CONFIDENT LAL
CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO 2183
TCP COPY
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
15 NOVEMBER 1968
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ADDRESSED FCO
RFI PEKING.
TELEGRAM NO. 2183 DATED 15TH NOVEMBER
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MY TELEGRAM NO. 2176 2 GREY AND PRISON VISITS.
WE SHALL NOT INFORM THE PRESS OF VISITS MADE BY N.C.N.A. TO THE
PRISONS ON 18TH AND 19TH NOVEMBER BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT THE NEWS
WILL BE LEAKED IN THE COMMUNIST NEWSPAPERS. WE SHALL THEN NO DOUBT
DE PRESSED TO SAY WHETHER WE HAVE STRUCK A BARGAIN WITH THE PEKING
GOVERNMENT OVER A VISIT TO GREY, I SUGGEST WE SHOULD SAY IF ASKED
THAT THE MISSION IN PEKING HAS REPEATEDLY PRESSED FOR ACCESS TO GREZ
AND WE HOPE THAT, AS IN APRIL, THE VISITS MADE BY THE N.C.N.A. AND
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNIST NEWSPAPERS WILL SHORTLY DE FOLLOWED
BY THE GRANTING OF PERMISSION FOR THE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES TO VISIT
GRCY, BUT WE WOULD DO OUR BEST TO AVOID CONFIRMING EXPLICITLY THAT
WE HAVE STRUCK A BARGAIN.
PCO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY. PEKING.
SIR D.TRENCH
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
HONG KONG DEPT.
FAR EASTERN DEPT.
CONSULAR DEPT.
WS DEPT.
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