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TO FOREIGN OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 340

5 JULY 1968

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YRTEL 358 TO BEKNĖ. POSSIBLE APPROACH TO YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT ON

VISAS FOR H M NISSION PEKING.

I SEE ADVANTAGE IN APPROACHING THE YUGOSLAVS. CLEARLY THIS

WOULD BEST BE DONE WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER PERSONALLY BUT

I CANNOT BE SURE OF BEING ABLE TO SEE HIM AND

I

THINK THAT IT WOULD IN ANY CASE BE USEFUL IF YOU COULD

ALSO SPEAK TO SARAFCIC. THE YUGOSLAVS HAVE HAD THEIR OWN

TROUBLES TWITH THE CHINESE ANDI BELIEVE THEY WOULD GIVE A

SYMPATHETIC HEARING TO OUR CASE,

2. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANY LOCAL PUBLICITY, BUT

SUGGEST THE INFORMATION OFFICER SHOULD BRIEF BOGUNOVIC

(NOW FOREIGN EDITOR OF TANJUG AND FORMERLY THE TANJUG

CORRESPONDENT WHOM THE CHINESE ORDERED TO LEAVE PEKING.>

MR. WILTON.

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