The matter is subject to bilateral agreement.
We have made
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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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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
4.
13 March explaining
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be altered.
position
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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.
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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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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
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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
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China.
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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.
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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
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JAL Morgan
Far Eastern Department
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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
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.