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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS
INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON
INFO ROUTINE NEW DELHI, KATHMANDU
AMENDED DISTRIBUTION 2/11
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MY TELNOS 1838 AND 1878: THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND TIBET.
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AT A HASTLY SUMMONED MEETING OF POLITICAL COUNSELLORS OF THE TWELVE THIS AFTERNOON, THE DANISH AMBASSADOR INFORMED COLLEAGUES THAT HE HAD BEEN CALLED TO THE CHINESE MFA AT 1030 HOURS THIS MORNING TO RECEIVE A DEMARCHE FROM MEI ZHAORONG, HEAD OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT, ON THE SUBJECT OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ACTIVITIES ON TIBET. MEI USED A LONG SPEAKING NOTE, THE TEXT OF WHICH IS BEING FORWARDED TO CAPITALS FROM COPENHAGEN ON THE COREU NETWORK. THE MAIN POINTS WERE:
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''STRONG INDIGNATION AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION OF 15 OCTOBER WHICH SUPPORTED THE DALAI LAMA'S FIVE-POINT PROGRAMME.
TIBET IS CHINA'S INTERNAL AFFAIR, AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HAS DISREGARDED THE FACTS AND VIOLATED INTERNATIONAL NORMS IN SUPPORTING THE DALAI LAMA'S SPLITTISH ACTIVITIES.
REHEARSAL OF CHINA'S HISTORCAL RIGHTS, HORRORS OF THE OLD TIBETAN
REGIME.
THE ''MISTAKES'' OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION WERE NOT UNIQUE TO TIBET AND ARE NOW BEING CORRECTED.
CHINA WANTS FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION WITH THE EC AND ITS MEMBER STATES AND INSTITUTIONS. IN THIS SPIRIT CONTACTS HAVE DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE CHINESE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS. NOW, HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE EP'S OWN ACTIONS, THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS ARE OBLIGED TO CANCEL THE VISIT WHICH A DELEGATION OF THEIR MEMBERS LED BY VICE CHAIRMAN HUANG HUA WAS TO HAVE PAID TO THE EP FROM 6 NOVEMBER.
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WARNING TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT OR ANY WESTERN COUNTRY WHICH MIGHT CONSIDER INVITING THE DALAI LAMA FOR A VISIT: SUCH AN INVITATION WOULD BE REGARDED AS AN ''UNFRIENDLY ACT''
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