TNAG-0028-FCO40-64-Relations-with-China-1968 — Page 24

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numbers of people who were clearly not journalist:

We would hope that, in these circumstances, it

would be possible to delete these from the list

and tell the Chinese that access would be

allowed only to the remainder. But if it became

clear that the Chinese were prepared to make xx

visits only to all or none, it would have been

demonstrated that they were not seriously

interested in a reasonable quid pro quo for

visits to Grey and we should have to reconsider

the position.

Grateful for urgent comments.

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