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IMBUNATE FOREIGN OFFICE TO ROME
TEL. NO. 2284
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23 AUGUST, 1967
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CONFIDENTIAL.
FOLLOWING FOR SCOTT FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY.
2. THE HOME OFFICE HAVE ASKED IF YOU COULD ARRANGE TO TRANSMIT THE
FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO THE HOME SECRETARY IN SALERNO,
FOLLOWING ACTION TAKEN AGAINST CHINESE IN RETALIATION1- (A) CERTAIN
HOLDERS OF CHINESE PASSPORTS TO BE REFUSED LEAVE TO EMBARK UNDER ALIENS
ORDER. ORDER BEING AMENDED TO-DAY BY ORDER-IN-COUNCIL TO COVER TRAVEL TO
IRELAND, DESPITE DIFFICULTY OF ENFORCEMENT. PURPOSE OF MOVE IS RETENTION
OF HOSTAGES UNTIL SAFETY OF OUR PEOPLE IN PEKING IS ASSURED. NO QUESTION
THEREFORE OF DEPORTATIONS AT THIS STAGE. RESTRICTION WOULD BE ENFORCED
AGAINST DIPLOMATS, JOURNALISTS AND CERTAIN OTHER CLASSES. (B)
RESTRICTION ORDERS UNDER ALIENS ORDER IMPOSED ON FIVE NEW CHINA NEWS
AGENCY STAFF REQUIRING TWICE-DAILY REPORTING TO POLICE ETC. IN
RETALIATION FOR ACTION AGAINST REUTER'S CORRES- PONDENT, VISAS FOR
REPLACEMENTS NOT TO BE GRANTED.
(C) FOREIGN OFFICE ARE RESTRICTING MOVEMENTS OF CHINESE DIPLOMATS, AND
THEY ARE BEING KEPT UNDER SURVEILLANCE BY THE POLICE.
THIS IS ALL THAT CAN BE DONE IN HOME OFFICE SPHERE AT PRESENT. WE SEE
NOTHING HERE MAKING IT NECESSARY FOR YOU TO CONSIDER RETURNING, BUT
THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW OF ACTION WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN ON PRIME
MINISTER'S DIRECTIONS,
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Cable to Secretary of State
Following action taken against Chinese in retaliation:-
Certain holders of Chinese passports to be refused
leave to embark under Aliens Order. Order being amended
to-day by Order-in-Council to cover travel to Ireland,
despite difficulty of enforcement.
Purpose of move is
retention of hostages until safety of our people in
Peking is assured, No question therefore of
deportations at this stage. Restriction would be
enforced against diplomats, journalists and certain
other classes.
(b) Restriction orders under Allens Order imposed on
five New Chinw News Agency staff requiring twice-daily
reporting to police etc. in retaliation for action
against Reuter's correspondent.
not to be granted.
Vises for replacements
(c) Foreign Office are restricting movements of
Chinese diplomata, and they are being kept under
surveillance by the police.
This is all that can be done in Home Office sphere at
present. We see nothing here making it necessary for you to
consider returning, but thought you should know of action
which has been taken on Prime Minister's directions.
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3 August, 1967.
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I think I should let you know that Ministers have been following
developments in China closely, particularly in so far as they affect
British subjects resident there and visiting businessmen, and we have
been asked to keep in very close touch with fims affected, in
consultation with the Board of Trade.
2. Earlier this week Harry Hohler (who was standing in for Arthur de la
Mare while the latter was on leave) called in John Keswick. He said
that, according to our information, China was now in a worse state of
internal confusion than at any time since the communiat takaovar. There
was growing evidence of clashes in many provinces and it was clear that
the writ of the Central Government was no longer absolute in some
places. There had also been manifestations in Peking of considerable
anti-British feeling following the firm measures taken by the Government
in Hong Kong. There was therefore a risk that any British subject in
China might be liable to harassment by the Chinese, particularly if
there had recently been some particularly tough action taken in Hong
Kong. There was also a risk, although more remote, that a British
subject might be detained as a hostage, as had happened in the case of
Kr. Grey. Te were not giving formal advice that visits by businessmen or
technicians should cease but we thought we" ware under an obligation to
talk with those concerned with trade to China and we hoped that all
those about to go to China would keep in close tõuch with the
Department. So far as our own Mission in Peking was concerned we
intended to stay on as long as possible, although there were of course
ciromstances in which we might have to withdraw.
3. In reply John Keswick said that he considered that the only course
open to British businessmen trading with China was to weather the storm
as best they could. He himself would not advise against businesmen going
to China if they had something definite to do. In his experience, the
Chinese would only give entry visas if they were prepared to let the
people out as well. He thought that the same applied to technicians
working in China. As for shipping there was no doubt that the Chinese
were highly sensitive at the moment and that it was therefore very
important to try to avoid anything which they might classify as
"political provocation". Although Jardinsa' ships had been involved in
some incidents, it was noticeable that, by almost superhuman
self-control, it was still possible to visit Chinese ports without
incidents. During the course of the boycott in Hong Kong and Chinese
support for it, it was however necessary to
D. C. Hopson, Esq., C.M.O., D.S.O., M.C., T.D.,
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devise a system under which British ships would not call at Chinese
ports after viɛiting Hong Kong. Shipping companies were working on this
(as you will have seen from Foreign office telegram No. 687). As to the
desirability of keeping a Mission in Peking, John Kaswick thought very
strongly that we should stay there as long as possible even though, so
far as businessmen were concerned, it might now be necessary to revert
to the former practice under which they contactad Chinese trading
corporations directly rather than acting through the British Office,
since he thought it likely that the British office would be under
something of a cloud for some time to come.
John Keswick undertook to pass on the substance of this discussion to
his colleagues on the Sino-British Trade Council. Apart from this I have
also spoken myself to the three British companies which have technicians
about to go to China, 1.e. I.C.I., Plesseys and Courtaulds. All of them
seem to take a fairly relaxed view of the situation and have no
intention at present of changing their arrangements.
5. For the moment we shall continue to talk to businesamon along those
lines. The Board of Trade are most reluctant to do anything more formal.
If, however, the situation deteriorates in any way and you think that we
should give more positive advice to British businessmen e.g. by warning
them not to visit China at present, I hope that you will let us know.
6. I am sending a copy of this letter to Michael Wilford in Hong Kong.
(J. B. Denson)
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Her Majesty'a Principal Secretary of State for Forsign
Affairs presents his compliments to the acting Chargé d'Affaires
of the People's Republic of China and, with reference to his
predecessor's Notes No. FC 1895/37 of the 11th of November, 1954,
PC 1051/18/G of the 18th of Septembar, 1961, and FC 1051/1/G of
the 22nd of April, 1966, has the honour to inform his that the
terms of these notes apply to all meshers of the Bank of Chine in
London an2 to their families. He has the honour to request the
moting Chargé d'Affaires to ensure that such personnel notify the
Foreign Office of their intention to travel " distence of more
than thirty-five miles from Karble Arch "nd also of their address
if any overnight stop is involved. Fuch notification must be
received in the Poreign Office at lewat forty-eight hours before
the journey is dus to begin. Providing that these conditions
have been complied with and in the absence of notification by the
Foreign Office to the contrary, it may be assumed that there is
no objection to the journey.
Her Kajesty's Principal Secretary of Stats for Foreign
Affaire av¬ile himself of this opportunity of renewing to the
moting Chargé d'Affaires of the People's Republic of China the
assurunoss of his highest aonaidaration.
FOREIGN OFFICE,
3.4.1.
18 August, 1967.
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for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments
to the acting Chargé d'Affaires of the People's
Republic of China and, with reference to his
predecessor's Notes No. FC 1895/37 of 11 November
1954, PC 1051/18/G of 18 September 1961 and
FC 1051/1/G of 22 April 1966, has the honour
to inform him that the terms of these notes
apply to all these members of the Bank of China
t in London wwe kelä official passporter and their
families. He has the honour to request the
acting Chargé d'Affaires to ensure that such
personnel notify the Foreign Office of their
intention to travel a distance of more than
35 miles from Marble Arch and also of their
address if any overnight stop is involved.
Such notification must be received in the Foreign
office at least 48 hours before the journey is
due to begin. Providing that these conditions
have been complied with and in the absence of
notification by the Foreign Office to the
contrary, it may be assumed that there is no
objection to the journey.
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs avails
himself of this oppor- tunity of renewing to the acting Chargé
d'Affaires of the People's Republic of China the assurances of his
highest consideration.
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As I think you know, we are very much concerned about the harassment by
the Chinese of our Mission in Peking. You have probably read a good deal
about some aspects of this in the press, but some other forms of
harassment have never been mentioned there One of these is that Chinese
packers (who are to all intents and purposes Government officials)
refuse to pack and transport the belongings of the members of our staff
(including the Chargé d'Affaires himself). This means, in effect, that
those concerned are obliged to leave in leking all their personal
possessions which they cannot carry in suitcases: furniture, household
effects, books, gramophones, children's toys, cots and pererbulators, as
well as their private motor cara. I need hardly emphasise the
inconvenience and financial loss which this involves. Furthermore, the
Chinese are deliberately delaying the clearance of baggage and stores
(including food and other essential supplies) for our Mission. On
occasion, the Chinese have oven obliged members of the staff to read
quotations from the works of Xao Tse-tung before allowing goods through
Customs. To cannot hope, nor would we wish, to retaliate în like manner
against such puerile behaviour as this. But in the past the Chinese have
sometimes responded to direct action against their own diplomats. I
therefore think that they might be persuaded to desist from this sort of
harassment and be deterred from doing worse if we were able to
demonstrate that some retaliation was possible against the Chinese
Mission in London.
2. We are already considering separately a number of measures which we
could take. We should like to enlist your co-operation in the field of
Customs examination. Would it be possible, for instance, to adopt
"adrinistrative delay" to hold up the import and export of unaccompanied
baggage by the Office of the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in London? We
would not propose to tell the Chinese that this was happening, but we
would hope that it could be done in such a way that they were left in no
doubt that such delays were not accidental. I realise that action of
this sort would involve your Customs Officers in some additional work
and in the normal course of events you might feel reluctant to not
against a diplomatic mission. But I trust that you will agree that the
Chinese in their present mood are a special case and that anything we
can do to counteract their uncivilised treatment of our own people and
to keep up the morale of the latter in the frustrating and potentially
dangerous circumstances now obtaining in Zaking would be in a good
cause.
13.
A. R. Ashford, Esq., C.).G..
H.M. Customs and Excise,
Kings Beam House
Kark Lane,
London, B.C.3.
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I very much hope you will find it possible to help in some
If you would prefer to discuss the problem I should be very glad to do
so at any time.
Way -
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