TNAG-0030-FCO40-66-Relations-with-China-1968 — Page 117

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(C) AN ADDITIONAL ARGUMENT IN FAVOUR OF REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CHINESE IN LONDON IN ADVANCE OF YOUR REPLY TO LO WAS THAT IF IN YOUR REPLY YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS ASPECT AT THE LENGTH AND WITH THE SEVERITY THAT IT MERITED, THERE WAS A RISK OF UNBALANCING YOUR STATEMENT.

2. WE HOPE TO SEND YOU INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THE REPLY TO LO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

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