DVF TL09/26
PEKING TL 317
GR 425
CONFIDENTIAL AND PERSONAL
TELELETTER
FROM A C GALSWORTHY, PEKING
REF: 406/1
24 AUGUST 1983
FOLLOWING FOR M ELLIOTT ESQ./FED FCO
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YOUR TELNO 547: CONSULATE GENERAL, SHANGHAI
1. I HAVE LOOKED AGAIN AT OUR TELNO 806 WHICH DISTRESSED YOU. THIS WAS NOT AT ALL MY INTENTION, BUT I AM SORRY IT HAD THIS EFFECT.
2. WE HAVE REPORTED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THAT THERE WAS NO POSSIBILITY OF SEEING ACCOMMODATION IN SHANGHAI UNTIL WE HAD THE AGREEMENT TIED UP, AND WHEN I SAW HIM IN LONDON TOLD PETER THOMSON THIS AGAIN, AND MENTIONED THE LIKELY TIMESCALE AS SET OUT IN OUR TELEGRAM NO 806. IT WAS BECAUSE THE ORIGINATOR CF FCO TELNO 534 APPEARED TO BE UNAWARE OF ALL THIS THAT { ASSUMED POD HAD SENT IT OFF WITHOUT CONSULTING PROPERLY. THE ONLY SHARP NOTE WAS MY USE OF THE WORD NORDINATE: IN FACT PETER THOMSON AND BOTH AGREED WHILE WE WERE IN LONDON THAT THE DELAY HAD BEEN INORDINATE. I AM WELL AWARE THAT IT DID NOT OCCUR IN FED. I AGREE THERE IS NO POINT IN RAKING THE ASHES. IT WAS MERELY A RESPONSE TO THE QUERULOUS TONE WHICH I THOUGHT DETECTED IN FCO TELNO. 534. BUT I AM AFRAID THAT THE MESSAGE TAGS SINCE WE ARE IN A HURRY TO GET ON IN SHANGHAI WE SHOULD
ESD LONG OVER OUR END OF THE WORK WHICH IS NECESSARY
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