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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, ATTC TAIPEI INFO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG
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BTC HONG KONG PLEASE PASS IMMEDIATE TO ATTC TAIPEI
ATTC TELNO 9 AND YRTELNO 69: TAIPEI CULTURAL AND INFORMATION
CENTRE
1. JOHN NI IS AWARE OF OUR VIEWS ON THE TIMING, FUNDING AND NAME OF THE PROPOSED TAIWANESE CULTURAL AND INFORMATION CENTRE. HE HAS UNDERTAKEN TO REFLECT THESE BACK TO TAIPEI.
2. NCNA HAVE ALREADY TAKEN AIM AT IT, COMPLAINING IN DECEMBER THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN TAIPEI MADE CLEAR THAT IT WOULD BE GOVERNMENT FUNDED (AND THUS AN OFFICIAL ORGANISATION).
3. AN ENLARGEMENT OF THE PRESENT OFFICE OF THE FREE CHINA REVIEW
WOULD BE AN INFINITELY PREFERABLE COURSE OF ACTION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TAIPEI CULTURAL AND INFORMATION CENTRE (PARA 7 OF ATTC TELNO 9). THE CHINESE WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY (PACE JASON
HU'S VIEW) BE OPPOSED TO THE NEW NAME. IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF MORRICE COULD URGE HU, AND IF NECESSARY THE MAC, TO PURSUE THE ENLARGEMENT/NO CHANGE OF NAME ROUTE. IN THAT WAY THEY WOULD OBTAIN THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT THEY WANT AND THEY AND WE WOULD
AVOID THE FUSS.
4. IF THIS ARGUMENT DOES NOT PREVAIL, WE CERTAINLY HOPE THERE
WILL BE NO ESTABLISHMENT' OF A CENTRE BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR. EVEN THEN, WE WOULD HOPE AN INNOCUOUS NAME COULD BE FOUND.
MACLEOD
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