CONFIDENTIAL
CYPHER/CAT A
TELEGRAM NO. 922
PRIORITY COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TO RAWALPINDI
26 JULY 1968
(FED)
730
CONFIDENTIAL.
YOUR TELNO. 814: BRITISH MISSION IN PEKING.
FOLLOWING ARE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS IN YOUR PARA, 21-
1.
NOT AT PRESENT. INDONESIANS EXTRACTED THEMSELVES FROM PEKING BY EXPELLING SENIOR STAFF OF CHINESE EMBASSY IN DJAKARTA AND THREATENING DESTRUCTION OF EMBASSY. THEY WERE ALSO PREPARED TO SUSPEND RELATIONS, WHICH IS NOT AT PRESENT OUR INTENTION. 11. IN INTERVIEW AT MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN PEKING ON 5 JUNE COUNSELLOR OF H.M. MISSION WAS TOLD THAT ABNORMALITY IN MOVEMENT OF PERSONNEL WAS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO HONG KONG ( QUOTE CAUSED BY HONG KONG AND SUPPRESSION OF CHINESE PEOPLE THERE UNQUOTE). HE WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT QUOTE MOVEMENT OF PERSONN- EL WAS NOT AN ISOLATED QUESTION. WITHOUT A FINAL SOLUTION TO HONG KONG QUESTION OTHER PROBLEMS COULD NOT BE SOLVED COMPLETELY UNQUOTE, AND THAT QUOTE UNTIL HONG KONG QUESTIONS WERE SOLVED THERE WOULD BE DIFFICLUTIES IN MOVEMENTS OF CHINESE AND BRITISH PERSONNEL. UNQUOTE (THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS STILL IN FORCE IMPEDING THE DEPARTURE OF CHINESE PERSONNEL FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM). #11. THERE ARE 270.K. - BASED STAFF AND 13 DEPENDENTS IN PEKING.
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26 JUL 1968
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