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PEKING DIPLOMAT ARRIVES IN U.S. ASKING ASYLUM
By the Associated Press
A high-ranking Chinese Communist diplomat, Liao Ho-chu, who defected in
the Netherlands 10 days ago, ar- rived in the United States today, the
State Department said.
He has requested asylum in the United States and "his request is under
consider- ation." a spokesman said.
Press officer Robert J. McCloskey refused to say whether U.S. officials
had contacted Liao at The Hague. The Central Intelli- gence Agency
ordinarily has responsibility for handling such matters, however, and
there appeared to be no doubt that some contact was made with him before
he was assured entry to the United States.
The 46-year-old diplomat was in charge of the Red Chinese embassy in the
Netherlands in the absence of the regular arabassador.
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Telno 95 8 February, 1969
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Addressed to FCO telno 95 of 8 February
Repeated for information to: The Hague, Washington, Warsaw, POLAD
Singapore and Hong Kong.
My telno 91 [Defection of Chinese Chargé d'Affaires].
Full text of Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement appeared in N.C.N.A.
and Peoples' Daily of 7 February.
FCO pass The Hague
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PEKING TEL NO 91.
DEFECTION OF LIAO.
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2. STATE DEPARTMENT CONSIDER THAT THE MOST INTERESTING ASPECT
OF THE STATEMENT IS THE PUBLIC ADMISSION OF LIAO'S DEFECTION.
3. IN REPLY TO OUR QUESTION WHETHER THE 20 FEBRUARY MEETING
WAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED STATE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT SINCE
THE DEFECTION, BUT PRIOR TO M.F.A. STATEMENT, CHINESE HAD BEEN
IN TOUCH WITH THEM IN WARSAW ABOUT DETAILS OF THE MEETING
AND HAD GIVEN NO HINT THAT THEY MIGHT NOT ATTEND. STATE DEPARTMENT
ARE THEREFORE CONFIDENT THAT MEETING WILL BE HELD AS PLANNED.
THEY ASKED THAT THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE HANDLED DISCREETLY.
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ADDRESSED TO FCO TELEGRAM NO.91 7 FEBRUARY REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO WASHINGTON, POLAD SINGAPORE, HONG KONG,
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A SPOKESIAN OF THE INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRES ISSUED A STATE'ENT DATED 6 FEBRUARY ON THE DEFECTION OF
THE CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN THE WETHERLANDS. FOLLOWING IS THE FULL
TEXT:
BEGII:S.
ON FEBRUARY 4. THE SPOKESMAN OF THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT KCCLOSKEY
ISSUED A STATE:EMT, BRAZENLY DECLARING THAT THE FORMER CHARGE D'AFFAIRES
A.İ. AND SECOND SECRETARY OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES
| THE NETHERLANDS LIAO HO-SHU WAS NOW IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT
THE UNITED STATES WAS CONSIDERING TO GRANT HIS REQUEST FOR ''ASYLUM"".
ON THE SMIE DAY THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED THAT LIAO
HO-SHU HAD LEFT THE NETHERLANDS FOR THE UNITED STATES. IN THIS REGARD,
THE SPOKESMAN OF THE INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO ISSUE
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
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THE FORMER CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.1. AND SECOND SECRETARY OF
THE OFFICE OF THE CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN THE KETHERLANDS LIAL
HO-SHU, AFTER BEING INCITED TO BETRAY HIS COUNTRY BY THE KETHERLANDS
ÇOVERNMENT ON JANUARY 24, WAS CARRIED OFF TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE
U.S. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ON
FEBRUARY 4.THIS IS A GRAVE ANTI-CHINA INCIDENT DELIBERATELY ENGINEERED
BY THE U.S. GOVERMENT IN COLLUSION WITH THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT. IT
IS ANOTHER TOWERING CRIME COMMITTED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN SCHENING
TO INCITE PERSONNEL OF
CHINESE FOREIGN MISSIONS TO BETRAY THEIR COUNTRY FOLLOWING
ITS KIDNAPPING OF CHANG CHIEN-YU. FUNCTIONARY OF THE CHIMESE CONSULATE
|| ZOMBAY, INDIA IN 1959. THIS FULLY SHOWS THAT, IN BEING HOSTILE TO THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE 70% HILLTOR CHINESE PEOPLE, U.S.
PRESIDENT NIXON AND HIS PREDECESSOR JOHNSON ARE JACKALS OF THE SAME LAIR
WITHOUT
THE LEAST DIFFERENCE.
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AGAINST THIS GRAVE ANTI-CHINA INCIDENT, THE CHARGE
D'AFFAIRES
A.1. OF THE EMBASSY OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN POLAND
CIE: TUNG HAS WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR
IN POLAND WALTER STOESSEL, JR. AND LODGED A STRONG PROTEST WITH THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ALSO ONCE AGAIN LODGED A STRONG
PROTEST WITH THE NETHERLANDS COVERNMENT, THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT HERESY SOLEMILY STATES THAT THE U.S. AND THE
LANDS GOVERNMENT MUST HAND LIAO HU-SHU BACK TO CHINA OTHERWISE THEY MUST
BE HELD REPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE GRAVE
CONSEQUENCES ARISING THEREFROM.
V.3. IMPERIALISM AND ITS JUNIOR PARTHER THE NETHERLANDS SOVERINENT
SHOULD REALIZE THAT THE 770 BILLION CHINESE PEOPLE ACLED WITH THE
IRVINSI DLE THOUGHT OF HAO TSE-TUNG ARE NOT TO SE TRIFLED WITH. YOU ARE
LIFTIG A ROCK CILY TO DROP IT CH
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Dear James,
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d'Affaires
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27 January, 1969
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IREKS 18/2
On the question of returning Chinese Ambassadors, I
have a report from colleagues that the former Cambodianggutación)
Ambassador had an interview with Chou En-lai before ho China on January
4. In this interview, Chou En-lai is reported to have said that a
Chinese Ambassador would be appointed to Phnom Penh about May. This is
plausible since by May the Party Congress should be over and it would be
a ressonable time for Ambassadors to be sent out again and foreign
policy to be reactivated.
2.
There is a further report that the Laotians have given entry visas
recently to a number of Chinese Embassy staff returning to Vientiane,
including a former Chargė.
3.
There is so far no news of a Chinese Ambassador returning to Warsaw
before February 20.
I am copying this letter to Michael Wilford in Washington, Arthur
Haddocks in Hong Kong, Reg Hibbert in Singapore and to Chancery at Phnom
Penh and Vientiane.
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(Percy Cradock)
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ADDRESSED TO F C O TEL NO #61 OF 4 FEBRUARY R F 1 PEKING AND SAVING TO
WASHINGTON.
MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 56: CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES.
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DUTCH GOVERNMENT POLICY OF REFUSING ANY INFORMATION OR
FEL
COMMENT ABOUT THE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES HAS LED TO A FLOOD OF SPECULATION
AND INVENTION IN THE PRESS. THESE HAVE BEEN DISMISSED BY
THE M.F.A. AS 'FANTASY**
2. ON THE MORNING OF 3 FEBRUARY, THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE SPOKESMAN
CONFIRMED THAT MR.LIAO WAS STILL IN HOLLAND.
CONFRONTED THE SAME AFTERNOON WITH PRESS REPORTS THAT HE
WAS ALREADY IN THE UNITED STATES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID ''I CANNOT ANSWER
THAT QUESTION'',
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ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM
NUMBER 56 OF 31 JANUARY AND REPEATED FOR INFORMATION PRIORITY
TO PEKING AND SAVING TO WASHINGTON.
MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 54: CHI'IESE DEFECTOR.
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NETHERLANDS CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN PEKING WAS INSTRUCTED
YESTERDAY EVENING TO RETURN A NEGATIVE REPLY TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S
PROTEST. THE M F À HAVE NOT YET HEARD WHETHER THE REPLY HAS YET BEEN
DELIVERED, NOR HAVE THEY RECEIVED ANY REACTION.
2. DURING A DISCUSSION OF THE SUBJECT YESTERDAY IN THE PERMANENT
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE STATE SEC- -RETARY FOR
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, PR. DE KOSTER, FORMALLY DENIED ALLEGATIONS FROM THE
CHINESE MISSION HERE THAT THE DEFECTION
WAS A PUT-UP JOB CAREFULLY PREPARED BY THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT,
ANXIETY WAS EXPRESSED OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF CHINESE REPRISALS
AGAINST THE NETHERLANDS MISSION IN PEKING, BUT THE M F A HAVE SO FAR NO
INDICATION OF ANY DIFFICULTIES.
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perection of Chinese Chargé d'Affaires în The Hague
The Netherlands Ambassador called this afternoon to express
the appreciation of his Government for our prompt response to
their request for our help in Peking, and for the contact which
our Mission at once established with the Dutch Mission there.
I assured the Ambassador that we would continue to do anything
we could to help.
Dr. van Roijen confirmed the Dutch were encouraged by
the comparative mildness of the Chinese reaction. The Chargé
had told them that he nad known himself to be under suspicion
from Peking for some months. He was excluded from the
decision making in the Chinese Mission, and not allowed to see
any telegrams; and he had been instructed that he was to be
accompanied at all times by two members of the Mission instead
of the usual one. It was ironic that it was he who as Chargé
was responsible for the kidnapping of a would-be Chinese
defector from a hospital last year. He nad said that he was
arraid that his recall to Peking would mean that he would be
charged with being a Liu supporter, and that he would be
subject to disgrace and punishment, His derection seemed to
be motivated entirely by concern for his own personal sarety
and this concern extended to a total unwillingness to remain
permanently in Holland. As soon as he had told the Dutch as
much as he seemed likely to, they would let him go to America
as he wished.
Brunston
(J.B. JOHNSTON)
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I was discussing on 30 December with Paul Kreisberg your letter of 16
December (FX/7) to James Murray about who was running the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs in Chen Yi's absance. He enjoyed your comment on Lo
Kuei-po doing a little labouring and said that he had been struck by the
fact you and your staff and the Foreign Office seem to have practically
nothing by ɛrisly conversations with members of the Chinese diplomatic
servicel I said that, alas, the majority of your encounters with the
Chinese were on disagreeable (to them) subjects
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2. Kreisberg asked whether we had not had reports from other posts over
the last six months of improved behaviour of Chinese diplomats. He said
that they have had such reports from a variety of posts either of
Chinese diplomata being less surly to other diplomats, or to their hosts
or even occasionally towards the Americans themselves, He cited the
behaviour of the Chinese in Warsaw when a member of the American Embassy
staff called to hand over the customary letter about the flight of
Apollo 8. It was received unsmilingly and drew forth the usual remarks
about Apollo and the astronauts being no business of the Chinese, but
once that was said the Chinese miled and invited his visitor to sit down
for a cup of tea after which they had a wide ranging discussion of
zuropean questions. Similarly your Norwegian colleagues have just
reported very relaxed conversation with the acting Director of the West
Zuropean Department (?Tang) at the recent Finnish national" day
reception. He was apparently quite at ease and asked a lot of questions
about the Last KATC Council and about the likely policy of a future U.5.
Administration. Kreisberg wondered whether diplomats in Faking of the
various camps were all undergoing assault by obara.
3. I said that I recalled a report from Rangoon last summer of an
improvement there; also that thế Chargé's staff in London seemed to hɛve
made an effort to be polite to those members of the Office who had
attended the National day reception at Portland Place.
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per contra the Chinese still behaved abominably. a said however that I
would write to ask whether you thought there was a more general effort
on the part of M.F.A. personnel to be more agreeabl● to diplomats (after
all some of the receptions used not to be too bai). "qually Janes Murray
say have had letters from posts abroad about the behaviour of their
Chinese colleagues which we have not seen which bear on the question. I
hope therefore that he too will feel free to comment.
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THE M.F.A. ARE MOST GRATEFUL FOR THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND FOR THE CLOSE
CONTACT WHICH OUR MISSION HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED WITH THE DUTCH MISSION
IN PEKING.
2. THEY ARE MILDLY ENCOURAGED BY INITIAL CHINESE REACTIONS, PARTICULARLY
THE ABSENCE OF PUBLICITY IN CHINA, THE DISCRETION WITH WHICH THE WORLD
PRESS HAS HANDLED THE EVENT HAS THEY THINK CONTRIBUTED FAVOURABLY
TOWARDS THE GENERAL LOW TEMPERATURE SO FAR.
3. THE CRUX WILL BE THE CHINESE REACTION TO THE NETHERLANDS REPLY TO THE
PROTEST REPORTED IN PEKING TELEGRAM NO. 66. THIS HAS NOT YET BEEN SENT.
IT WILL OF COURSE BE NEGATIVE, BUT THE M.F.A. ARE WAITING FOR A WRITTEN
STATEMENT FROM THE DEFECTOR REFUSING TO SEE THE CHINESE CHARGE HERE.
THIS IS EXPECTED VERY SHORTLY.
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MY TELS. NOS. 47 AND 48: CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIR,
IN ORDER TO FORESTALL POSSIBLE PRESS LEAK, BRIEF OFFICIAL STATEMENT WAS
MADE YESTERDAY EVENING BY MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, TO EFFECT THAT CHINESE
CHARGE D'AFFAIRES HAD INFORMED THE POLICE THAT HE DID NOT WISH TO
CONTINUE HIS FUNCTION: HE HAD ASKED TO BE ALLOWED TO STAY PROVISIONALLY
IN HOLLAND: THIS REQUEST HAD BEEN GRANTED: HE HAD LEFT THE HAGUE.
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