TNAG-0031-FCO40-67-Relations-with-China-1968 — Page 59

CYPHER/CAT A

PRIORITY RAWALPINDI

TELEGRAM NUMBER 708

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CONFIDENTI AL

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TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

3 JULY 1968.

CONFIDENTIAL

606A

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 358 TO BERNE: BRITISH MISSION IN PEKING.

THE PAKISTANIS HAVE HITHERTO BEEN REASONABLY COOPERATIVE

(SEE TWIST'S TELEGRAM NO 924 OF 1967) AND I SHOULD BE PERFECTLY

WILLING TO MAKE THE SUGGESTED APPROACH TO THE ACTING FOREIGN

SECRETARY. I SEE NO OBJECTION TO DISCREET GENERAL PUBLICITY

BUT I HOPE IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO AVOID ANY REFERENCE TO PAKISTAN

HAVING BEEN ONE OF THE GOVERNMENTS APPROACHED FOR HELP.

SIR C. PICKARD

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