CONFIDENTIAL
CYPHER/CAT A AND BY BAG
PRIORITY FOREIGN OFFICE
TELEGRAM NO. 739
TO PEKING
11 JULY 1968 (F)
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ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NO. 739 OF 11 JULY REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG, MOSCOW AND SAVING TO WASHINGTON.
BO YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 609 : DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE.
WE ARE WILLING TO CONSIDER AN APPROACH TO EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND ARE ALERTING THE POSTS CONCERNED ACCORDINGLY. WE DO NOT REPEAT NOT THINK IT WORTHWHILE TO APPROACH THE RUSSIANS AS, EVEN IF THEY WERE DISPOSED TO BE HELPFUL, WE DOUBT WHETHER THEIR INTERVENTION ON OUR BEHALF WOULD DO ANY GOOD POSSIBLY INDEED THE REVERSE, WE DO NOT FAVOUR ANY APPROACH TO THE MONGOLIANS EITHER, AS THE EMBASSY IN ULAN BATOR HAS RECENTLY BEEN SUBJECTED TO HARASSMENT AND THE AMBASSADOR HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FOR CONSULTATIONS.
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES Nɔ. 63 15 JUL1963
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