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RECENT PRECEDENTS SUGGEST THAT THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR WILL PROBABLY
STICK TO NON-CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS BUT IF THE SUBJECT OF BILATERAL
RELATIONS IS RAISED YOU SHOULD EMPHASISE THAT WE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET
ELATIONS BACK TO NORMAL. IN THIS CONNEXION, YOU COULD EXPRESS
SATISFACTION AT THE RAPID EXPANSION IN SINO-BRITISH TRADE DURING THE
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WHICH IS ABOUT 100% HIGHER THAN THE SAME
PERIOD LAST YEAR. THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR WOULD PROBABLY FEEL OBLIGED TO
REFER TO THEIR SUPPORTERS, SOME 250 STRONG,
WHO ARE IMPRISONED IN HONG KONG FOR THEIR PART IN THE 1967 DISTURBANCES.
THESE INCLUDE THE ELEVEN NEWSWORKERS WHOSE IMPRISONMENT THE CHINESE HAVE
USED TO JUSTIFY THEIR DETENTION OF GREY, THE REUTERS CORRESPONDENT. IN
REPLY YOU SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THOSE IN PRISON WERE CONVICTED IN THE
COURTS FOR OFFENCES AGAINST HONG KONG LAW AND ARE BEING RELEASED AS THEY
COMPLETE THEIR SENTENCES: AND THAT SENTENCES IN A HUMBER OF SPECIAL
CASES HAVE BEEN REDUCED. WE WOULD MOT EXPECT THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO
BE TOO ACRIMONIOUS.
2. SUBJECTS ON WHICH WE WOULD BE INTERESTED TO HAVE WANG TUNG'S VIEWS
ARE
(A)
SINO-SOVIET BORDER PROBLEMS:
(B) MR. BREZHNEV'S RECENT PROPOSAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COLLECTIVE
SECURITY SYSTEM IN ASIA:
(C) WANG'S EXPERIENCES OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION AS A MEMBER OF THE
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
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Your telegram No. 352 and Wilson's letter FC 25/3
of 14 July: Call of Chinese Ambassador.
Recent precedents suggest that the Chinese
Ambassador will probably stick to non-controversial
topics but if the subject of bilateral relations is
raised you should emphasise that we are anxious to get
relations back to normal. In this connexion, you could
express satisfaction at the rapid expansion in Sino-
British trade during the first six months of this year
which is about 100% higher than the same period last
year. The Chinese Ambassador would probably feel
obliged to refer to the supporters, some 250 strong, who
are imprisoned in Hong Kong for their part in the 1967
disturbances. These include the eleven newsworkers
whose imprisonment the Chinese have used to justify
their detention of Grey, the Reuters correspondent.
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2.
Subjects on which we would be interested to have
Wang Tung's views are
(a) Sino-Soviet border problems;
(b) Mr. Brezhnev's recent proposal for the
establishment of a collective security
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The recently arrived Chinese A abassadors in Algeria, the Yemen and
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It may, however, be Persoanlities List. It may helpful to you to know
that Peng Yu-chiu, the newly appointed Ambassador to Yauritania was
previously-bassador to Norway.
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MY LETTER OF 30 JUNE TO FAR EASTER: DEPARTMENT: CHINESE AMBASSADOR.
WANG TUNG HAS NOW ASKED FOR AN APPOINTMENT AND WILL BE PAYING A COURTESY
CALL ON HE ON TUESDAY 22 JULY,
2. PLEASE TELEGRAPH ANY HISTRUCTIONS ABOUT LINE TO BE TAKEN TO REACH ME
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14 July, 1969.
Chinese Ambassador in Stockholm
We were grateful to have copies of your exchange of letters with the new
Chinese Ambassador in Stockholm, which you sent to us on 30 June.
2. Although the Chinese letter falls a bit short as regards courtesy,
the fact that the Chinese have now reverted to the
What use of the normal diplomatic machinery at all is of note. you tell
us matches reports we have received from a number of posts in recent
weeks suggesting that the Chinese are now anxious to undo as fast as
possible the damage they administered to their
In para- own diplomatic machine during the Cultural Revolution, llel
with this they have made it clear that they are prepared to put their
relations with HMG back on a more conventional footing. You may have
read in the press that HM Chargé d'Affairee in Peking has now been
allowed to travel to a number of provincial cities, Nevertheless, as
your letter implies, the Chinese run a rigid form of popularity stakes
and we are not candidates for
although we should expect inclusion among the front runners Mr. Wang to
visit you before his Indian or Soviet colleagues.
3.
We shall be interested to learn what impression you gain of Mr. Wang as
time goes by. In particular an account of any call he may pay on you
would be of value. We shall of course want to know also how he conducts
himself vis à vis the Canadiana, but this is something on which we may
expect to be kept informed by the Canadians themselves in Ottawa.
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It has been announced that Doctor Yusef Shaqra has been appointed Syrian
Ambassador in Peking. and the arrival of a C.P.R. Ambassador in Damascus
seen to be the first tangible results of the visit of General Talass,
the Syrian Chief of Staff, to China.
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2. We know little about Dr. Shaqra except that his previous post was
that of Secretary General of the Ministry of National Guidance and
Tourism.
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9 July, 1969,
Chinese Ambassadors
Thanks for your letter of 24 June. The mysterious Han is actually Han
K'o-hua, No. 62 in the Leading Personalities list. As for the other new
faces, you will have noted that issue No. 316 of China Notes contained a
fair amount of informa- tion about the latest ones and I shall not
attempt to duplicate the effort here.
2. Wang Tung's social proclivities are of interest. have changed!
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