastern Department. I do not think that he is likely to mid Truch more to his account, which was given to me at leisure,
6. Cantlic is persona grata to the Communist régine nainly as the son of Sir James Cantlie, who looked after Sun Yat Son's education at Hong Kong, und rescued him from detention by the Chinese Tubassy in Lendon. He is, however, not in the least a fellow traveller end has been in constant contact with this Embassy during his lang stay in Peking. The Chinese Government must now this and must assume that he has told me all about his interview. I regard Contlic as absolutely reliable and trustworthy in intention, but rather muddle-headed, and for this reason alons not the sort of men whom one would wish to use, or sco usod, as en intermediary between Her Majesty's Government and the Chinese Covernment.
7. I do not know what to make of the details of this intervie. and will telograph later any comments that cocur to me, especially ca paragraph 3.
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