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Mr. Kepulak said he had been pleased to note how young most of then warO. Youth was the most important factor in the world today. Chairman Mao's works contained many references to the role of youth. It was their world, and rightly so. In England we had a saying, MESTOPS Committer a young are easily corrected, older people's errors are not so easily changed". - M. Lu agreed.
Main explained that the Red Guard movement was organised from the firt, by the students themselves. Chairman Mao had given the movement his support, and later accepted personal leadership. Since then, it had spread to other countries. Last year, the Chairman personally reviewed 12 million Guards in Peking, after which, they spread throughout the countryside, being given time off from school, and free transportation, to assist them in taking Mao Tse-tung's thought from the schools to industry and the country-people, and to spread it throughout all society.
In the process, young trail-blazers have emerged.
These young people constructively use Mao's thought in practicing revolution in
verything they touch. They have made some mistakes, it is true, but these can be rectified as the campaign proceeds.
These young revolutionaries are the force behind the People's Liberation Army If Mao calls on them, they will go anywhere, and do anything. This is excellent preparation for any war which may eventuate. The U.S. has more than 400,000 mea in Vietnam, and is escalating the struggle, but is having a very tough time there. If they should invade China, let them, the earlier the better and the more the better. We have made our preparations, I said.
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The Cultural revolution has solved zany problems: the successors of the present leadership are assured. The imperialists placed their hopes on the second and third generations of Chinese youth. maet any American friends, please tell them how wrong they were, China will never change colour.
Mr. Kendale suggested they talk about trade.
From the time of the Briti 1964 exhibition, trade had risen steadily, and was going quite well. He spoke as President of the Sino- British Trade Council, and Kr. Marchull was one of its secretaries. ...e S3TC had devoted great "forts to pro ste this trade. Choved some achievement, but we wanted a further increase.
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He
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1) China, in 1965-6, sent a number of delegations and specialist mission to the U.K., and these were very welcome. He hoped wo La sce a resumption, and an increased number of missions in 1967.
Both the Charge d'Affaires, and the Commercial Counsellor, were
tem London, and business circles in the U.K., and people ly, hoped they would soon be back. People were interested in trade, and in the Cultural Revolution, and without these two leading Chinese personalities in London, it was sometimes difficult to interpret the situation for ourselves.
We wished to see, - to invite, - more technical missions from China, including missions from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and CCFIT.
2) British industry, science and agriculture was developing rapidly. This was not always appreciated abroad, and we now proposed to produce a magazine, giving details, interesting technical articles etc. concerning the most advanced and up-to-date Sritish products and techniques. The magazine would be in Chinese, and all material would be of a high technical standard, designed to be of interest to the specialist rather than the ordinary reader.
We wished the CCPIT to assist us in distributing this magazine, 5.lping us to compile a list of suitable addressees. (In translation,
testretjo did not make is fully clear that we required a list, not,
fon faciliting. We should make this clear in wir. Keswick's
letter to ɔu Nung).
Mr. Keswick would write in more detail, to Hou Tung at Peking, and suck his assistance. He hoped that Kr. Lu would also help the project, through the Ministry of Foreign Trade channels.
(a sample was examined and returned)
3) The third matter concerns large contracts. business is going along fairly well, but we also hope to secure a
Day-to-day good share of the larger orders which may be placed during the next year or so, particularly in electrical power equipment, and steel.
then we laat met, I asked for your help over difficulties in correction with an order for a computer to be used in a power plant project. This had bean settled satisfactorily, the company concerned, paying a considerable sum as compensation.
U.K. prices for large power plant were extremely competitive, -ven in competizion with French and E. European suppliers.
It was to be hoped that our manufacturers would have a chance to tender in this field.
4) Finally, I wish to congratulate you all on the fascinating show of exhibita, and your arrangements for the Fair.
Mr. Ly thanked Mr. Keswick for his good wishes, and said he was happy to see the trade increase. However, it was a regrettable fact that trade could not develop freely as it should, due to the Labour Government's adherence to the U.S. embargo policy. Despite the settle- munt arranged in the dispute over the computer contract, the same sicacion could easily arise again in the future. He wondered whether in fact it had been caused by a British firm's refusal to honour an Agreement, or whether it been caused by U.S. pressuno.
Businessmen should bring influence to bear on the Government, urging them to whögh a co.patunavuly independent policy.
It was also the case that the British and Hong Kong Governments ---- an cnburgo on bile activities of Hong Kong merchants.
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As an old friend, Mr. Keswick knew the Chinese nature very well; he knew they feared nothing, and could not be deceived. As a friend, he should speak to the Governor when he travelled back via Hong Kong, tell him if this policy continues, it will bring bad results.
It was his own impression that British people generally, did not favour adherence to U.S. policy. It was the result of pressure from th 7.5.
He hoped his old friends would give attention to this problem, and force the adoption of a "comparatively independent policy" (verbatim). It was now 17 years since the beginning of the embargo and all to no effect. The only affect was the bad influence it exerted on British trade.
As for China, she was even grateful for such a policy; it forces the people to greater efforts in production, and the results could be seen in the exhibition. They had scored victories, first over the embargo, and second, over the Soviet revisionists.
A new stage of the Cultural Revolution had been reached and already was stimulating production. There would be a leap forward in both agriculture and industry. Many products, as visitors would see,
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People in China, now think as one, and all actively employ Maoist thought in all their work. We should expect to see a leap forward in production, this would mean that foreign trade also would increase. China was willing to develop trade on the usual principles of equality and mutual benefit, but this required equal effort on both sides. Politics and trade still go hand-in-hand. I hope you will recognise this point.
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As for the proposal to publish an SETC magazine in Chinese, seemed to be a matter for CCPIT. It would contribute to friendship and mutual understanding between the two peoples, and he would help, therefore, where he could.
Mr. Lu fully supported the other efforts of 5BTC to increase the areas of understanding between the two peoples.
He hoped Mr. Keswick would see more of the changes brought about by the Cultural revolution, and he wished him a happy stay.
In closing, Mr. Keswick mentioned a rumour in London to the effect that Mr. Nan Hân-chen had died, Was it true? Mr. Lu looked to Tan Ting-tung, and both confirmed that it was true,
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VICE-CHAIRMAN CCPIT, CANTON
The meeting book place at the Canton Fair Building, 20.4.67.
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Mr. Pi Sheng-Yu
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Mr. John Keswick
P.S. Marshall
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There is considerable interest among British businessmen, trade with China. Trade in both directions has increased at a slow, but steady rate. During the British 1964 exhibition at Peking, our President of the Board of Trade also was at Peking, I predicted in a speech, that total trade could rise from the existing level of £32 millions, to £50 millions within five years. Now, less than three years later, we see that trade both ways, already totals £52 or more millions.
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We are not satisfied with that, however, we want to sea the figure rise year-by-year.
I am happy to be in Canton again. I shall not go to Peking to see CCPIT during this visit. I have been in touch with Hou Ton, and he agrees that it would be more convenient to go there later on.
However, I should be grateful if you would pass him a message
from me.
Last year, he and I were discussing some matters, and I told him of a proposal that S.B.T.C. should produce a magazine in Chinese, We have gone ahead with the idea, and I want him to see a sample of what I have in mind.
(a copy of the specimen-magazine is produced and examined) You will see it's not for the ordinary reader, but for the specialist, the technician and the engineer. It would be a quarterly, or 4-monthly publication. We should print about 3,000 copies in Chinese, and I would want CCPIT to assist us in drawing up a list for its distribution.
The object of the magazine is to keep people informed about British progress in advanced engineering techniques, new discoveries, processes and so on. Each issue would have a main theme of some kind.
Most of the businessmen who come to the Fair would support the idea, which should lead to increased understanding all round.
Mr. Pi agreed to pass the message on to CCPIT Peking and
Mr. Hou Ton.
Replying to Mr. Keswick's congratulations on the organisation work and exhibits at the Fair, Mr. Pi said everyone was very busy with Cultural Revolution activities and deep study of Chairman Mao's works. Applying Mao's thought to all affairs had won great victories for China, The Cultural Revolution was a completely new thing, and a contribution to assist the whole world.
Mao Tse-tung saw that the leadership of world revolution has been good under all the Soviet leaders up to, and including Stalin. Under Khrushchev, things changed, and Soviet leadership became revisionist.
Therefore, in China, we will carry our revolution through to the very end, to ensure that China will never change colour, and to prevent any possibility of a restoration of capitalism.
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Last night at your dinner party, the revolutionary groups and Red Guards told you something of what is going on.
We know that our movement is not understood abroad. Your newspapers spread lies and slanders. Our workers and peasants and soldiers are the revolutionary support, they read Mao's worka and use every method to employ his thought in everything they do.
Some counter-revolutionary elements, bad elements, and capitalists still spread rumours and try to defeat the revolution. Chairman Mao says 'whatever the enemy opposes is good'. The greater the opposition, the firmer our stand will be.
The decisive battle has been won. All the people, the Kanpu and intellectuals support and study the works of Chairman Mao. In applying the Thought of Mao Tse-tung, we make revolution, and this has had a stimulating effect on production. Production is excellent in industry and in agriculture also. This can be seen from the exhibits at the present Fair.
We hope you will stay here for a while, and learn more about our revolution. You will then be in a position to understand the situation when you are back in the U.K.
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Keswick thanked Mr. Pi for his interesting account He had been happy to hear about the revolution from the Red Guards' own lips the night before, it was a new experience to everybody, and his visit to Canton had made a vivid impression already. He should be in a position to explain the movement to his friends in London.
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Regarding the magazine project, he would be obliged if Mr. Pi would please pass the message to Hou Ton. He would call to say goodbye to Mr. Pi sometime before the Fair closed that evening. He would also write to Hou Ton personally.
Mr. Pir Did I not meet you some years ago at the Ai Chun hotel? Yea? I thought 80. So you are an old friend, and last night you told me you also are a rebel. You and I work to promote friendly trade. Now, if you are a trus rebel, you must rebel!
Let me offer a suggestion: in Vietnam, the U.S. aggressors are fighting the people, and the Hong Kong authorities allow the passage of war materials - this is not a friendly act. We wholeheartedly support the Vietnamese people in their struggle, and when the Hong Kong authorities assist the U.S. by allowing them to use Hong Kong, we don't like it.
As a rebel, you should tell your Government. of friendship, and would also promote trade.
This would be an act
I don't support the I watch the situation that it was used as
Mr. Keswick Thank you for your good advice. present position, and I do want peace in Vietnam. in Hong Kong very carefully, and if I saw any sign a U.S. base, I assure you I should protest most strongly.
The Hong Kong Government, of course, does not allow the passage of war material. U.S. ships use facilities there only for rest and recreation, and quickly move on. Hong Kong is not used as a base.
I want peace in Vietnam. This is the most important problem in the world today. I hope by the opening of your next Fair, that something will have been done to improve the situation there.
Please accept my assurance that I am prepared to take any real opportunity to assist a settlement, and I hope you too will do your share to bring it about.
(The Meeting then closed)
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I am writing to confirm my Creda 9 about Fischer of Vickers-Zimer and to explain the reasons for the delay.
2. I have spoken to both Jay and Cockburn (Managing Director) of Vickers about Fischer. I do not need to go into all the background and difficulties experienced by Vickers at Lanchow since this is already very well known to you. Jay got some concessions out of the Chinese about conditions at Lanchow when he visited the
aite a few weeks ago, However, there were none, I gather, on the Chinese side about local leave etc. (i.... in Hong Kong etc.), and inflexibility on this seema to be absolute. As a result of these conditions and restrictions on travel etc. Vickers are having an increasingly difficult time in persuading anybody to go to Landbou. Vickers regard Fischer as very much the right man for the job (as indeed I think di the Chinese) and there is little doubt that he will eventually go (probably within the next fortnight) but he has made certain conditions which Vickers are finding it rather difficult to meet although they expect to resolve these shortly. For one thing Hecher would like to have certain junior people with him to deal with day-to-day probleas which, unlike Barnes, he would find it difficult to cope with. Cockburn explained at some length that a number of engineers who would automatically le sent to Lanchow under the terms of the contract have now refused to go or are making extreme difficulties about going. They do not believe that everything is quiet and prefer to believe exaggerated reports in the Press about conditions in China. They are also much concerned about arrangementa for local and home laave. One particular man apparently refused point blank to go to Lanchow and when presented with the taras of his contract with Vickers, which allowed for service anywhere overseas at the Company's discretion, resigned on the apot. I understand that the restrictions on the more junior staff at Eanohow are probably a little more onerous than on senior staff.
Many of these problems were, I think, discussed by Jay with you when he was in Feking a few weeks ago but as time goes on it is becoming more and more apparent that despite the assurancés which the Vickers management are giving it is becoming increasingly difficult to persuade engineers to go to China. Both Cockburn and Jay emphasized that if only the Chinese could be persuaded to relax all their restrictions on leave etc, it would wake things considerably easier all-round. Additionally, if the Chinese would leave Vickers to decide who were the right persons required for the various jobs at Lanohow and when they should go to the
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you suppose that the Chinese realise that as time goes on and if things do not get easier, it well become increasingly evident to British Tând other Western countries) that conditions in China are very much more rigid than elsewhere; and recognition of these difficulties will undoubtedly be reflected in the cost to the Chinese of signing contracts with foreign suppliers who will be forced to allow for a much wider margin for unforeseen contingencies in the case of China than they do for other markets? If, as we are all led to believe, one of the sims of the Cultural Revolution is to increase production and efficiency and consequently enhance the economic development of China, then the Chinese must, if possible, be persuaded to realise that one of the ways of reducing the cost to themselves of employing foreign techniques, as they sust, is by creating the right atmosphere which will not only encourage foreign participation in the development of the Chinese economy but at a reasonable cost to the Chinese. We know that the Chinese are very hard bargainers and always expect to be in the driving seat. I suppose we can only hope that they, like many before them, will eventually have to come to grip with the realities of the other half.
5. To what extent you could get this across to the Chinese I leave to your discretion. It is unfortunate that our relationship with the Chinese in London is not such as we could have a friendly discussion ourselves on such matters.
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Vickers have undertaken to infora me immediately they are in a position to give a fira date for Fischer's departure and I will cable you accordingly. Jardines in Hong Kong have, incidentally, added their weight to the necessity for something to be done so quickly as possible about Fischer.
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After all our discussions with Ho Tung of C.C.P.I.T. Mr. Keswick was only given a visa to visit Canton. I therfore went down to meet him there. Le had some useful discussions
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2. Mr. Keswick was really very depressed by his visit to Canton, I do not think that he had fully understood the extent of the new political atmosphere created by the Cultural Revolution. In his interviews with members of the Canton Branch of the Chins Council for the Promotion of International Trade and with Lu Isu-chang, Vice-Jinister of Foreign Trade at which Tan Ting-tung of the kuropean apartment of the Ministry was present there was alnost only politionl discussion. Lu Hau-chang complained at length of the wickedness of il.W.G.'s pro-American policy in Vietnam, of the Hong Kong Governor's permitting the use of Hong Kong as an American base, and then of the strategic embargo and the quotas. Lu Hau-chang also praised at length the glorious achievementa of the Cultural Revolution under the leadership of Chairman Mao and Vice-Chairman Lin Fiao.
3. Mr. Keswick's dinner party for the Chinese which he gave as a director of Jardines rather than as .B.T.C. but which we and Peter Marshall attended was also an occasion for the Chinese to tell us all about the Cultural Revolution and revolutionary rebels and Red Guards from the Import/export Corporations attended to explain the revolution to us.
4. In this atmosphere Er. Keswick found it difficult to discuss projects for improving trade with the Chinese. He discussed the Technical Jo mal roject with Lu Hau-chang and was told that this was a matter for the C.C.P.I.T. in Peking.
5. Mr. Keswick also discussed toe possibility of exchange visits b. agricultural experts and again these suggestions were politely listened to and said to be something for reference to Peking.
6. I now think that routine British exports to China will continue steadily but that for the immediate future there is little chance of
Ŋ major new effort to increase our sales here being welcomed by the Chinese. should still make preliminary preparations for
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further exhibitions such as the proposed agricultural one and another 5.I.M.^, effort so that we can get to work at these seriously if the This political atmosphere here shows any improvement in the future. sounds a rather pessimistic assessment but is, I think, one shared by Mr. Keswick.
7. In his Jardine hat Mr. Keswick seen the present situation as being one likely to favour him. Some businessmen may just not be prepared to suffer all the political indoctrination which is razzed down their throats in China and may be more willing to let Jardines try to sell their products in China. Other businessmen may not be able to obtain visas and will therefore have to ask an agency to try to do their selling for then.
I am copying this letter to Eddie Bolland in the Foreign Office and to Anthony Elliott in Hong Kong.
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We have recently received a report from Theo. Peters in Peking about the Danish Industrial Exhibition which was held in the Agricultural Exhibition hall for two weeks in Maroh. As you know, this was the sole survivor of the three or four Western exhibitions which were to be held in China during 1967.
The catalogue which I enclose for your retention will give some idea of its size and scope.
As was probably inevitable in an exhibition as general as this one, some of the exhibits were less interesting to the Chinese than others: the instrument stands and those showing marine equipment drew crowds, but as one participant put it, rather too much space was devoted to ice cream machines! There was also quite an extensive "information section, which seemed to our people to have little value or impact in the inward looking atmosphere of present day China. The exhibition had style but was a little lacking in substance.
You already know, I think, of the events which led to the "postponement" of the Swedish National Exhibition, due to have been held in April, and the change of site for the Danish one. In the end, the Danes were remarkably lucky. The transition to the Agricultural Exhibition Hall caused then a few headaches of rearrangement, as can be seen from the old and new exhibitions plans in the catalogue, but the 4,000 or so square metres of space was in fact ample for their requirements. Koreover this hall was in many respects more convenient than the Peking Exhibition Hall, and it did not seem to affect either the quantity or the quality of the attendance. A representative of a British merchant house, who was assisting Danish firm at the exhibition and had previous taken part in several British exhibitions in China, commented to our prople that although the number of experts who had visited the stands was not perhaps as high as in the vintage days of 1964, mary more knowledgeable visitors had come than had visited the British SIKA exhibition in Tientsin last September and the exhibitors appeared in consequence to be moderately happy. Lectures also appear to have been well attended.
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Moreover, most of the Danes left happy at having sold at least the majority of the quipment they brought with them. There are rumours that as much as 80 to 85% of the exhibited equipment was sold. It is, of course, difficult to know how such a figure is arrived at and few of the Danes to whom Theo Peters spoke claimed so high a figure for their own company. Nevertheless, it seems to be zorall for a company to have sold more than half of its equipment for example Cho two telecommunication companies CAT and Storno sold a total of £8,500 worth of equipment between them, including two GNT teleprinters. There have also been enough advance orders to make the more far-sighted exhibitors feel comparitively happy although we can provide no details.
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As I have already said, the Danes were lucky in the timing of their exhibition. Two months before the opening, when the Cultural Revolution was at its lowest ebb, the Danish Embassy were considering that they would be fortunate if they got through the exhibition without incident or administrative mishap, and had few hopes that the the Chinese would have time to take any commercial interest in the exhibition. But as it turned out, the exhibition took place at a moment when strenuous efforts were being made to restore order to the economy - and moreover when the Chinese were trying very hard to provide evidence to the outside world that the chaos of January and February had not affected their interest in economic and technical matters and in the development of foreign trade. Inevitably it was not possible for the Danes to make even as much contact with the Chinese endusers as had been possible in pre Cultural Revolution days; and they had to endure a pretty stiff dose of revolutionary propaganda in order to achieve as much as they did. But compared with what SIMA suffered in Tientsin last September, and other countries in subsequent exhibitions in 1966, their exhibition was a distinct success.
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Imports from China
£2,909
Exports to China
5,420
Jan/arch 1947Jan/March 1966
£8,924
9,902
JOI
7,042
The excellent figure for arch exports probably contains an item for the first vessel delivered to the Chinese by looors. Doxfords, but even allowing for this the trend is encouraging.
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Keeble has passed to us your letter KPW/TRC of 10 March about the office of the Chinese Commercial Counsellor in Berne.
To the best of our knowledge the Chinese Comercial Counsellor in Berne is responsible for Federal Germany but we do not think that his funotions stretch to other European countries. Sino-Italian trade is normally handled by the trade offices established in Rome and Peking during 1965 while the Babossy in France is presumably responsible for Chinese trade with that country. I do not think that there is much evidence of a wider brief for the Berne offics.
of course in recent months the Cultural Revolution has decimated the staff of the Chinese Comercial Counsellor. It is down from being a Comsellor and four Attachés to a Counsellor and one Attaché,
I am sorry that I cannot give you any batter evidence than this but I hope that this letter will be of some assistmee to you.
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I enclose a copy of a letter from the Secretary General of the Sino-British Trade Council together with my reply in original. If you see no objection, would you please pass the reply to him. Alternatively, if you think that this is perhaps not the sort of letter which should be on the Council's files, you may care to convey the information orally to Mr. Webb, together with such other information as you may be able to add from your knowledge of Chinese diplomatic repre- sentation in Europe. auriut.
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Dear Mr. Webb,
Thank you for your letter of 10 March about the functions of the Chinese commercial counsellor in Berne.
As far as we know, the commercial counsellor here is also responsible for West Germany, but we have no evidence to suggest that his functions extend to other European countries. Indeed, the commercial side of the Chinese Embassy has recently been very much reduced and it now consists of a commercial counsellor and one attache instead of a commercial counsellor and four attaches. Chinese commercial transactions with Italy are, I believe, normally handled by the office estab- lished in Peking by the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade, and in the case of France, I would expect the Chinese Embassy in Paris to be responsible.
I am sorry that we cannot give you any firmer indications than this, but I hope that this information may be of some assistance to you.
Yours sincerely,
N.F. Webb Esq., Secretary General
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I hope you will forgive za for approaching you on a. an ovom videl my appear to be outside your normal scope of operation but it my So that through your contacts you are able to ascist us to obtain some inforsation about the scope and motion of the Chinese CoLL:ercial Office in Eern, which is not available olsouthere.
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Co. Mercial Counsellor of the Chinese Charge d'Affaires' offico in London but wo era meble to establish precisely what is the position and function of tho Chinese Commercial Counsellor'a Office in Bern. faci address is, as you aro no doubt svaro, Chinese Commercial Counselloma Office, HEV Vidmanstrasse 7, 2003 Tumi Bai Bern
Our understandine to that cince China has no diplomatic relations with Test Garunny, the Comercial Counsellor in Como se responsible for rado with Kost Germany, which has pratiy nerozsod during the last three years, as well as norwal trado with Sultzonland. There are indications however clat their functions cover a vider area than Switzerland and Fast Gomany alone and that they may have a co-ordinating role for other countries in Europa end possibly an overall Ciszodal interest. The size of their mission may give a clue to these points, but I should be most crateful if you could help us with any information that you may have.
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I should perhaps just put on record that Roland Berger of the "48 Group" has been in China for nearly a month. He spent ten days in Shanghai at the beginning of March and then a couple of weeks in Peking. I believe he left on Easter Friday He was supposed to be returning to Paris before going to London. As far as I know he was on his own although while in Shanghai he visited Jack Perry in hospital and on one of these occasions had a brief chat with Peter Hewitt of our Changhai office.
2. Berger made no attempt to get in touch with me and I only heard a little of his activities here from a member of Jardines who was staying in the same hotel. Berger called on a number of the corporations and was seen one day with Techimport. He remarked that he found the Chinese so much easier to deal with Inow because they were so refreshingly frank about their problems.
3. I am sorry that this is all so vague but since it would have been unsuitable for me to seek Berger out myself I can only pass on these brief impressions for you.
I am sending a copy of this letter to David Moss in the Foreign Office.
(T. Peters) Counsellor (Commercial)
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Imports Exports
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430
892
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144.9
310.3
627.4
574.9 = £1202.3m.
Figures so far available indicate a continuing rise in China's foreign trade during 1966. A recent Japanese (JETRO) Survey based on incomplete returns, estimates that China's world trade last year reached a total of approximately £1,487 millions as against a previous highest total-in 1959- estimated at £1,445 million.
A survey based on incomplete returns is by no means satisfactory, but Westerners and seemingly Japanese also are very prone to submit im- portant matters to statistical analysis, and in the absence of annual retums issued by China itself, few outside China will blame the analysts for at least attempting to assess the importance of trade with China to the rest of the world.
1965 figures are now available from most main non-Communist and Com- munist trading partners, and on this page we give sufficient evidence of increased Chinese exports to the middle East in recent years to warrant anticipa tion of higher totals for 1966 in several main areas.
1966 figures are less complete. Im- portant partners for which we lack figures at present, include: Argentine, Ceylon, Malaysia, Pakistan and most Middle Eastern countries. Nevertheless, available data are interesting enough for us to reproduce in this issue.
It is not possible to say at this stage whether trade with E. European nations declined further in 1966. Recorded figures for 1965 compared are follows:
China's trage with Non-Communist
China's trade with Main Communist
Countries
TRADE WITH CHINA 1965-66 COMPARED
Imports from China
Exports to China
1965
1966
1965
1966
Australia
10.42
8.40 (11)*
60.1
28.09
Canada
4.78
5.62 (10)
34.82
51.340
Hong Kong
145.1
173.00
4.50
3.80
Japan
80.9
110.2
88.20
113.400
Singapore
23.89
31.7
0.49
16.0.
United Kingdom
29.7
33.820
24.88
31.92
France
15.9
17.72 (11)
21.5
31.45
W. Germany Italy
Austria
26.0
32.92
28.2
46.09
13.71
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20.15
19.20
1.76
2.76
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0.61
1.22
352.16
434.24
281.45
342.51
Analysis:
* Bracketted figures indicate 10 or 11 months total only for 1966
The roles of Australia and Canada as suppliers of wheat seem to have been reversed. China's total 1966 imports from the two countries may equal those for 1965 when 12-month figures are known, but Canada now is the larger supplier.
China's exports to Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore significantly increased over the period and may be expected
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to increase further as recent sales activity in the relatively nearby Asia and Middle East countries takes effect.
France still imports at a very low level by comparison with her rate of export growth.
Increases in Japanese and West German exports to China seem to belie the claim that trade and a suitable political atmosphere go hand-in-hand."
The United Kingdom is still China's best customer in W. Europe.
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International Trade
Exports to China for Fan/Nov. 1966
were £19.2 mill, an mcrease of 4.9%.
Large dans were chemical fertilizers ((2) mil), uron and steel and moter
Isports for the sama period
were 118.1 call, up 40%. The principal Bent were silk, hides, oil sends and dried vegetables.
W. Germany
Exports to China in 1966 (£46 mil.), showed an increase of 63% over 1965. Importa si £23 nul, were up 27%.
Two dissel locos each devsloping 4,000 cv were shipped from Hamburg to Tringtao in January. Those are the Best of four ordered from Rheinstikt. Henschel.
West Gemma stent firms received fargo orders from China during March.
Sweden
Swedish stoel representatives recently in Peking received orders for stainless steel for use in fertilizer plants.
Demark
At the Danish exhibition which opened on March 2nd, a certain amount of unde Interature boining a symbol depicting Copenhagon's famous Mar- maud was withdrawn. Tasks differ, and what is acceptable in me market may not be suitable for another, SITC K abours ready to advise British com- pundes on thle mantler.
The Danish exhibition, covering 3,600 sq. meters, included exhibits from the shipbuilding, diesel engine, refrigora- tion and electronic industries. Danish trade for 1966 - Importa, US $112 mil; Exporu 25 mil. Poland; Ships
Poland, which built one vessal for China in 1966, has received orders for two more cargo ships of 10,500 tons cach
Sino-Polish trade in 1966 totalled US $48 mil., with a balance of approxi mately 1 million in favour of Poland. Exports moluded ona skip, cars, con blue harvesters, special vehicles, diesel engines, machine tools and coal mining equipment. A dry deetillation plant (wood alcohol), was commissioned near Harbin by Polish, mngineers, and began speration in 1966.
Romania: Ships and Trucku
Three cargo vesels of 3,150-4,400
DWT were delivered to China in recentL months. A consignement of SR132 CAR- PATI Lucka has also been delivered.
Long: Air Transport
Inqui Airways has accepted the Chiness offer to negotuto a 2-way com sirines agreement. A Chinese delegation is invited to Baghdad.
Hong Kon
Imports from China in recent months have continued at a high level, though somewhat below the $287 mit recorded in December 1966. January imports at $240 mil. the still above the 1966 monthly average of $230 mul.
TRADE AGREEMENTS
A protocol on the promotion of friendship and trade between China. and Japan was signed in Peking on February 27th. The signatories Weve representatives of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and of the Japanese counterpan. Agreement was reached in holding compre- beserve Japanese industral ta hibitions in two Chinese ciles in 1968 and two Chinese exhibitions in Japanese cities in 1969, and on the smooth promotion of manne transport between the two collintries. Rumania
A Sino-Rumanian trade and pay- ments agrement was signed an Bucharest in February. It provides for a further increase in the volume of trade. China is to supply Rumania with mineral products, rolled steet, hard alleys, bibes, chemical products, textiles and light industrial products. Rumania's exports will include drilling equip- ment, cargo vessels, tracks, chemi- vals, petroleum products and stoel tubos
(Sino-Rumanian trade a esti- mated to have noen from £17.5 mil. in 1965, to approximately £20 mil. in 1966).
Vinuritania
nical
A truda and sconcmic and tech- co-operation Agreement between China and Mauritania was signed on February 16th.
Cotton goods are reported to have increased in price by some 10%.
China will supply equipmeal to a value of P.Rupees 500,000 for a train- ing Institute in which 200 Pakistan technicians will be trained for w the heavy asdustrial complex in đi up there. The complex will be equipped bugely with China-made plant.
Japan
Exports to Chuma by Japan in 1966 were £113.4 mil. and imports E110.2 mul, representing increases of 2996 and 36% respectively. In 1966 the procipal export groups were crude materials £4 1 mul, chemicals £41.6 mil, manufactured goods £47,7 mil., machinery and trans- port equipment £16.9 mil. Mam im- ports were food 1449 mil., crude materials £40,5 mil, minetal fuels £5.4 mil, chemicals £2.8 mil., manufactured goods £11.6 mil., miscellaneous articles £4 mul
Fertiler
The Kegs Shimbun reports that China has agrood to purchase 2,120,000 tous of chemical fertilizers in terms of moumonium sulphate this year. Last year's purchase was 1,610,000 tons. The split as expected to be 984,000 tons of
ammonium sulphate, 462,000 tons of
ures and 120,000 tons of rechimed urea. The low price recently accepted for the 3 mil. ton tak by Nitrex has made Japanese supplers reduce their price to about 30% below those of last your which were $49.30 per ton C.L.F. for sulphate and 592 for ures. The price mentioned in the report for the recent ICI sale would mean that the quantity involved a about 100,000 tons. These three purchases total 5,220,000 tons as terms of ammonium sulphate, costing China something over £50 mil.
Oil and Grosse Testing
Shinko Zoki is to export a DT 5 type prosuse performance tostar to China. Last year they supplied China with ten lubricating od testars.
Iran and Sivel
The Japan Iron and Steel Federation state that steel exports to China in 1966. were 645,000 tons, a three fold increase over 1965. China was Japan's second largest customar. (N.B.) The Japanese trada returns give a higher figure then this for Ju/Nov. alone, being at a rough count about 870,000 metric tons. The man itoma in toos 1000 sue wire
rod 38, bars 171, plates and sheets 415. tinplate 54, galvanised sheets 36, hoop and strip 5, pipes and tubes 145.
Japanese stockmakers have con- traced to ship 8,057 tons of steel plates belsteen July and November according
V. following a contract for 84,308 tole of rolled steel made in December.
Nippon Kokan has contracted to sell to China 25,000 tons of steel pipe and tube, including carbon steel and seamless. The value is reported as about
U.K.-China Trade
Provisional Égures for United King dom trade with China for February
Imports from Ching Exports to China.
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Although imports for the two months are less than those for last year by a sizeable margin, they are still well above the average for 1966. Imports of wool and vegetable oil February 1966 were exceptionally high,
The detailed figures for February 1967 are not yet available.
in January and
U.K. TRADE BRIEFS
Quinton Hazell Ltd have received an order for tractor parts.
British Physical Laboratories have received an order following participa-
in the SIMA exhibition Timulsin in September 1966.
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Scott Bader & Co. now has two specialists commissioning a plant at Changchow (Kiangsu Province), to pro- duce CRYSTIC polyester resis. Chlem technicians familiarized themselves with the equipment at the Company's UK. factory before returning to assemble the plant with Dr. J. Umfrevill and Mr. E. $. Goldbum in China. The resin is used in manufacture of glass. Abro re- inforced phatics.
There has been news recently of a good flow of enquiries from China. though it is too early to say what volume of business will resul.
Communications with the trading corporations remain good, but business
£2 mil and follows sales made direct by the same company last year for a total of 78,000 tons. The present con- truct includes carbon steel and seamless tubes.
Leipelg Fair
China was not represented at this year's Leipzig Fair. It may be recalled that Chinese exhibitors withdrew their exhibits last year when local authorities objected to certain publications dis. played on the stands.
and for the first two months of the
Feb. '67 Jan/Feb. '67 Jan./Feb. '66
2,791
5,953
7,095 1914
4,205
4,562
4,459
10,517
11,564
Arms and SBTC is particular look for- ward to the time when trade delega Lions from China visit this country large numbers again.
In the meantime, our own busines repenscntatives are preparing to visit China for the Spring Fair, and it may be that this renewed direct contact will lead to further visita in both directions
Peter Marshall of 5BTC wi attood the Fair, and his account of the proceedings will be included in our next
LAUNCHING MS. JINSHA
A large crowd attended the launching of M.S. Fincha a Doxford's Yard, Wearside, on March 14th.
Jinsha, sister ship of the Dunbuang. is the second vessel to be built for China by the Dosford & Sonderland Shp- bullding & Englevering Ca. Ląd, and like the Dunhuang, is a 485 f. 15,000 Ton cargo vessel.
Photographers and BBC reporters stood close as Mr. C. Stephenson of Doxford's, who has been in charge of the project, introduced Mr. Hoang, Wen- Chen, Chinese Commercial Secretary, who undertook the faunching ceremony on behalf of the China National Ocean Shipping Corporation.
After saying a few words of thanks to the shipyard workers, Mr. Huang
cut the ceremonial riband of red silk which strained in the high wind, bak- ing the bows of the ship to the launch- ing dain, and majestically she took to the water for the first time. The great piles of anchor chain used as a drug brake paid pot noisily behind her to slow the mermentum as the bugs took over, and Jinsha was truly beautiful as They drew her to her berth.
In China, the ceremony would be accompanied by frocrackers and drum- ming, but they simple ceremony carried out in a bleak northem yard lost noth- ing of its impressiveness, and many a toast to her was raised around Wear- side that night.
the
On behalf of SBTC. Peter Marshall presented a guest book to Mr. Tang Wen-fa representing
ship's company.
A similar book was sent arlier to the Dunhuang, now on her maiden voyage at Rotterdam.
Mr. Stephenson acted as host for Desford at a bunch dinner given al a local hotel that evening.
The two shups have been built to a precise and demanding specification. and this has necessitated very close co-
between the operation
Chinese inspectors and the shipbuilders. Dox fords have overcome many dificultas during the building process, but they have gained a unique understanding of China's requirements.
They are now suprecsely oquipped to fall further orders for China, and anyone seeing the ships already pro duond will have no doubts at all about the quality of the vessel they build.
Good luck Jinshu, and good kick Doxfords!
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U.K. JANUARY IMPORTS FROM CHINA 1966-67 COMPARED
(la 2'000 Sterling)
Chin's Exports to :
1962
193
1964
1965
1966*
Ju
Meet &
1967 133
1966 119
Crode animal & vegetable masterinks
519
314
Bristles
140
Bahrein Egypt
225
369
509 684(9)
JLI
6,356 7,007
6,371
9,552
8.220(6)
Rabbit
74
15
34
53
popia
406
539
655
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Pig products
Vegetable
3,305
478
5,188
6.043
Soyabean oil
561
Tung oil
30
Isnel...
3
Chemsleal elements & compounds
115
61
Jordan
431
715
724 1317
1PT
Rice
Disential olu
34
Kuwait
LJI
792
1.4.
4.35
44.
Chentiendi thek
741
941 1,298
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SOROTANA
Rovin Gelatin
216 104
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$25 1,714
Sa
201
Sa
13
30
393
01.
1,361
1,523 2,340
2342
188(6) 696(3)
1,331
1,072 1,920 2,062
AJ.
Hide
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Pur skina undressed
14,326 (16,78)) (19,851) (27,897)
905(6)
*Incomplete total. No. of months indicated by bracketted figure.
Note: a Saudi Arabian figures are for trading yours ending Tume 162, May 163 and May '64.
Frakt & vegetables
Lebanon
Tinned fruit
13
Libya
Preserved ginger
2
Für dina, deemed
45
Saudi Ambia
Apricot kernels
20
Wood & manda
17
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Paper & monofs.
South Arabia
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Cocoa butter Te
45
Textile yarn, fabrica & made-ups
302
Sudan
43
Grey cloth
Syria
166
Silk fabrics
19
166
Carpets
24
Non-metalle misera man
啡
31
Silk
112
82
Glasswire Pottery
15
Wool
420
Non-ferrous metals
124
Canel
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