no instructions about what to do with their old building in Portland Place and continued vacancy meant that the building was motting. Chiang ciro said that because of the Cultural Revolution students on Taglish in Poking could not benefit from foreign teachous.
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said I had soon with interest that members of the Mission intended to visit Brighton and Liverpool. I hop
hopca soon to hear of more visits by oum Mission in Poling. asked about his plane and he said the place he most wanted. to visit was Portumouth.
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I told him of your My Day conversation with Mao and that we had passed on Heo's groetingo to the Cucon on the day of her retuz. : Ho said that he had not received any report from Peking about this. ⠀ foot cunprising, ho had not acceived any account of Michael Wilford's vicit.
6. I had agreed with Michael Wilford that I could take up the point about Hong Kong priconcns which I suggested in paragraph 4 of my letter under reference. I therofore referred back to his question and said that I had ascertained that, provided their behaviour was patisfactory, in the remainder of this year, come 35 miccaore detained in 1967 could expect to be released. All of theso had noceivcd reductions in their contences. Ma oplied that this was constructive but that all those detained were innocent. said that improvement must be gradual, and ha reddily agrood, changing the subject to women in politics, ostensibly to bring my wife back into the conversation,
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7. After some talk about Mrs. Castle he said that in the Chinese Government Li Beh-ch'uan was still Minister of Health and Soong Ching-ling still Vice-President; although over 70 she was leading an active life in Shanghai. On the Party sido he waid that particularly prominent wore Ta'ao Yi-on, a member of the Central Committee, and long Ying-ch'ao (Keng Shongis. and Chou -lai's wives respectively). I waited for a mention of Chiang Ch'ing but none was forthcoming perhaps she was too obvious. I ackod about Oken Yi and Me said that ho was still Minister for Foreign Affairs. I also mentioned Id Esien-nien. Mo said that as a Deputy Prime Minister he was intercated in many subjects not specifically foreign affains.
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