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In his letter 2/1 of 26 January to John Morgen the Chargé d'Affcires
reported that the Russions had the feeling that Ch'iao Kuan-hua (one of
the Vice-Ministers of Foreign Affeirs) was now one of the main
architects of Chinese foreign policy. Recently, Ch'iao has made remarks
to the Russians and Norwegions which are of sone interest. (In the casu
of those nade to the former cannot of course vouch for the veracity of
the reports although we do not think our informant was trying to mislead
us).
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2. In reply to a question from the Russians about Chinose criti- cism of
Britain's Erst of Sucz policy, Ch'ieo is said to have remarked that they
"should not be taken too seriously" (a phrose he scens to use frequently
to get round the obstacles created by Chinese propaganda). Ho odded that
the 5-power defence pact (Britain, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and
New Zealand) did not alter the sitution and, in effect, was
"still-born". It was not a cause for Chinese concern. Tho Russians then
went on to ask what Chine's attitude was to the Malaysion proposal for
the neutralisation of Southeast Asia. Ch'inco said that Ching did not
view the proposel scriously because it had been put forward by a
"reactionery" government which had been prompted to put forward this
schule by sondɔne sk. The Russians say that they got the inpression that
the Chinese are not interested in the iden until the end of tho
c、nflict in Indo-China.
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3. As the Charge d'affaires mentioned in his letter 3/15 to John Mergan
of 3 February, the Norwegian Azbessador has seen quite a lot of Ch'iac
since his return. In a recent conversation anlgaerd told Chiao that he
thought that the chances of China getting into the UN this your were
slightly botter than 50-50. Ch'ino ceronted that he hoped that Aalgaard
was right, but he feared that he was being too optimistic.
A.
In his discussions with Aalgaard, Ch'in has shown a most positive
interest in the serbed question, to which ho has returned repeatedly. He
has asked the Norwegians to supply the Chinoso with as much information
as possible on this subject and the Norwegians have agreed to help.
Apparently a Norwegion is Deputy Secretary of the Seabed Committoo at
the UN (?) and is a leading
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On the Sino-Soviet border talks Ch'iao said that no real progress had
been made to date.
6. All who have not Ch'iao have been impressed by his intellect, chert
and ability to discuss problems in teras other than those ised. in the
Feople's Daily. At the Norwegian kibassy the other evening Chico laughed
nore than politely at the Anbassador's risqué jokes and chain smoked
throughout the evening. When the cigarette box was passed round after
dinner, Ch'iao first took three cigarettes. When the boy brought the box
to Ch'ino for the econd time Ch'ino simply coumandécred the box and
refused to pass it on, Luch to the anguish of T'ang Hai-kuan, who was
gasping for another cigarette.
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CHARGE D'AFFAIRES,
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THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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Please refer to my letter to you on this subject of 20 January 1971.
Ku/2/11
2. Since I wrote to you on 20 January we have learnt of some further
changes in the staffing of the MFA, more about the responsibilities of
some of its officials, and discovered an error in transcription (which
is hardly surprising when quite a lot of our information comes from
non-Chinese speakers).
3. We would be grateful if Research Department could provide biographic
details of all the people we have
identified in the Western European, American and Australasian Department
and in the general departments. These are the people we are most likely
to meet.
Attached is a revised and updated set of appendices.
your ever
Sady
Gordon S
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Regional Information Officer, Hong Kong. Mr. Boyd, Washington.
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Responsible for Americas
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pre-occupied with some "special matters".)
Ling Ch'ing
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Responsible for Western Europe
"Leading Member of Department"
Prospective Ambassador to Canada or Italy?
Head of British, Scandinavian. (Dutch?) Bection
(formerly Deputy-Director
of International
Organisations Department
T'ang Hai-kuang
汤海光
Chang Wen-chin
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Pakistan and recently
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Officer Dealing with Norway
and Demark (and Sweden?)
Officer Dealing with Finl and
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张毅君
Li Pao-chang
李宝成
(Served in Oslo, sposka
Norwegian).
Wu Chang-chun
and the Netherlands
Head of French, Swiss and Italian Section
(Served in Helsinki, Speaks Finnish and English but not Dutch)
Yu Hui-in
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Officer dealing with Canada
(Derved in Geneva for
many years. Excellent French. Said to be highly intelligent and good
conversationalist).
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Directer
Deputy Directors
Head of Soviet Section
Ch'ias Kuan-bata
Yu Chan
Li Ting-chuan
(Folish source)
Li Lien-ching
Yu Hun-liang
Officer dealing with Soviet Union
Li Hui-ching (1)
Head of Folish Section
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Liu Fish-cheng
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Han Tien-lung
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Deputy Director
Dealing mainly with Afghanistan,
Nepal, Pakistan, India, Ceylon
Deputy-Director
Dealing mainly with East Ania and South East Asia.
"Laading Member"
Hot known.
Yang Kung-su
楊公素
Tsao ke-chang
"Responsible Personnel"
Officer dealing with India
Liu Chun
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Jen Hou-kun
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Li Ta-nan
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Director
Deputy-Director
"Responsible Member"
Deputy-Director
"Leading Member
Other Officers
OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Hsu Yi-hain (7)
徐从新
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
Ch'en Chu
陳楚
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contact Ch'en is the
Director, ▲ Soviet
Embassy official claims
that he is only a
"Responsible Member".)
Yuan Lu-lin
Ch'i Kintsung
天宗
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FROTOCOL_JALLRT INT
Han Hau
韩
Wang Hai-jung
王海容
Chang Li-kuang
张黎光
Li Jen-chich
Chung Liang-hong
宗良珩
Deputy-Director
CONSULAR DEPARTMENT
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Kuan Tsung-chou
关宗周
Liu Ching-yu
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Chi Ļi-te
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CHINESE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH AFRICAN COUNTRIES
1. China and Nigeria agreed on 10 February to establish anbas- sadorial
level relations. A copy of the communiqué is attached.
of the con- As Nigeria had no relations with Taiwan the wordin muniqué
posed nc special problens. After the pro-Bicfran attitude with which the
Chinese had adopted at an early stage in the civil wer, it was hardly
surprising that in the cormuniqué the Nigerian recognition of the CPR as
the "sole legal government representing the entire Chinese people"
should have been balanced by a Chinese declaration of resolute support
for the struggle of all African peoples in "safeguarding national
independence, state sovereignty and territorial integrity" (ny
underliñing).
2. What will be interesting to see now is which other african states
will follow suit, either in recognising China or in re- establishing
ambassadorirl level relations. The Chinese have put out feelers to
Sonegal through the Malians and others, but both the French and the
Malians here think it is unlikely that Senegal will recognise Chine in
the near future, even though last year Senegal changed its vote on the
Albanian Rosclution from against" to "abstention". We should be
interested to know if there are any signs that Ghana, Tunisia or Kenya
ere likely to change their relations with China.
3. A new Chinese ambassador will leave shortly for Morocco.
Miss K M Draycott
Information Resurrch Department
FCO
G Duff Esq,
PUSD, FCO
P M Hewitt sq, ORE
Canberra.
CJ Howells Esq
Assistant Folitical Adviser
Hong Kong
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F Brower Esq, CMG, OBE Research Department
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RA Hibbert Esq, CMG Singapore
AC Ashworth Esq, OBE
Regional Inforiction Officer
Hong Kong
Wellington, Tokyo, Lagos, Accra, Drkar, Rabat,
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1.
With reference to Ir Barrass' letter of 20 January to Mr Appleyard on
Personalitiea at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is worth recording
that in a convers、tion on 26 January, Er Chang Ï-chun confirmed that he
deals exclusively with "British external relations, including relations
with China".
2.
He claimed to know little about our economic affairs, whether domestic
or international, and showed a rather old-fashioned attitude to the
importance of economic matters. (I have noticed this in other MFA
officials, It is of course implicit in the principle of the
inseparability of politics and economics that economic factors are not
in themselves very important in relations between countries. But I think
this Attitude also reflects the fact that the educution and outlook of
Chinese diplomatic officials is still old fashioned by our standards
1.e. humanistic and linguistic.)
3. Mr Chang I-chun remarked that 8ino-British tride accounted for less
than one per cent of Britain's total trade; and was clearly implying
that he was sceptica1 of the importance :hich we claim to attach to it.
He also claimed to know little of our economic negotiations and
intentions in Burope.
4. If Mr Chang is indeed an important link in the chain of Chinese
policy making towards Britain, this brief conversation suggests there is
reason for concern about their grasp of the realities of our situŭtion.
have recently remarked that the People's Daily Commentary of 2 February
on the Cosmonwealth Prime Minister's Conference would probably seem
achronistic to an African audience, and certainly to an Asian or Latin
American audience.
ce. L V Appleyard Esq, PED,
♬ D Laughton
8 February 1971
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CONFIDENTIAL
Sotes of a meeting between wu Yi-kang and P.8. Mraha 11
10th February, 1971.
The meeting resulted from a request by the Chinese side,
krocenti
wu Yi-kang,
shu kuo-yu
3rd Secretary
Mr. P.5. Marshall
Miss J. Saymour.
BACKGROUND
The min matter which Wu wished to discuss concerns the recent approach
to China by the organisers of the International Oceanographical
Conference and Exhibition.
Following the successful 1st International Conference Brighton in 1969
on the exploitation of undersea resources, napociated with an exhibition
of equipment for such purposes, an international committee has been set
up with the task of organising a 2nd international conference and
exhibition to take place in the V.K, in March 1972. As a result, P.S.M.
had taken the secretary of the organising committee, Mr. Brooks to all
on the Chinese at Gloucester Gate in December 1970. The Chinese had been
given full bnekground information about the previous exhibition and
conference, and had been formally invited to join the international
organising committee and also to send a delegation to the 1972
conference. committee meeting vas dua to take place on January 22nd and
the Chinese vere told that if it proved too difficult to send a delegate
from China by that date, a representative from their London diplom tic
or commercial mission would be very welcome, since some other countries
also were represented at that level by diplomatic or commercial
representatives stationed in London.
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THE MEETING.
Wu said he had now beard from the Hinistry of Marine at Peking, in
response to the invitation by the organisers of the International
Üssenology Conference.
While awaiting word from China, it had not been possible for a delegate
or an observer to take part in the committee meeting which took place on
January 22nd.
However, the Chinese side now wished to have further information and he
vished P.5.N. to seak from the secretary of the committee, the ansvars
to two important questions, without informing hảm that they were put by
the Chinese side, It was for this reason that he was asked to some
unkocampanied by anybody from the Committee side.
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