marched towards the lift to the main entrance, closely followed
by his interpreter and Kr. Sharland. No further word waa
exchanged.
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Problem
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in the Clearance of Cobafermenty for fice of the Chinese Cher
in London
C'Affaire
F23/20
A consignment of films and certain other items addressed
to the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires are being held at London Airport
pending Foreign Office agreement to their clearance.
The Customs authorities inform us that administrative reasons
can no longer be given for the delay and if the consignments
are not to be released the Foreign Office will have to make it clear to
the Chinese that they are being held for political
reasona, i.e. in retaliation for actions by the Chinese against our
Mission in Peking. We have to decide whether to release
the consignments and what action to take on future consignments.
Recommendation
2. I recommend that the present consignments be released but that we
tell the Chinese that if similar consignments addressed
to the Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires in Peking are delayed, we
shall hold up consignments addressed to them until those in Peking are
released. Joint Conference and Protocol
Department concur.
Argument and Background
Flag A(28)3.
In his minute of 17 August Kr. Rodgers agreed the recom- Flag B(27)
mendation in paragraph 2(c) of Mr. Denson's submission of 11
Bmendation
August that we should write to the Customs and Excise asking
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them to impose "administrative delays on Chinese baggage".
Flag C2 Kr. Denson did so on 18 August, pointing out that the Chinese
were making difficulties about clearing supplies for our
Mission in Peking and over packing the personal effects of
members of the staff due to leave China. After discussion
with the Customs, it was agreed that the correct procedure
was for the Foreign Office to hold up applications from the
Office of the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires for the clearance of
incoming consignments. A number of outstanding applications
were returned to Protocol Department at the Foreign Office,
this is why the present delay has occurred. Since the attack
on our kission, we have not had an opportunity to ascertain
whether any consignments addressed to our kission in Peking
have been cleared. In the atmosphere prevailing there, it
seems unlikely. We know, for example, that a suitcase bought
for a member of our staff by the wife of a British businessman
was seized by the Chinese when she was taking it to him. So
far as we know, there has been no progress in the packing of
personal effects. No members of the staff are in any case
being allowed to leave.
4. We have to decide whether in present circumstances, when
we are trying to open a dialogue with the Chinese about the
future of our Mission in Peking, it would help this objective
or secure better treatment for our Mission if consignments
are held up. Pending the receipt of the Chinese Foreign
Minister's reply to the Secretary of State's message sent on
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30 August, it is not clear whether the Chinese will be willing
to negotiate about our Mission. In the meantime, we have
decided to continue to enforce but not tighten existing
restrictions on the Chinese here. In the present circumstances,
I think the right course and the one most likely to ensure
that Mr. Hopson will be reasonably treated over such matters
as private letters, newspapers, etc. would be for us to release
consignments now being held. But, in line with our policy on
other matters, we should tell the Chinese that we expect that
any items consigned to our Office in Peking or any item which
we wish to send out will in future be cleared expeditiously by
the Chinese authorities. If they are not, we shall take
counter-measures against the Chinese Office here. We can then
inform Mr. Hopson of the action taken and ask him to report
on the position in Peking.
5. I have just heard that the Chinese say that they will be
receiving a bill for storage charges for some of their delayed
packages and that they will send this to the Foreign Office
for payment. If they do, I suggest we return it reminding
them of the infinitely greater claims we have against them for
the damage caused to our Mission in Peking.
Bollan
سماج
(E. "Bolland)
8 September, 1967
/I agree
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I agree with the recommendation.
On a strict basis of
reciprocity we should continue to delay clearance of this
consignment since the Chinese have made difficulties for us in
Peking over the clearance of our effects, etc., and the present
delays which we have imposed here are merely retaliation
against action taken against us by the Chinese.
But if you
accept the proposition which I put up on other papers yesterday
that we should try to combine reciprocity with relaxation,
rather than to make reciprocity the argument for ever-increasing
controls, I think that in this case we should act as Mr.
Bolland proposes. If the Chinese do not respond to this small
gesture then we should impose longer delays on the next Chinese
consignment here than we have done on this one. But in the
meantime we should arrange for it to become known to the
Chinese both here and in Peking that in the interests of
common sense and orderly diplomatic practice we will expedite
the handling of Chinese consignments here if they will do the
same at their end. If you agree with this I shall do the
necessary to get the idea put across to the Chinese.
in Rodgers
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Mr. Howland of Glen Line telephoned yesterday afternoon. He was worried
about the restrictions on Chinese nationals. Olen Line ships are
normally crewed by Chinese holding C.P.R. passports and Mr. Howland
wishes us to confirm that his crews will not be held in port. Also, some
thirteen C.P.R. nationals will shortly be going ashore in London to go
to Newcastle to take delivery of a new Glen Line vessel. I promised to
confirm to Mr. Howland that there will be no question of Glen Line's
employces being held up and that the restrictions are only being applied
at present to holders of diplomatic and official Chinese pass- I ports.
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Retaliation against the Chinese in Britain
This is a reply to the Foreign Secretary's minute of 14th August. and to
a minulé of 2k Auqurc
2.
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We have deferred the issue of a visa for a Chinese coming to replace
one of the N.C.N.A. staff and I see no great difficulty in continuing to
refuse visas. But the question of refusing re-entry visas for Chinese
resident here will need further study by officials.
3.
Immigration officers will co-operate in the Foreign Office system of
diplomatic exit visas to the extent of (a) drawing a departing
traveller's
attention to the need to have a diplomatic exit visa endorsed in his
passport
before leaving and (b) informing the Foreign Office they have done so,
but
without in any way impeding departure. This co-operation cannot extend
to
4.
travellers for Ireland: there is no immigration control of the Irish
traffic.
As to expulsion of the N.C.N.A. staff here we consider that, in view of
the wholly exceptional circumstances, this would be justified in the
event of
the Chinese taking further and more drastic action against Mr. Grey,
Reuter's
representative in Peking; but that in the event of the Chinese action
being
directed against our Mission in Peking the appropriate counter-action
should
be directed at the Chinese on the diplomatic list here, which would fall
within
the Foreign Office sphere.
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5.
Any N.C.N.A. staff whom it was decided to expel would be given 48 hours
Nothing would be said to them about a right to make
to leave the country
representations to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate. If they were to
purport
to exercise this right, we would deny them an extension of stay for this
purpose.
The C.M.M. representation procedure is not apt for a case where
deportation is
proposed for political purposes.
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31 AUG 1967
Fe 3/201
A
Relations with the Chinese:
Action
decided upon at your Meeting last night
Exit from the United Kingdom
The Home Office agreed to send out instructions that
holders of passporta of the Chinese People's Republic should
not be permitted to leave the country. They said that it
was possible to make these arrangements for holders of
ordinary and official passports under the Aliens Order but
there were two difficulties:
(i) they could not prevent holders of
diplomatic passports from leaving, even if
they had not complied with the requirement,
communicated to the Chinese Mission on the
morning of 22 August, that they needed an
Exit Permit issued by the Foreign Office
before they could leave the country. If
a holder of a diplomatic passport were
found attempting to leave the country without
this visa the Immigration Officer could draw
his attention to the requirement but could not
detain him;
(11) the Irish gap. The Republic of Ireland
is within the "free travel area" and no
restrictions are placed on movement between
the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Chinese
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Cannot be done.
could thus leave the United Kingdom through
Ireland.
It was agreed to draft an amendment to the Aliens Act to cover
these two contingencies: the cooperation of the Irish
authorities would be required on the second.
2. This morning however the Legal Advisers have come to the
conclusion that it is impossible to amend the Act to deal with
the exit of diplomats since they are covered not by the Aliens
Act but by the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act.
The Legal Adviser is in consultation with the Solicitor-
General as to ways and means to get round this.
B
Restriction on the N.C.N.A.
41 A
3. The five members of N.C.N.A. (three men and two women)
are being notified that they must report to the police twice
daily at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. and must not change their residence.
This order should be issued today.
4 It was agreed not to expel N.C.N.A. for the present because
we needed Chinese hostages here to compensate for our own people
being held hostage in China.
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C Restrictions on the Chinese Mission
5. It was agreed that freedom of movement of members of the
Chinese Mission without authority would now be restricted to
five instead of $5 miles from Marble Arch.
6. It was also agreed that the Chinese Mission should be
instructed that they were to cease using their diplomatic
wireless transmitter until it was possible for our own
/mission
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mission in Peking to use theirs.
7.
You informed Mr. Shen Ping, the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires
of these restrictions when you saw him at 11 p.m. last night.
C.f. de lub
(A.J. de la Mare) 23 August, 1967
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Mr. R. V. T. Pryor of the GPO's External Telecommunications Executive
(Tel. HEAdquarters 3691) telephoned to say that the GPO thought it was
an opportune moment to remind the Foreign Office of the services they
were providing for the New China Newadgency. These are:
(1) The provision of a telegraph circuit
between the Agency's offices in Hampstead (26 Ferncroft Avenue, N.1.3.)
and their offices in Neuilly sur Seine, near Paris (there is a similar
telegraph circuit provided by the French and Swiss PTT between Neuilly
sur Seine and Geneva).
(2) The OPO listen in to a daily radio
transmission from Peking. Normally two pictures a day are received over
this circuit and these are taken straight off the radio receiving set
and passed by land line to the NONA's premises in Hampstead.
He said that the GPO could, if the Foreign Office wished, moniter both
these services.
2. After having discussed this with you I telephoned Mr. Pryor and
thanked him for this timely reminder. I said that we would let him know
in the fairly near future whether we wished action to be taken on these
lines, but meanwhile the GPO should continue to provide these services
to the NCNA.
Mi Parnami
(B. V. WHITE) GENERAL DEPARTMENT 30 August, 1967.
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Mr. Bolland
JLr 1967
F23/201
Lord Dunrossil informed me today that the General Post Office had told
his Department that if we wished by could interfere with the telephone
com- munications of the New China News Agency's house at Hampstead. I
said that for the moment we were not intending to impose further
restrictions on the Chinese but were grateful for the offer, which we
might like to take up at a later stage if the Chinese became more
difficult in Peking.
2. We have also learnt from secret sources that the N.C.N.A. are
probably operating a walkie-talkie from the house in Hampstead to the
Chinese Mission in Portland Place. If this is so they are in breach of
some law of regulation of broadcasting. The authorities could on the
basis of this enter the premises and take action to neutralise the set.
We have told those concerned that for the moment we wish no action to be
taken.
John Denson
(J. B. Denson) 30 August. 1967
Copy to:
Mr. Wilson
I agree.
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P.4. C
SECRET
Correspondence to this address must be unde Louble goyer.
The quter envelope should be addressed
CRET
The Secretary. Box 500, PARLIAMENT STREET B.O., LONDON, S.W.1.
and not to any individual.
Telephone Nos. 01-734 6050 Ext.....
01-930 6789 Ext...
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Our Ref.: SF 84/China/4/D4/1MMT
Your Ref.:
BOX No. 500.
PARLIAMENT STREET B.O..
LONDON, S.W.1.
30th August, 1967
prosin
مل اله
For the attention of Mr. David Wilson, Far Eastern Dept.
De auto'ss facte,
As requested on the telephone today, I attach photographs of Chinese
Officials at the C.D.M., c.c.o., N.C.N.A. and Bank of China, as set out
in the list sent to you on 23rd August. (We have no photograph of LIU
CHIH MING.c.0, SUNG KUO HUA, Baue of Chima
2.
I also attach a note of two names which were omitted from that list.
Your siml.
си
whank
M.M. Lachlan
Miss E.G. Forsyth,
P.U.S.D.,
Foreign Office.
Enos; ML/GV
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Additions
Chinese Commercial Office 4-7 Gloucester Gate, N.W.1.
FENG CHEN CHUAN
7458/2182/3123
S 017348
WENG TU HSU (Wife of HUANG CHIEN MO) S 001372 5040/0960/1645
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Mr. Ders
FC3/20
Exit Pézmits for the Chinese in Britain
On instructions I spoke to Mr. bu of the Chinese office this evening. I
told him, at dictation speed, that "as from 6 p.m. today 22 August all
members of the Office of the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires would require
exit permits before leaving Britain. The same would apply to all members
of official Chinese organisations in this country such as the N.C.N.A.,
the Bank of China, Trading Corporations resident in London etc. These
exit permits could be obtained by applying to Far Eastern Department, A
note explain ing this in detail would be sent as soon as possible", I
also repeated the important parts in Chinese.
2. Mr. Du (who clearly had someone at his elbow) replied by saying that
this was yet another political provocation against the Chinese Mission
in London against which he strongly protested. I told him that if he
wished to protest the Foreign Office rejected his protest in view of
what mobs ofChinese hooligans in Peking had done to the British Mission
there. I said that if he wished to know the reason for this measure he
should listen to the B.B.C. of any other news this evening.
I attach
the Chinen.
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H.M. CUSTOMS And Excise AND EXCISE
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LONDON E.C.3
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F23/1/20
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29th August, 1967.
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Dear Denson,
In view of Ashford's absence on leave, I am replying to your letter
dated 18th August regarding the possibilities of our co-operation with
you in retaliatory action against the Chinese Mission in London.
When diplomatic privilege is claimed at importation, whether on
unaccompanied baggage or on supplies for the mission or for individual
diplomats, application has to be made to the Protocol and Conference
Department of the Foreign Office who pass on the application to us so
that we can issue instructions to our Officers to release the goods. If
your Protocol department can be instructed not to send us applications
from the Chinese Mission we shall not be able to proceed in respect
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.