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3. I PUT THE CASE FOR SENDING FOR THE CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES HERE, BUT CHATELAIN WAS AGAINST THIS. HIS FIRST REACTIONS WERE THAT ROSSETTI SHOULD TRY TO ORGANISE A COLLECTIVE PROTEST BY THOSE MISSIONS IN PEKING WILLING TO DO SO. I POINTED OUT THE DIFFICULTIES OF THIS. ( PEKING'S TELNO, 637 OF 5 JULY REFERS.)
4. CHATALAIN SAID THAT WHILE HIS GOVERNMENT MIGHT AGREE TO ACT IN THE CASES OF THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR PEKING MISSION WHO COULD NOT GET VISAS TO LEAVE FOR GOOD, THEY MIGHT BE UNWILLING TO DO SO FOR THOSE GOING HOME ON LEAVE. I SAID 20S THAT I THOUGHT ALL THOSE LISTED IN YOUR TEL NO. 374 OF
23 JULY TO BERNE WERE TO LEAVE CHINA FOR GOOD, BUT GRATEFUL.(GPS OMITTED).
5. CHATELAIN ( WHO KNOWS PEKING) THEN REMARKED THAT THE CHINESE WOULD SAY THAT THEY HAD NOT REFUSED EXIT VISAS AND SO WHY WERE THE SWISS MAKING REPRESENTATIONS. I ARGUED THAT THAT WOULD BE DISINGENUOUS OF THEM, ADDING THAT IN ANY CASE THE LONG DELAYS IN GRANTING EXIT VISAS WAS IN ITSELF SUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION FOR THE SWISS TO SUPPORT US.
HE ACCEPTED THIS.
6. THE SWISS WOULD LIKE TO BE KEPT INFORMED OF ANY FURTHER EXIT VISAS GRANTED BY THE CHINESE DURING THE NEXT MONTH.
F.O. PASS TO ABOVE-NAMED POSTS.
MR. BRITTEN.
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