TNAG-0039-FCO40-75-Border-incidents-with-China-1967 — Page 43

Aamanda of which the main cres vore ca follows:

(a) return of Inspector night and tw Chinese Policemen,

(b) return of the Chinesa villager sbducted on 11 Motobery

(a) the return of a Sterling gun and other equipment ecized on

11 Augusty

(4) agrnemout to ecoa rormuent mathod of consulting on børder

problems

At the mecond Nue

time- table for

ezreonent vað machrá on the excË BE

salice personnel, sterling and other equipment for straɛted Chineso

on opening of Kan Ke Te bridge and on compensation.

giving effect to mis ngrcoment we laid down, e medo ne hondway with

for the return of the Chinese villa,or „büucted on 11 Oetcher

(who was in any coke a Chiuque national). Our request for some portement

method of settlement of border problezze wes not rojected but was stated

to be a matter which would probably require reference to isking.

However, on 4 llovenber, before the above agressent could be implemented,

reocived a further monange that the Chinese border authoritiee wished

to here nothar menting to discuss certain unspecified pointe alleged to

be catatanding from the previous rootings. This fur er meeting and

subsequent acetings centred round tbe quaation of compensation to peasants

for loss of aropa. It ceouod that there was small repeat of re:ohing

Bay overall agreement without some parmont from our side. Finisters

socordingly agreed that an offer of payment should be made in terem vhioh

would mrodd any suggestion that componention vms being peld se a mattar

of righte

The Governor reported to ug the raturn of Sondar Dupeoter Knight

to Dritish terrátozy an

úscaped or was

or (it is not known

allowed to enoxpe) but i de devolowont had no apparent effect on

atums of the tɛlku

gh it any here been the monom

the

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