CYPHER/CATA
ROUTINE NAIROBI
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2343
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CONFIDENTIAL
606A
YOURTEL 358 TO BERNE.
BRITISH MISSION IN PEKING:
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TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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4 JULY 1962.
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AS REPORTED IN LING'S LETTER OF 7 NOVEMBER 1967. TO WHITNEY IN PEKING,
LAST RENAINING KENYAN DIPLOMATS LEFT PEKING/IN CCTOBER
NGIN
BUT KENYANS HAVE NOT FORMALLY BROKEN RELATIONS
AND A RESIDUAL CHINESE MISSION REMAINS IN NAIROBI. WE UNDERSTAND
THAT KENYAN FOREIGN MINISTRY HAVE UNSATISFACTORY RELATIONS
WITH THIS MISSION. MFA TELL US THAT WHENEVER CHINESE ARE SUMMONED
THEY PRE- EMPT KENYAN DEMARCHE WITH SOME PROTEST OF THEIR OWN.
2. NEVERTHELESS, I THINK I MIGHT USEFULLY ASK ARGWINGS- KODHEK
TO JOIN IN REPRESENTATIONS AT A LATER DATE ON THE LINES OF
YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE.
IRRETRIEVABLY PRO-
3. ONE RELEVANT FACTOR IS THAT ALTHOUGH PEKING HAVE PROBABLY
WRITTEN THE PRESENT KENYAN GOVERNMENT OFF AS
WESTERN, THEY STILL APPEAR TO HAVE HOPES FOR OGINGA ODINGA''S
K.P.U. OPPOSITION AND MAINTAIN RELATIONS WITH IT. THE CHINESE
ATTITUDE TO OUR MISSION IN PEKING IS AN ISSUE ON WHICH ODINGA AND
HIS SUPORTERS MIGHT SEE THE BRITISH POINT OF VIEW.
4. IF THE MOMENT SEEMS OPPORTUNE WE WILL ENCOURAGE THE KENYA
GOVERNMENT TO GIVE THE MATTER DISCREET
PUBLICITY AS WELL AS
DOING SO OURSELVES, IN ORDER TO FOCUS SOME PUBLIC ATTENTION ON -
THE UNREASONABLENESS OF THE CHINESE ATTITUDE.
5. CO/ FO PLEASE REPEAT TO OTHER RECIPIENTS OF YOUR TEL UNDER
REFERENCE AS CONSIDERED NECESSARY
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