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The matter is subject to bilateral agreement.

We have made

10/4.

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a preliminary approach to the Chinese authorities on behalf

of BOAC.

RE-OPENING OF THE BRITISH CONSULATE-GENERAL IN SHANGHAI?

6. No decision has yet been taken on this matter. The

Consulate-General was requisitioned by the Chinese authori-

ties in September 1967. At the time we reserved our rights

to the property involved and to compensation for any loss or

damage incurred. No compensation has been paid.

TEACHING OF CHINESE IN UK?

7. British Universities which offer Chinese include London,

Oxford, Cambridge and Leeds. A number of schools have begun

Chinese courses in recent years.

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LANGUAGE STUDENT EXCHANGES WITH CHINA? -

8. As we have made clear to the Chinese we are anxious to

promote such exchanges. Six Chinese students are at present

here learning English on a British Council course. The

Chinese have not yet indicated that they are ready to receive

British students again.

STATUS OF TAIWAN

9. Our position was explained with precision by my right

honourable Friend the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary on

the 13th of March in reply to the right honourable Gentleman

the Member for Leeds, East.

There is nothing I can add to that.

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BACKGROUND NOTE

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS BY MR CARTER AND MR DALYELL

1.

China has had no Head of State since 1968, when the then

Chairman of the Chinese People's Republic (Liu Shao-chi) was

stripped of his functions.

The Chinese have recently began

to describe Tung Pi-wu as Acting Chairman of the Chinese People's

Republic. He has fulfilled the protocol functions of a Head of

State during the past year or two and received our Ambassador

(Mr Addis) when he presented his credentials on 29 March. He is

now 85 and does not travel abroad.

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2.

Mao Tse-tung is the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party

and has no position in the hierarchy of the State or Government.

Chou En-lai, the Prime Minister, has visited only North Korea and

North Vietnam since 1967. He has yet to go to a number of

countries which have invited him to visit them.

Even if he

accepted an invitation from the Prime Minister to visit this country,

it is unlikely that he would be able or willing to take up the

invitation for some time.

3.

The Prime Minister has decided not to visit the Far East

this year.

The question of a visit to China by the Foreigh and

Commonwealth Secretary is under consideration. The Secretary of

State for Trade and Industry may visit Peking to attend the opening

of the British Industrial Technology Exhibition which is to be held

there in March 1973, but no formal approach has yet been made to

the Chinese.

14.

4.

The form of words used by the Foreign and Commonwealth

Secretary on the 13th of March explaining our position on the

status of Taiwan was agreed word for word with the Chinese

and should not be altered.

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Nav STAMISTIAN 17/13/12

Linking up with Peking

TAM DALYELL writes: Now where? The ex- change of ambassadors with Peking
is a green light for fulier relations. One clear and urgent step is to
arrange for BOAC to have regular, if infrequent, flights to Peking and
Shanghai. For two reasons: the first concerns the nature of our
potential exports to China. Growth will take place by pro- viding units
of sophisticated equipment, such as micro-wave systems, and complex
assembly processes, perhaps motor vehicles. The presence of key people
is therefore re- quired in China both during negotiations, and during
any subsequent running-in period. The snag from the point of view of
individual British firms is that they cannot afford to allow high-level
employees to be tied up, hanging around in China, for weeks on end while
the Chinese take their own good time in making decisions. But I sec
little prospect of a speed-up in Chinese in- dustrial decision-making.
There are very genuine problems of translating and com- prehending
volumes of data; besides, a great many people in factory revolutionary
committees have to be consulted, probably rightly, before a 'yes' or
'no' can be given.

Secondly, officials of the China Council for the Promotion of
International Trade and Mashimpax make no bones about it that they would
prefer direct entry, avoid- ing Hong Kong. It is not simply that the
colony's "China traders' tend to be asso- ciated with the unhappy past
in Sino-Brit- ish relations. As Wang Ye, who negotiated the Hawker
Siddeley Trident deal, put it to me in Peking: 'In modern technology we
must deal with the makers,"

Since there is no immediate prospect of tourism on a large scale, and
groups of 'foreign friends' will be necessarily limited, BOAC realise
that they will not have an economic traffic to begin with. Will the
British government then agree to under- write losses on the route? If
Sino-British relations are to mean anything the answer ought to be an
immediate 'Yes'.

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4.

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry will be answering a
Question which has been put down by Mr Dalyell on the

prospects for Anglo-Chinese trade on 10 April. It would not therefore be
appropriate for the Prime Minister to answer any supplementary questions
on this subject. Mr Dalyell is keen on BCAC now

negotiating rights to fly to peints in China. He published a short
article on the subject in the "New Statesman" on 17 March. A Note on
this subject has been included in case Mr Dalyell aske a supplementary
question about it. Mr Dalyell is also keen on promoting Chinese language
training in this country and student exchanges between China and the
United Kingdom. These subjects

are also covered in the Notes.

The from of words used by the

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13 March explaining

was

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agreed word for word

be altered.

position

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the status of Taiwan

with the Chinese

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should not

Mr Wilford

Parliamentary Unit

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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS BY MR CARTER AND MR DALYELL :

VISITS TO

THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE CHINESE HEAD OF STATE AND THE CHINESE PRIME
MINISTER

1.

I submit draft Answers to the Questions which have been

put down by Mr Carter and Mr Dalyell, together with:

2.

(a) draft Notes for Supplementaries; and

(b)

a Background Note.

No 10 have asked that the Notes for Supplementaries should cover the
short article by Mr Dalyell on "Linking up with Peking" which appeared
in the "New Statesman" on 17 March. Mr Dalyell's main point was that the
time was now ripe for BOAC to have "regular,

if infrequent, flights to Peking and Shanghai".

3.

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry will be

answering a Question which has been put down by Mr Dalyell on the

prospects for our trade with China on 10 April. The Notes for

Supplementaries do not therefore go into this subject in detail.

The Department of Trade and Industry concur.

4.

6 April 1972

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BACKGROUND NOTE

FARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS BY MR CARTER AND MR DALTELL

1.

China has had no Head of State since 1968, when the then Chairman of the
Chinese Teople's Republic (Liu Shao-chi) was stripped of his functions.
The Chinese have recently began to describe Tung Pi-wu as Acting
Chairman of the Chinese People's Republic. He has fulfilled the protocol
functions of a Reed of State during the past year or two and received
our inbassador (Mr Addis) when he presented his credentials on 29 March.
He is now 85 and does not travel abroad,

2. Mao Tse-tung is the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and has
no position in the hierarchy of the State or Government. Chou En-lai,
the Prime Minister, has visited only North Korea and North Vietnam since
1967. He has yet to go to a number of countries which have invited him
to visit them. Even if he

sacepted an invitation from the Prime Minister to visit this country, it
is unlikely that he would be able or willing to take up the invitation
for some time.

3.

The Frins Minister has decided not to visit the Far East this year.

The question of a visit to China by the Foreigh and Commonwealth
Secretary is under consideration. The Secretary of State for Trade and
Industry may visit Peking to attend the opening of the British
Industrial Technology Exhibition which is to be held there in March
1973, but no formal approach has yet been made to the Chinese,

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry will be

anavering a Question which has been put down by Mr Dalyell on the
prospects for Anglo-Chinese trade on 10 April. It would not therefore be
appropriate for the Prime Minister to answer any supplementary questions
on this subject.

Fr Dalyell is keen on BQAC now

negotiating rights to fly to points in China. He published abort article
on the subject in the "New Stateman" on 17 March. ▲ Note on this subject
has been included in case Mr Dalyell asks a supplementary question about
it. Mr Dalyell is also keen on promoting Chinese language training in
this country and student exchanges between China and the United Kingdom.
These subjects are also covered in the Fotes.

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Written Answers

20 JANUARY 1972

hon. Member for Islington East (Mr. John D. Grant) and to the statement
which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment
made on 13th December. My right hon. Friend the Leader of the House has
tabled a Motion proposing that a Select Commit- tee be appointed to
consider the practice and procedure in relation to Questions and
Question Time.[Vol. 823, c. 190; Vol. 828, c. 65-73.]

PRIME MINISTER OF CHINA

QII. Mr. Dalyell asked the Prime Minister if he will invite the Chinese
Prime Minister to make an official visit to Great Britain.

The Prime Minister: There are at present no plans for Mr. Chou En-lai to
visit this country.

DUKE OF GRAFTON'S PRISAGE FUND

Q13. Mr. Carter asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a state-
ment on his recent activities in connec- tion with the economic affairs
of the Duke of Grafton's Prisage Fund.

The Prime Minister: I am advised that, although as First Lord of the
Treas- ury I am a Trustee of the Prisage Fund. the Fund is a private
settlement. I can therefore make no statement on its affairs.

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC

COMMUNITY

(Treaty of Accession)

Q14. Mr. Elystan Morgan asked the Prime Minister if he will give an
under- taking that no agreement as to Great Britain's entry into the
European Econo- mic Community will be signed before an official and
authoritative English version of the Treaty of Rome is published.

The Prime Minister: No. The Treaty of Accession is to be signed on 22nd
January. The offical and authentic Eng- bish language version of the
European Economic Community Treaty will be annexed to the Treaty of
Accession, which will be published shortly after signature.

Written Answers

250

Mr. Arthur Lewis asked the Prime Minister whether he will give details
of who will attend and sign for Great Britain the accession instrument
for Great Britain's entry into the European Econo- mic Community; and
whether he will give an assurance that Her Majesty's Govern- ment will
not sign until such time as Norway has stated her official decision to
join the European Economic Com- munity and the negotiations on her terms
of entry have been concluded.

The Prime Minister: The British signa- tories to the Treaty of Accession
will be my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, my right hoa, and learned Friend the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster and myself. Norway reached agreement with the
Community on 15th January.

SCOTTISH COUNCIL, DEVELOPMENT AND

INDUSTRY

Q15. Mr. Gregor Mackenzie asked the Prime Minister if he will make a
state- ment on his recent meeting with the Scot- tish Council,
Development and Industry.

The Prime Minister: Together with my right hon. Friends the Secretaries
of State for Scotland, for Employment and for Trade and Industry I met a
delega- tion from the Scottish Council on 13th January,

The delegation referred to the stimulus to economic development in
Scotland which the discovery of North Sea oil and British entry into the
European Com- munity should provide, and make a num- ber of proposals
designed to strengthen this potential for growth both in the short and
in the long term. My right hoa, Friends and I described the measures
already taken by the Government to stimulate economic and industrial
expan- sion in Scotland. We undertook to co- sider carefully the
specific proposals put forward by the Council, and I look for- ward to a
further discussion with thern in due course.

INDIA AND PAKISTAN

Mr. Barnes asked the Prime Minister what plans he has for further
meetings with the Heads of Government of India and Pakistan.

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NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES

DOES THE PRIME MINISTER INTEND TO VISIT CHINA?

1. I have no plans to do so at present.

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DOES THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY PLAN TO VISIT CHINA?

2. My right honourable Friend would be glad to visit China at

some convenient time if that were the wish of the Chinese.

HAS A CHINESE MINISTER BEEN INVITED TO THE UNITED KINGDOM?

3. We have invited the Chinese Government to send a Trade Delegation,

headed by a Minister or Vice-Minister, to this country.

WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA?

4. Our relations with China have shown a marked and welcomed

improvement.

We are anxious to make further progress.

EXCHANGE OF AMBASSADORS WITH CHINA?

5. The discussions about an exchange of Ambassadors which have

taken place between Her Majesty's Government and the People's Republic

of China were resumed early last year and are continuing.

WHEN DO WE EXPECT DISCUSSIONS TO BE CONCLUDED?

6. We are anxious to make progress but agreement is still to be

reached on certain points.

WHAT ARE THOSE POINTS?

7. Details of these discussions are confidential.

QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER TAIWAN

8.

These are among matters at present under discussion with the

Chinese Government. [If pressed/ It would not be helpful to go into

these matters now while discussions with the Chinese Government are

still in progress.

WILL NOT OUR TRADE WITH CHINA BE AFFECTED IF WE DO NOT REVIEW OUR POLICY
ON CHINA AND TAIWAN?

9. I repeat that I do not think that it would be helpful to go into

these matters now.

PRESIDENT NIXON'S VISIT

10.

As was made clear at the time of the announcement, we welcome the

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AS CHINA DISCUSSED DURING THE TALKS WITH PRESIDENT NIXON AT BERMUDA ?

11. I would refer the honourable Member to the answer given to the

honourable Member for West Lothian on the 18th of January.

CHINA AND THE UNITED NATIONS

12.

We have for many years supported the seating of the representatives

of Peking in the United Nations. We welcome the decision taken by

the General Assembly.

WHY DID WE VOTE FOR THE ALBANIAN RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE SEATING OF
PEKING IN THE UNITED NATIONS AND FOR THE EXPULSION OF TAIWAN?

13. We were not dealing with the "expulsion" of a member State but

with two candidates who both wished to occupy the one China seat.

We believe that the exclusion of the representatives of the 14 million

inhabitants of Taiwan is a lesser evil than the continued exclusion of

the representatives of 750 million Chinese.

PROSPECTS FOR TRADE WITH CHINA

14.

During 1971

We see no reason why trade should not increase.

there were a number of important trade missions in both directions.

I am confident that these will contribute to the growth of trade

exchanges with China over a wide area of industry.

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CONFIDENTIAL

BACKGROUND NOTE

Mr Dalyell visited China from 12-26 November 1971

as a member of the Scottish Export Committee Mission led

by Lord Clydeamuir.

This is the third question he has

asked about China since his return.

2. Kr Dalyell has a Question to the Prime Minister for

oral answer on 18 January enquiring to what extent common

policy towards China was discussed during the talks with

President Nixon at Bernuda. It is possible that he may

use that occasion to ask a supplementary about the possibility

of current British policy on China and Taiwan affecting our

exports to China. If he does not ask his supplementary

then he may try to do so this time. The point is covered

by supplementary Ko 9.

3. The possibility of an invitation to Mr Chou En-lai to

visit this country might appropriately be considered when we

have made further progress in our negotiations for an exchange

of Ambassadors with Peking. We hope that the next round

in the negotiations will take place very shortly on the basis

of the proposals contained in the DOPC paper recently approved

by the Prime Minister.

4.

An invitation to the Chinese Government in February

1971 to send a Trade Delegation, headed by a Minister or Vice-

Minister, to visit this country is still outstanding.

Despite reminders the Chinese Government have not yet

responded to the proposal. It seems unlikely that they will

do so until there has been some progress over the Ambassadorial

exchange.

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5.

As regards visits to China, no Western European Frine Hinister in office
has visited the Chinese People's

Republic. Reports in the French press in early January that President
Prompidou might go to Peking this summer have been stated by the Elysee
to be without foundation.

Prime Minister has not received an invitation to visit

The

China.

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Parliaßentary Office

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P. TO THE PRIME KINISTER:

VISIT THE UK

INVITATION TO MR CHOU EN-LAI TO

MR TAL DALYELL KP 20 NOVEMBER

In Mr Korgan's submissi on of 14 January he said that we

would study Mr Dalyell's 3upplementaries to his question on

18 January.

The question was not reached and a written answer

was given. I attach the extract from Hansard. Kr Dalyell may

therefore see the opportunity of his question on 20 January

to ask a Supplementary about our attitude to Taiwan.

2.

Mr Dalyell told us in early December that he wished to ask

a Suplementary to his P to the Prime Minister for oral reply

on 14 December on the following lines:

"Is it not the case that Britain will be unable to do any

serious business (trade) with the Chinese trading

corporations until we come off our "tired horse" attitude

on the legal status of Taiwan and should not the current

British policy on China and Taiwan be reviewed?"

His question was not reached on that occasion either.

3. Any public statement now on our position over the status of

Taiwan could present us with difficulties. It has been agreed

that we should make a further effort to reach agreement with the

Chinese in our negotiations for an exchange of Ambassadors on the

basis of a compromise formula on the question of the status of

Taiwan. It is important not to go beyond the form of words used

in Suplementaries nos 8 and 9 enclosed with Mr Morgan's submissi or

of 14 January.

19 January 1972

H L1 Davies Far Eastern Department

CONFIDENTIAL

Covering CONFIDENTIAL

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Mr Wilford

Parliamentary Office

PQ TO THE PRIME MINISTER: INVITATION TO MR CHOU EN-LAI

TO VISIT THE UK

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I submit a draft Advice to the Prime Minister, together

with Notes for Supplementaries, in reply to Mr Dalyell's Question

for oral answer on 20 January. A Background Note is also sub-

mitted. We shall study Mr Dalyell's supplementaries to his

Question to the Prime Minister on a similar subject for answer

on 18 January to see whether any further material is required.

14 January 1972

cc Kr Logan

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JAL Morgan

Far Eastern Department

I have slightly varied supplementary

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REFERENCES

A

PQ The Prime Minister's written reply to Mir Arthur Lewis

22 April 1971

B

PQ The Prime Minister's oral

answer to Mr Pardoe

14 December 1971

C

PQ The Prime Minister's oral

answer to Mr Dalyell

18 January 1972

NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES

DOES THE PRIME MINISTER INTEND TO VISIT CHINA?

1.

I have no plans to do so at present.

DOES THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY PLAN TO VISIT CHINA?

i 2. My Rt Hon Friend would be glad to visit China at some-

convenient

time if that were

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the Chinese, and to ourselveS

baro.

HAS A CHINESE MINISTER BEEN INVITED TO THE UK?

3.

We have invited the Chinese Government to send a Trade

Delegation, headed by a Minister or Vice-Minister, to this

country.

WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA?

4.

Our relations with China have shown a marked and

welcomed improvement. We are anxious to make further progress.

EXCHANGE OF AMBASSADORS WITH CHINA?

5. The discussions about an exchange of Ambassadors which

have taken place between HMG and the People's Republic of

China were resumed early last year and are continuing.

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WHEN DO WE EXPECT DISCUSSIONS TO BE CONCLUDED?

6.

We are anxious to make progress but agreement is still

to be reached on certain points.

THAT ARE THOSE POINTS?

7.

Details of these discussions are confidential.

QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER TAIWAN

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