TNAG-0031-FCO40-67-Relations-with-China-1968 — Page 33

CYPHER/CAT 'A'

ROUTINE KHARTOUM

CONFIDENTIAL

TO FOREIGN OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 303

5 JULY 1968.

A

6042

CONFL

ADDSD TO F O TELNO 303 OF 5/7 RFI PEKING HONG KONG AND WTON.

YRTEL 358 TO BERN.tlooky

I CD CERTAINLY APPROACH THE SUDANESE GOVT ON THE LINES SUGGESTED AND

AT THE TOP OFFICIAL LEVEL AM SURE OF GETTING A SYMPATHETIC RESPONSE.THE

MFA ARE FIRM BELIEVERS IN THE DIPLOMATIC PROPRIETIES. THE FOREIGN

MINISTER, HOWEVER, HAS A KNOWN PRO-COMMUNIST RECORD AND IS

UNLIKELY TO HELP. IN ANY CASE SUDANESE GOVT RELATIONS WITH THE

CHINESE EMBASSY HERE ARE MINIMAL. THE AMBASSADOR HAS NEVER

RETURNED FROM HIS REINDOCTRINATION TRIP TO CHINA AND I DOUBT

WHETHER THE CHARGE D'A. CARRIES ANY

WEIGHT.

2. AS REGARDS PUBLICITY, I AM SURE THE SUDANESE WD BE

EMBARRASSED BY PUBLICITY, PARTICULARLY IF IT WERE REVEALED IN ANY

WAY THAT THEY HAD ACTED ON OUR BEHALF.

F.O. PASS PEKING, HONG KONG AND WASHINGTON.

SIR R. FOWLER

[REPETITION TO PEKING REFERRED FOR DEPARTMENTAL DECISION,

REPEATED AS REQUESTED TO OTHER POSTS].

DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION

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EASTERN DEPT.

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RESEARCH DEPT.

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Z.M. AND S.A.D.

CONFIDENTIAL

VED IN

25 No. 63 1963

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