SINCE IS IN CANTON TODAY) WHEN SHE CAME TO COLLECT HER PASSPORT, THEY
KNEW EACH OTHER PERSONALLY, SHE WAS NOT ANXIOUS FOR TOO MUCH CONTACT
WITH THE EMBASSY IN THE FUTURE.
SHE WOULD REVERT TO HER FORMER PATTERN OF LIFE IN PEKING.
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5. SHE WAS VERY SURPRISED AT THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST BOTH IN
PAPLIAMENT AND IN THE PRESS WHICH CONSUL TOLD HER HER CASE
HAD AROUSED. SHE ASKED HOW MANY OTHER FRITISH SUPJECTS WERE STILL
RETAINED IN CHINA AND SAID THAT SHE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED MPS
EPSTEIN'S CASE TO AROUSE GREATER INTEREST THAN HERS, BUT MADE NO FURTHER
COMMENT. IN 2 DAYS SHE HAS CLEARLY BEEN UNABLE TO
TAKE IN THE GREAT CHANGES IN CHINA AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD SINCE THE DAY
SHE WAS DETAINED NEARLY 4 YEARS AGO. SHE KNEW, HOWEVER OF OUR ELEVATION
TO AN EMBASSYAND WONDERED WHETHER IF IT HAD
ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER RELEASE.
MIGHT BE A FACTOR.
CONSUL SAID HE THOUGHT IT
6, KRS YANG SAID THAT HER GAOLERS HAD INTIMATED TO HER ON
SEVERAL OCCASIONS DURING RECENT MONTHS THAT HER RELEASE WAS
IMINENT, THE ONLY MESSAGE FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD SHE HAD RECEIVED WAS
NEWS OF HER MOTHERS DEATH, IN THE SPRING OF 1971 I.E. 18 MONTHS AFTER IT
OCCURRED AND ABOUT 6 MONTHS FEFORE CHANG WEN-CHIN
CONFIRMED TO DENSO THAT THE MESSAGE HAD BEEN TRANSMITTED.
7.
ALTHOUGH MRS YANG IS ANXIOUS FOR HER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS IN BRITAIN TO
BE REASSURED ABOUT HER HEALTH, THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SHE WAS IN
DETENTION, AND HER CONTENTMENT AT BEING ABLE TO RESUME HER FORMER WORK,
SHE IS ANXIOUS NOT TO HAVE DETAILS OF THE CASE MADE PUBLIC AND HAD BEEN
SPECIFICALLY TOLD NOT TO BY THE COURT.
SHE THEREFORE ASKED US TO PESPECT WHAT SHE HAD TOLD US AND TO SPEAK IN
PUBLIC ONLY ON THE LINES OF MIFT. WE SAID WE WERE PREPARED TO AGREE,
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1. As you can imagine your telegram No 234 gave us all great pleasure.
2. I should be grateful if a suitable moment arose, if you could give
Gladys Xang my personal sincerest good wishes. I should also like you to
tell her of the death last year of Ian Stevenson. As assistant in this
department, and an old friend of hers, he took a great deal of trouble
over the various representations about her case.
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1. CHANG WEN-CHIN, DIRECTOR OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN
AND APERICAN DEPARTMENT OF THE MFA, GAVE ME NEWS OF PRS YANG THIS
MORNING WHEN I CALLED ON HIM TO DISCUSS A NUMBER OF BILATERAL QUESTIONS
( DETAILS OF THE REST OF OUR DISCUSSION WILL FOLLOW
IN LATER TELEGRAMS).
2. WR CHANG, READING FROM A PREPARED STATEMENT, SAID THAT MRS YANG HAD
COMMITTED OFFENCES AGAINST CHINESE LAW.
INVESTIGATION OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HER WAS NOW COMPLETE.
BECAUSE SHE HAD DISPLAYED THE RIGHT ATTITUDE IN CONFESSING HER CRIMES,
THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAD DECIDED TO BE LENIENT AND TO RELEASE HER.
SHE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME TOMORROW TUESDAY 28 MARCH.
3. MR CHANG SAID THAT THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE OTHER THREE
CASES WAS CONTINUING AND THAT HE WOULD INFORM ME WHEN THERE WAS FURTHER
NEWS.
HE HOPED IT WOULD BE SOON.
THE CHINESE WILL EXPECT US TO MAKE THIS MESSAGE PUBLIC
AND I AM WARNING THEM, AS A MATTER COURTESY, THAT YOU MAY USE THE
INFORMATION CHANG GAVE ME WHEN REPLYING TO MR WOODNUTT'S PO
FOR ORAL ANSWER LATER TODAY.
I ALSO PROPOSE TO GIVE THE REUTERS' CORRESPONDENT SHORT ADVANCE
NOTICE THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO BE MADE. THOUGH MR
CHANG SAID NOTHING ABOUT IT I WOULD NOT EXPECT MRS YANG TO HAVE
DIFFICULTY IN RESUMING CORRESPONDENCE WITH HER FAMILY IN
ENGLAND ONCE SHE HAD BEEN RELEASED.
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sigued an agreement with the Indonesian subversive attacks on the
territory of
Goverment on 18th November. be happy to publish figures of aid OFFICIAL
REPORT.
I will I will in the
Mr. Paget: Would not the hon. Gentle- man agree that the development of
back. ward countries depends to a great degree on the extent that they
inspire confidence in individual traders and investors and that the way
in which, in Tanzania and various other countries, assets have been
expropriated without compensation does little good to the developing
countries?
Mr. Royle: I agree with the hon. and learned Gentleman that
expropriation without compensation does little good to any developing
country.
Following are the figures:
£1-46 million
UNITED KINGDOM AID TO INDONESIA The figures for the past few years are:
1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72
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£2-45 million £3.50-£4 million (estimated)
Liberation Movements (United Nations Assistance)
27. Mr. Biggs-Davison asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign and
Common- wealth Affairs whether he will make a statement about material
assistance given by United Nations specialised agencies or other organs
of that body to libera- tion movements: and whether he will specify the
movements concerned and the amount and nature of the assistance
received.
Mr. Kershaw: In several resolutions, which the United Kingdom has
opposed, the General Assembly has urged the specialised agencies to give
moral and material assistance to the liberation movements involved in
Southern Rhodesia, South West Africa and the African territories under
Portuguese under Portuguese administration, Small sums of money have
been given to refugees and educa- tional institutions sponsored by
libera- tion movements in the territories of neighbouring African
States.
Mr. Biggs-Davison: Has my hon. Friend no word of condemnation? Is it not
intolerable that United Nations agen- cies and our money should be used
for aggression, particularly in view of the Assembly's resolution that
the territory of one State should not be used to launch
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another State?
Mr. Kershaw: As I have said to my hon. Friend, we voted against these
reso lutions and we consider that action to channel aid to liberation
movements through the United Nations specialised agencies is tantamount
to condoning violence as a means of achieving political aims. We do not
support that.
Mr. Alexander W. Lyon: If these racialist Governments in Southern Africa
rest on violence to deny human freedom and dignity, why is it wrong for
United Nations agencies to take this stand and, in particular in the
case of South Africa, which is in direct violation of inter- national
law over the occupation of Namibia, why is it wrong for the United
Nations to take this stand towards it?
Mr. Kershaw: We consider it is uncon- stitutional for an international
organisa- tion to give support to any movement within a territory in
circumstances where that movement has been declared unlaw- ful by the
acknowledged Government of the territory. There is no lack of oppos.
tunities to contribute, to which objection cannot be taken, such as the
United Nations education and training pro- gramme for South Africa,
which provides higher education for South African exiles and to which
the United Kingdom is a principal contributor at £50,000 a year.
Mr. Scott-Hopkins: Can my hon. Friend confirm that none of this money is
being used for the purchase of arms? Can he also tell the House how much
money is being given to the organisation for the liberation of the
satellite States of Russia?
Mr. Kershaw: I cannot answer the last question because it is not my
responsi- bility. As far as we can make out, the amount of money is
about 400,000 dol- lars, but there may be something else of which we do
not know.
Mrs. Gladys Yang
29. Mr. Woodnuti asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in establishing the
whereabouts in China of Mrs. Gladys Yang, a British subject, from whom
relatives have not heard since 1968; and if he will instruct the British
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permit Mrs. Yang to write to her brother and sister in England.
The
Mr. Anthony Royle: i am glad to inform the House that our Ambassador in
Peking was informed earlier today that Mrs. Yang would be allowed to
return to her home tomorrow. Chinese official also told the Ambassador
that investigation into the other three cases relating to British
subjects was con- tinuing and that he would inform the Ambassador when
there was further news. He hoped it would be soon.
Mr. Woodnutt : May 1 thank my hon. Friend for that very satisfactory
reply? Is he aware of the immense relief that this will bring to the
relatives of Mrs. Yang who have been so desperately worried over the
last four years and who would wish to thank him, his Department and my
hos. Friend the Member for Hendon, North (Mr. Gorst) for their
painstaking efforts? Would he also agree that it is in these acts of
human kindness that the Government of China can best improve the already
improving relation- ship between our two countries?
Mr. Royle: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his remarks and
particularly for his tribute to the efforts of officials,
both here and in Peking, to secure the release of Mrs. Yang. I also
believe that he and my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon, North played a
considerable part in reaching this satisfactory conclusion. It is a most
encouraging development coming so soon after our agreement to exchange
ambassadors.
Mr. Gorst: May I add my congratula- tions to those of my hon. Friend
particu- larly for the persistent and unremitting efforts which have
been made by the Foreign Office? May I put two questions? Is this not a
significant example though it may be a small one of the way in which
relations have improved since the exchange at ambassadors? Secondly, can
my hon. Friend say whether it will be possible now for the relatives of
Mrs. Yang either to correspond with her or to obtain visas to visit
China if they so desire?
Mr. Royle: I agree with my hơn. Friend's first remarks. We do not yet
know whether Mrs. Yang wishes to leave China. There may be difficulties
about
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this since her husband and children are Chinese. Our representations
have been directed towards obtaining consular access and securing her
release from detention. Certainly we will be happy to give any help we
can to members of her family who may wish to try to obtain visas.
United Nations Fund for Population Activities
30. Mr. Dormand asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has for further assis- tance to the
United Nations Fund for Population Activities.
Mr. Wood: I would refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave on 13th
March to a Question from my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth,
Devonport (Dame Joan Vickers). [Vol. 833, c. 22-3.]
Mr. Dormand: Is the right hon. Gen- tleman aware that the £550.000
proposed for 1972-73 is a reduction of almost one- third of the £750,000
which was agreed for 1971-72? Is this not a disgraceful decision on the
part of a Government which pretends to be interested in the problems of
increasing population? Is the Minister further aware that Resolution
2815 of the United Nations of December last year invited those
Governments which could do so to increase their con- tribution on a
voluntary basis? Would it not be better, following that, for the
Government to be increasing rather than decreasing their contribution?
Mr. Wood: I agree with the hon. Gentleman that it might be regrettable
if the amount had been reduced but I have announced that it will be
£850,000 next year as against £750.000 this year.
Mr. Oram: While warmly welcoming the fact that the British contribution
is
1 to be increased, may I urge the Minister to use his influence to
ensure that the money is spent not on the production of more and more
learned reports from more and more conferences on the sub- ject but upon
the implementation of ject practical programmes, particularly in the
rural areas of developing countries?
Mr. Wood: 1 entirely share the hon. Gentleman's wish. I want to see this
money used practically as far as possible and for the kind of objectives
which he has in mind.
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*C. Mr Mark Woodnutt (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affiars, what
progress has been made in establishing the whereabouts in China of Mrs
Gladys Yang, a British subject, from whom relatives have not heard since
1968; and if he will instruct the British Embassy in China to request
the Chinese Government to permit Mrs Yang to write to her brother and
sister in England.
NO. 29
MR ANTHONY ROYLE
I am glad to inform the House that our Ambassador in
Peking was informed earlier today that Mrs Yang would be
allowed to return to her home tomorrow. The Chinese
official also told the Ambassador that investigation into
the other three cases relating to British subjects was
continuing and that he would inform the Ambassador when there
was further news. He hoped it would be soon.
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13 March
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EFFORTS FOR RELEASE
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I should like to pay tribute to the efforts of officials both here and
in Peking to secure Mrs Yang's release from
This is a most encouraging development coming so soon after our
Agreement to exchange Ambassadors.
detention.
READONS FOR MRS YANG'S DETENTION?
1.
The Chinese Government have given no reason for
Mrs Yang's detention. We have continued to press them
for information on this point. They told our Chargé
d'Affaires in April last year that she was in good health
but that her case was still being investigated.
IS MRS YANG A BRITISH SUBJECT?
2.
She Mra Yang was born in China of British parents,
has not, so far as we know, renounced her British nationality
and is therefore a British subject.
IF HER HUSBAND IS CHINESE WILL THEY BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE CHINA?
3. We do not know whether Mrs Yang wishes to leave China.
There may be difficulties about this since her husband and
children are Chinese. Our representations have been directed
to obtaining consular access and securing her release from
detention.
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WHAT OTHER BRITISH SUBJECTS ARE STILL DETAINED IN CHINA?
4.
There are three other British subjects believed to be
detained in China
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Mrs Epstein, Mr Shapiro, and Mr Crook.
They have been detained since 1967 and 1968.
WHAT ABOUT CONSULAR ACCESS?
5. The Chinese Government have told us that it is illegal
under Chinese law for persons under investigation to be
visited or to receive letters or parcels; and they have
consistently declined to give details of the whereabouts of
prisoners.
WHAT ABOUT MRS YANG'S MOTHER?
6. Our Chargé d'Affaires was told on 17 November that
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of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been
made in establishing the whereabouts In China of Mrs Gladys Yang, a
British subject, from whom relatives have not heard since 1968; and if
he will instruct the British Embassy in China to request the Chinese
Government to permit Mrs Yang to write to her brother and sister in
England.
Mr. Anthony Riyle
As-by-Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of
of Foreign and Com
State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs told by Hon Friend
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the Member for Honden-North on 13 March, we shall continue to do
all we can to secure the release of the 4 British subjects still
Our than Charge & Affaires
detained in China.
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HM Ambassador/raised Mrs Yang's case with the Chinese authorities on 31
January. I have asked him to take
the matter up again with the Chinese Government as soon as
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15 March 1972
20 March 1972
NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES
HAVE THE CINESE YET APPOINTED AN AMBASSADOR?
1. No request for agrèment for a Chinese Ambassador has
yet been received.
WHAT WILL BE THE BENEFITS OF AN EXCHANGE OF AMBASSADORS?
2. It will place our diplomatic representation on a level
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with that of other countries. It will give us greater
access to the top level leadership of the Chinese Government,
which will be particularly important now that China is a
permanent member of the Security Council. It should lead
to increased commercial, political and cultural exchanges.
WHY HAVE WE AGREED TO WITHDRAW THE CONSULATE FROM TAIWAN?
My pin. Kon. Imad 3. As told the House on 13 March, when early last year
we resumed discussions with the Chinese Government about an
exchange of ambassadors we told them that if agreement was
reached we would withdraw the Consulate from Taiwan.
maintenance and staffing of the Consulate have been the
subject of regular review in common with other posts abroad.
The
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Following is the communiqué : COMME STOLI ON THE AGREEMENT BETWITS THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE Propil's RepID= LIC OF CHINA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
UNITED Kisha or GREAT BRETAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND on an ExchANGE OF
AMBASSADORS,
Both confirming the principles of mutuat respect for sovereignty and
teritorial integrity, non-interference in each other's internal fluirs
and equality and mutual benen, the Govern ment of the People's Republic
of China and the Government of the United Kingdom have decided to raise
the level of their respective Diplomatic Representives in each other's
capitals from Chargés d'Ailaires to Ambas- sadors as from 13th March,
1972.
The Government of the United Kingdom, acknowledge the position of the
Chinese Gov- ernment that Twan is a province of the People's Republic of
China, have decided to remove, their official representation in Taiwan
on 13th March, 1972.
The Government of the United Kingdom recognise the Government of the
People's Republic of China as the sole legal Govern- ment of China.
The Government of the People's Republic of China appresites the above
stand of the Government of the United Kingdom.
CHINA (EXCHANGE OF AMBASSADORS)
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Sir Alec
Douglas-Home): With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House,
I wish to make a statement.
Discussions with the Government of the People's Republic of China about
an exchange of ambassadors have been successfully concluded and a
communiqué on this matter was signed today in Peking.
When early last year we decided to resume discussions with the Chinese
Government on this subject we told them that if an agreement on an
exchange of ambassadors was reached we would be prepared to withdraw our
consulate from Taiwan. This we shall now do.
With your permission. Mr. Speaker, I shall circulate in the OFFICIAL
REPORT the text of the communiqué which we have agreed with the Chinese
Govern-
mert.
Mr. Healey: First, 1 express to the right hon. Gentleman how glad we are
on this side of the House that the chargés d'affaires will now be raised
to the status of ambassadors, and we ex- press the hope that this step
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gurate an increasingly friendly period co-operation with China, both
falutis, ly and economically.
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Do the Government maintain the tion, taken by the British Governant at
the Cairo conference, that Taiwan is a part of China? Has he any plaas
for visiting China himself in the near fate? Will he consider urgently
the possit dity of sending an official trade mission to China?
Sir Alee Douglas-Horie : I am obliged to the right hon. Gentleman for
his general welcome for this movs. The right hon. Gentleman asks whether
Taiwan is part of China. I would express the posi- tion as follows: the
Government of the United Kingdom acknowledge the posi tion of the
Chinese Government that Taiwan is a province of the People's Republic of
China. Both the Govern- ment of the People's Republic of China and
Taipeh maintain that Taiwan is a part of China. We held the view both at
Cairo and at Potsdam that Taiwan should be restored to China. Thar view
has not changed. We think that the Taiwan question is China & internal
atfair to be settled by the Chinese people tilem- selves.
I should be glad to go to China but I could not go in the immediate
future because, I am afraid, my programme is. too heavy.
Sir D. Walker-Smith: Does my right hon. Friend expect that these arrange
ments will expedite procedures in the case of arrests of British
subjects in the Republic of China in future, if such should arise?
Secondly, what in pre- tice will be the arrangements for locking after
British interests in Taiwan in future?
Sir Alec Douglas-Home: The Austra lians have kindly agreed to look alter
British interests in Taiwan. As for ex- pediting procedures in relation
to people who are still in Chinese custody. I think that this new
agreement will create a better climate in which we can talk to the
Chinese.
Mr. Pardoe: I welcome this announce- ment. Bearing in mind the British
Gov- ernment's recognition of Taiwan as a province of the Peenie's
Republic of China, may I ask the right hon. Gentie- man whether he has
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1. I submit a draft reply to Mr Mark Woodnutt's Parliamentary
Question for oral answer on 27 March. Notes for Supplementaries
are also submitted.
2. Mr Mark Woodnutt MP and Mr John Gorst MP accompanied Mrs Yang's
brother and sister to the Chinese Embassy on 1 March. They presented a
petition signed by 20,000 people urging that Mrs Yang should be
Mr Gorst told the press allowed to correspond with her family.
afterwards that they were received with "inscrutable rudeness",
added that the thaw between China and the United States did not seem
to have reached this country yet. Mr Woodnutt announced that he
would be tabling a question on the subject.
3. Mr Addis raised the case of the 4 detained British subjects
on 31 January with the head of the West European Department of the
Chinese Foreign Ministry. No new information was forthcoming.
Mr Addis has been instructed to raise this question again as soon as
possible. He is seeking an interview this week with the Head
of Western European Department in the Chinese Foreign Ministry to
discuss this and a number of other problems outstanding following
the exchange of ambassadors.
4.
If any further information is available before 27 March I
shall submit again.
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12. Mr. Gorsi asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs if he will give an assurance that there will be no change in the
status of the British Mission in Peking until further information on the
case of Mrs. Yong. who is detained by the Chinese Gover- nient. has been
made available to the British Chargé d'Affaires.
The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr.
Anthony Royle): We shall continue to do all we can to obtain Mrs. Yang's
release. As regards the status of our mission in Peking, our discussions