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TELEGRAM NUMBER 218
CONFIDENTIAL.
TO FOREIGN OFFICE
26 JULY 1968
ADDRESSED TO FO TEL NO 218 OF 26/7 RFI SAVING TO WASHINTON,
MOSCOW, PARIS, BERNE, COPENHAGEN, THE HAGUE,
OSLO, STOCKHOLM, BELGRADE, CAIRO, COLOMBO,
KABUL, KATMANDU, NEW DELHI, RAWALPINDI, KAMPALA, NAIROBI, RABAT, DAR ES SALAAM (FOR SPECREP)
VIENTIANE, KHARTOUM, MOGADISHU, PRAGUE, SOFIA, BUDAPEST, BUCHAREST, WARSAW, PEKING, HONG KONG.
BAGHDAD
MY TEL NO 2116(NOT TO ALL): BRITISH MISSION IN PEKING.
HEAD OF CHANCERY TODAY PURSUED THE MATTER WITH ACTING HEAD OF THE POLITICAL AFFAIRS BUREAU, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. THE MRFK HAD BEEN INFORMED BY THE PRIME MINISTER, AND HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEIR AMBASSADOR IN PEKING.
2. PRELIMINARY REACTIONS OF THE FINNISH GOVERNMENT WERE 66AS FORECAST IN MY TEL NO 185 (NOT TO ALL). THEY
ARE GENERALLY SYMPATHETIC, BUT WANT TO CONSULT OTHERS, PARTICULARLY THE OTHER SCANDINAVIANS, BEFORE COMMITTING THEMSELVES,. THEY ARE INCLINED TO WONDER WHETHER
A GROUP APPROACH THROUGH THE DOYEN IN PEKING WOULD NOT BE EQUALLY EFFECTIVE.
3. WE URGED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE CHINESE
THE STRENGTH OF FEELING OF ALL GOVERNMENTS INDIVIDUALLY, NOT MERELY OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN PEKING.
4. MFA HAVE PROMISED TO CONSIDER THE MATTER FURTHER
AND TO LET US KNOW THEIR CONCLUSIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES N-63
FO PASS AS MY TEL SAVING AS ABOVE.
SIR D. SCOTT FOA
REPEATED AS ALQUESTED/
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