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PRIORITY PEKING TO FOREIGN AND COMMONSEALTH-OFFICE

Tel No.66

27 January 1969

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Addressed to FCO telegram No.66 of 27 January, repeated for information
to The Hague, Washington.

Ky telegram No.60: Defector.

The Dutch inform us that Derksen was called to Ministry of Foreign
Affairs this morning to receive a Note protesting against attitude of
Dutch Government, demanding return of Liao, otherwise Dutch would be
"held responsible for this grave deed". The tone of the interview was
correct.

2. As an opening move this is encouraging, though it [? grp omitted]s
the options open. The Dutch are waiting to see if Chinese publish
anything.

FCO pass Priority The Hague, routine Washington.

Kr. Cradock

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THE HAGUE TELNOS 47 AND 48 TO YOU AND YOUR TELEGRAM NO 39:

DEFECTOR.

I CALLED ON NETHERLANDS CHARGE D'AFFAIRES THIS MORNING IMMEDIATELY ON
RECEIPT OF TELEGRAMS UNDER REFERENCE AND OFFERED ANY ASSISTANCE IF HE
SHOULD NEED IT.

2. DERKSEN SAID NETHERLANDS MINISTRY OF JUSTICE HAD ISSUED A STATEMENT
ON THE CASE AT 4 P.M. LOCAL TIME 24 JANUARY. HE HAS SO FAR HAD NO
CHINESE REACTION OR ANY SUMMONS TO CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
HE SAID LIAO HAD EARLIER WRITTEN TO NETHERLANDS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS SEEKING ASYLUM. THE PRESENT CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES (AN
ATTACHE) ON BEING INFORMED OF THE DEFECTION HAD ASKED DUTCH NOT TO GRANT
ASYLUM; TO RETURN LIAO, OTHERWISE CHINESE WOULD FEEL BOUND TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE MEASURES; ALSO HE ASKED TO SEE LIAO.

3. DERKSEN AND I THINK IT AN OPEN QUESTION HOW CHINESE WILL RESPOND.
THEY MAY WISH TO SHOW RESTRAINT IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEIR NEW CORRECT
IMAGE (E.G. RESPONSE TO RECENT ATTACK ON CHINESE EMBASSY IN DELHI WAS
MERELY A PROTEST). ON THE OTHER HAND THEY MAY FEEL OBLIGED TO DETER
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS FROM GRANTING ASYLUM TO FUTURE DEFECTORS AND MAY
DECIDE ON STRONG ACTION PROBABLY BY EXPELLING DERKSEN. HOLDING HIM AS
HOSTAGE SEEMS LESS LIKELY, IN ANY EVENT SINO/DUTCH RELATIONS WILL
PRESUMABLY DETERIORATE AND DUTCH MAY HAVE TO FACE OUR TYPE OF
ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES.

4. DERKSEN PROMISED TO KEEP IN TOUCH.

FCO PASS PRIORITY WASHINGTON AND THE HAGUE.

MR. CRADOCK

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CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES GOT OUT HIS EMBASSY BY THE WINDOW IN CLOTHES
PULLED OVER HIS NIGHT ATTIRE AND WENT TO A POLICE STATION WHERE HE
SIGNED A REQUEST FOR ASYLUM, HE HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY.

2. HE IS APPARENTLY WILLING TO TALK AND SEEMS LIKELY TO PROVE A VERY
IMPORTANT DEFECTOR. AS REASON HE HAS SAID THAT HE

HAD JUST RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO RETURN TO PEKING. HE WANTS EVENTUALLY
TO GO TO UNITED STATES.

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M.F.A. HAVE FORMALLY NOTIFIED CHINESE EMBASSY AND NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT
ARE FOR THE MOMENT KEEPING NEWS SECRET TO GIVE CHINESE EMBASSY TIME TO
REPORT TO PEKING. THEY WILL PROBABLY GIVE OUT THE NEWS SOMETIME P.M. ON
25 JANUARY. THEY ARE VERY CONSCIOUS OF IMPLICATIONS FOR THEIR OWN SMALL
EMBASSY STAFF, AND OTHER DUTCHMEN IN CHINA (THREE IN NUMBER) AND OTHER
WESTERN HATIONALS.

THEY WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF OUR EMBASSY IN PEKING WOULD KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH THEIR CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AND SEND ANY POSSIBLE INFORMATION IN CASE
THEIR OWN EMBASSY SHOULD BE HELD IN COMMUNICADO.

FCO PASS FLASH TO PEKING AND FLASH TO WASHINGTON.

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Dear Johns

Rumours of the impending return of some Chinese Ambassadors to their
poets are again circulating here,

2.

The Chinese are said to have assured the Nepalese that Peking intended
to send an Ambassador to that country at the beginning of next year,
They added that Chinese Ambassadors would soon be returning to their
posts, beginning with those countries with which China has friendly
relations.

3.

A Rumanian colleague has noticed that there has been a constant flow of
Chinese customers in a rather superior tailor's shop close to the
Rumanian Embassy during' recent weeks. The Chinese were taking some
pains over the selection of expensive materials. Since this Embassy is
only a few hundred yards from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
the Rumanian inferred that sartorial preparations were under way for the
redeployment of Chinese diplomata!

4.

I am copying this letter to McLarèn and Ashworth in Hong Kong, Spendlove
in Washington, Hibbert in Singapore, Miss Draycott in IRD, Brewer in
JRD, McKearney in PUSD, Hewitt in Canberra and to Chanceries at Tokyo
and Katmandu.

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Addressed to Peking telegram No.1 of 6 January, Repeated for information
to FCO.

Your telegram No.1 of 27 December is understood and your modification of
visa wording has been explained to Kenya Immigration Department. It is
understood that persons

concerned have arrived in Nairobi and are now with Chinese Embassy here.

FCO pass.

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information to 700.

Your telegram No. 3: Vices for Chinese Embassy Steff Kerbers.

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Because the strange so ding of the endorsement requested by Kenyan
Immigration led us to assume that they had misunderstood the Chinese
request we did not repeat not endorse visas with the words in your
telegram No. 2 of 19 December. It would in any case have been
politically unaise for us to have become involved in telling the Chinese
that their atoff members were going to be under investiretion during the
next three months. It is not our normal practice to state either a
maximum or minimum length of stay for Embassy Personnel when grenting
single entry visas.

2. Would you please inforn Kenyan authorities thet endorsement is not
put on viscs and explain that it seems to us more appropriate that they
should inform Chinese of this time limit, in view of its political
implications.

3. I hope we will not have caused you too much

embarrassment with the Kenyana. We decided against going back to them
before issuing both because there had elready been a long delay and
because African States for whom we issue visas often do not reply at all
to our vise telegrams.

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Immigration realise that visas are for Embassy

nersonnel but wish to consider status here at later date. Substance of
earlier telegram is confirmed.

Mr. Norris.

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Diplomatic Relations of the

Chinese People's Republic (C.P.R.)

Erratum

It is regretted that "Barbados" was omitted from the above paper. An
amended first sheet is

attached for substitution in the copies you have

received.

China and Korea Section,

Research Department.

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DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OF THE CHINESE

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (G.F.R.)

(as at 30 June, 1968)

Countries marked with an * are those which have diplomatic relations
with the Government of the Republic of China the Chinese "Nationalist"
government in Taiwan.

AFGHANISTAN (Embassy)

ALBANIA

(Embassy)

ALGERI A

(Embassy)

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ANDORRA

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Relations established 20 January, 1955. Ambassador: Ch'en Feng, Returned
to Peking 12 January, 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Yao Chi-nien. New China News Agency (N. C. N. A.)
Office established 1956.

Relations established 21 January, 1949. Ambassador: Liu Haiao. Returned
to Peking, accompanying an Albanian delegation, 25 September, 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Li T'ing-ch'uan.

N.C.N.A. Office established sometime before 1956.

Relations established 3 July, 1962.

Ambassador Tseng Tao. Returned to Peking by October 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Ch'en Chin-lung. N.C.R.A. Office established by
1963.

No relations.

ARGENTINE*

AUSTRALIA*

AUSTRIA

No relations.

No relations.

BAREAIOS

BELGIUM

BOLI VI A*

BOTSWANA*

BRAZIL*

BULGARI A (Embassy)

No relations.

Commercial representative's office of the China Council for the
Promotion of International Trade (C.C.P.I.T.) established 29 June,
1965..

No relations.

No relations.

No relations.

N.C.N.A. is represented by local nationals, 27 February, 1967 N.C.N.A.
protested to the Bolivian President against the arrest of a Bolivian
N.C.N.A. correspondent,

No relations,

No relations.

N.C.N.A. Office 1961-1964.

Relations established 4 October, 1949.

Ambassador: Hsieh Pang-chih, Returned to China 30 January, 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a,i. Wang Pen-tsu.

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BURMA

(Embassy)

BURUNDI

CAMBODIA (Embassy)

Relations established 8 June, 1950.

Imbassador: Keng Piao. Returned to Peking during 1966 (referred to as
the "former Chinese Labassador to Burme" in July 1967).

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Hsiao Ming.

N.C.N.A. Office established in 1950's. Per mel expelled January 1968.

Rangoon branch of the Bank of China and of the Bank of Communications
nationalised by the Burmese Government February 1963.

Relations established 14 January, 1964 at Ambassadorial level. with
China January 1965.

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Burundi suspended relations

Relations established 24 July, 1958. Ambassador: Ch'en Shu-liang.

Returned to

Peking sometime during 1967.

CAMEROON

CANADA

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (C. L.R.)

CEYLON

(Embassy)

CHAD*

CHILE*

COLOMBI A*

CONGO (KINSHASA)

CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) (Embassy)

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Cheng Szu-hsiung. N.C.N.A. Office established
1958.

No relations.

No relations.

N.C.N.L. Office established 1964.

Recognised by China 12 fugust, 1960. Relations established at
Imbassadorial level 29 September, 1964.

C.A.R. broke of relations 6 January, 1966. N.C.N.A. Office closed
January 1966.

Relations established 7 February, 1957.

Ambassador: Heich K1o-hai. Returned to Peking at the end of his term of
office December 1965. Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Hai Yeh-sheng. N.C.N..
Office established 1958.

Recognised by China 10 August, 1960, but diplo- matic relations not
established.

No relations.

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A Commercial Information Office of the Chinese Import-Export Corporation
was established in Santiago by 1962. Commercial Representative's Office
of the 0.0.2.1.T. was established 10 June 1965, probably incorporating
the above. N.C.N.A. Office established 1961.

No relations.

Relations established at Ambassadorial level 19 February, 1961.
Relations broken off Septem- ber 1961 when Kinshasa (then Leopoldville)
established diplomatic relations with "Nationalist" Government in
Taiwan.

Recognised by China 14 August 1960, Relations established 18 February,
1964. Ambassador: Chou Chiu-yeh. Probably returned to China early 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Li Ch'en-kuang. Chargé N.C.N.L. Office
established 1964.

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COSTA RICA*

No relations.

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