TNAG-0332-FCO40-368-Visits-of-Secretary-of-State-for-Foreign-and-Commonwealth-Af-1972 — Page 174

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MEMBER OF COMMON MARKET IN 1973 STOP PARA IN

RELY TO QUESTION ON WHETHER THERE WAS HOPE OF BRITAIN

EXCHANGING AMBASSADORS WITH CHINA SIR

ALEC SAID QUOTE THAT EYE CANNOT TELL YOU

STOP WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW WITH CHINESE GOVERNMENT

STOP BUT EYE SHOULD THINK THAT PROBABLY FOR

NEXT WEEK OR SO WE SHALLNOT GO MUCH

BECAUSE ATTENTION WILL BE CONCENTRATED ON OTHER THINGS STOP

BUT EYE THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGE

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ON GET AN AMBASSADOR IN CHINA AND HOPE THEREFORE

THAT WE SHALL SUCCEED IN OUR TALKS STOP UNQUOTE

PARA ASKED TO EXPLAIN REASONS CAUSING DELAY IN

EXCHANGE OF AMBASSADORS BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES SIR ALEC SAID

QUOTE WHEN EYE SAID

THAT CHINESE ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED IT WAS ONLY AN ASIDE

IN RELATION TO THE NEXT WEEK

OR SO STOP EYE HOPE WE SHALL BE ABLE

RESUME CONVERSATIONS

WITH CHINESE GOVERNMENT STOP

ONE OF DIFFICULTIES OF COURSE IS

STATUS OF TAIWAN STOP THAT APPLIES EYE THINGKNOT ONLY

TO CHINESE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH US BUT RELATIONS WITH

OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL

WITH WHOM WE MAY HAVE NO REPEAT XO DIPLOMATIC

RELATIONS AT PRESENT STOP

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