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TELEGRAM NUMBER 912 OF 30 JUNE
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING (PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR)
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PERSONAL FOR DONALD FROM GOVERNOR
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YOUR TELS NOS 214 AND 215 TO CANBERRA AND PEKING TELNO 602.
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1. THE POLITICAL ADVISER WILL BRIEF THE AUSTRALIAN COMMISSIONER
ON SIMILAR LINES.
2. I AGREE WITH PEKING THAT THERE IS ALSO A NEED TO BRING THE
AMERICANS UP TO DATE. IN DOING SO, I HOPE THAT WE CAN BE MORE FORTHCOMING THAN YOU HAVE JUDGED IT RIGHT TO BE WITH THE
AUSTRALIANS. THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN SOURCES HERE AND ELSEWHERE
THEY MAY HAVE A SOMEWHAT DISTORTED PICTURE OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS FROM THEIR CHINESE SOURCES AND FROM PRESS STORIES (CF THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW REPORT TODAY) IT WOULD BE
TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO GIVE THEM OUR OWN INTERPRETATION, AND IN
PARTICULAR TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE WILL BE ENTERING SUBSTANTIVE
TALKS ON A BASIS WHICH DOES NOT PRE-JUDGE THEIR OUTCOME.
YOUDE
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COPIES TO:
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
MR MARTIN
HD/PUSD
HD/SAD
MR FLOWER
ASSESSMENTS STAFF CABINET OFFICE
PUSD
PS.
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR WRIGHT
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