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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1463 OF 20 DECEMBER,
INFO PRIORITY PEKING.
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PEKING TELNO.930 : INVITATION TO VISIT PEKING.
FOR THE REASONS GIVEN IN PARA.4 OF TEL UNDER REF, AND PARA.12 OF MY LETTER TO MCLAREN OF 15 DECEMBER, I AGREE WE SHOULD PRESS CM WITH CLEARING OUR MINDS ON LEASES ETC AND A FULL LETTER AGREED
WITH CRADOCK ON THIS WILL ISSUE TODAY.
2. BUT IN THE RAPIDLY CHANGING SITUATION WE SHOULD KEEP A COMPLETELY OPEN MIND ABOUT MODALITIES. SO I SUGGEST THIS INVITATION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A SEPARATE ISSUE FOR THE TIME
BEING. NOR SHOULD ITS IMPORTANCE BE EXAGGERATED. IN THE NEW CIRCUMSTANCES, IT IS BECOMING ALMOST ABNORMAL NOT TO HAVE VISITED
PEKING.
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