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it Britain was a free country. Mu en expressed his resentment over an cident some ten years ago when he was Ave visited Sheffield as a member of a hinese delegation to a conference there but was unable to do so because he was refused a visa.
6. Mr. Wu, as might have been expected, also drew comparisons between the French and British attitudes towards China saying that France had set Britain a good example in going against American dictation. Col. Cantlie pointed out that America was still Britain's best
customer and that this must be our first consideration. He also referred to British support for the Chinese at the United Nations without, apparently, drawing any qualifying response from Mr. Vu.
7. Col. Cantiie said that Mr. Wu had saved what was perhaps his most interesting point for the closing moments of the interview. He had referred to some remarks about Hong Kong made by Chou En-lai to Col. Cantlie on his last visit and had gone on to say that the Chinese liked to see the. British there; they did not like changes in personalities or to see new people coming to power.
8. Col. Cantlie said that he had not known how to interpret these remarks but he had drawn the clear implication from them, when he had subsequently arrived in Hong Kong to find the papers full of comment about the need for a strengthening of the Urban Councils and similar references to the placing of greater power in the hands of the Chinese population, that the Chinese would be opposed to any such development.
9. Col. Cantlie clearly considered that the Chinese regarded him as a useful go-between and he gave us the impression that they intended him to convey these Views to the British authorities. He hau, he said, in fact given the preceding avecule of nis talk with Wu to Kr. Garvey in Peking and to the Governor in Hong
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