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FED agree with Peking. They have no objection to our issuing a
warning to the Chinese in strong terms, indicating that failure
to pay will result in more stringent measures being considered.
But they consider that the letter should not include any threat
of withdrawal action. If, however, such a warning failed to
produce results, we would need to invoke the stricter measures
we had threatened, and our only option would be to call for the
withdrawal of a diplomatic member of staff.
5.
If we issue letters about unpaid parking fines to If, for diplomatic Missions they should be consistent.
example, the French and the Russians (two of the other recipients) discovered that for political reasons we had given the Chinese special treatment we would have no convincing defence. Ministers have long argued for the need to take tough action against persistent offenders against parking
regulations. this policy.
We should not be selective in the application of
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