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YOUR TELNO 235 TO HONG KONG AND TOKYO TELNO 136: TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVE IN LONDON
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1 RAYMOND TAI CALLED ME TODAY FROM HONG KONG ANXIOUS FOR NEWS
ABOUT OUR REACTIONS TO HIS SUCCESSOR. I SAID THAT THESE MATTERS TOOK TIME AND THAT HE WOULD PROBABLE NOW HEAR DIRECTLY HIMSELF ON HIS RETURN TO LONDON ON 15 MARCH.
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HE EXPRESSED MUCH SATISFACTION WITH THE LUNCH WHICH HAD BEEN ARRANGED FOR HIM BY SWIRES ON 11 MARCH AND THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY A GOOD FORMULA. I AM GRATEFUL TO HONG KONG FOR THEIR HELP OVER
THIS AT SHORT NOTICE AND AT A PARTICULARLY BUSY TIME. IT CAN
ONLY HAVE DONE US GOOD IN THE LONGER TERM.
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'AS
TAI SAID THAT HE WAS UNDER PRESSURE TO RETURN TO TAIPEI SOON AS POSSIBLE' AND NO LATER THAN 1 APRIL. YOU WILL WISH TO
TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT IN TERMS OF PARA 1D FOR THE SECOND TUR.
SIR W BENTLEY ARRIVES HERE ON 13 MARCH AND I AM HAVING DINNER
WITH HIM THAT EVENING. I SHALL BRING HIM UP TO DATE ON ALL THIS
BUT IT MIGHT BE AN IDEA TO TRY AND AGREE A DATE WITH HIM FOR THE
FAREWELL DINNER WHILST HE IS HERE. HE LEAVES TAIPEI ON 19 MARCH. AND I SHALL BE IN TOUCH WITH HIM THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
OBVIOUSLY, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF SIR W BENTLEY WAS ABLE TO
SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT THE EUGENE CHIEN APPOINTMENT WHILST
HE IS HERE AND SEEING VARIOUS PEOPLE IN THE MFA.
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