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I paid a courtesy call on Mr. Chang Shu, the First Secretary and temporary Charge d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy today. Most of the conversation was about generalities and is not worth recording but Chang Shy mentioned that an Ambassador would shortly be appointed to Baghdad as part of the continuing process of re-establishment of diplomatic links at the higher level after the Cultural Revolution.

Chang Shu himself has been back in Peking for some time and only returned to take up his post as Chargé d'Affaires a month ago.

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In his letter 5/56 of 23 September to George Kalden, Kerr saked whether there ware my particular pointe om which we should welcome commit from your ocousional Chinese contacto. The following points ure of special current interest to us, sad are subjects on which you may be able to elicit useful comment.

(a) Why will the Chinesa net accommodate Ruosion wishes

in the Khabarovsk azon, which norms to be the crux of the boundary dispute? Do they have a specifie economie interest in this area, or is it a matter of principle on which accommodation would advarsely affast important interests elsewhere in their orders?

(b) would the Chiasse be prepared to reach: a solution on di.

puted arons based on the mtual coding of territory in which the other side hare an co...nomic or strategic interest ("island swapping")! (50e point 3 of part 5 of the Chiness document on the Sino-Soviet frontier published on 6 Cetober).

3. what trade matters are sufficiently important to be a subject of talks between Kosygin and Chou En-lai, and to be mentioned in the Chinese statement of 7 Getober" specifically, is it a matter of:

(1) technical back-up/additional mahinery/replacements

for Soviet pluits und equipment sold in the past?

(11) produsers' goods which arennot obtainable elsewhere

8.g. oil produetz, minerale:

(111) aircraft?

Do the Chinese regard the soviet Union as the only available source of sircraft to expend their domestic sertides or open an international airline?

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What is the Chinese attitude to East Zuropean comtries and Partios (we were struck by the presence of a Csech at the dinner party referred to in kerr's letter of 25 September) ↑ Whinese contime to pretend to the leadership of the existing world conmmist movement, or promote relations with individual East Europeʊn statas ca a bilateral basis? What are the prospects for a new independent communist international, as apparently advocated by Comrade Hill? An interesting document in this context is a People's Daily article published as XCXA item 090905 *Karxist-Leninist revolutionary farces san, ot be vanquished by abuse', which I am afraid we have not previously reported. It is an interesting attack on Areshner's reference during the June conference of commumist parties to "elements bostils to commniss", It included the following passages:

"a thorough break must be sade with, and a resolute struggle

must be enged against revisionisa..........without such a break with and struggle against opportunim, there can be no development of Marxism and the international commist movement....". "It is the demand of the times, the danand of the revolution and the demand of the people that revolutionaries within those soummist parties and workers' parties whose leadership has been usurped by the revisionists, rmagades and scabs and which have degenLOZ VAL should breek away from such parties in rebellion against revisioniss and re-establish genuine revolutionary parti-c of the proletariat.

5. What is the order of Chinese domestie priorities? Where doss higher education stand in these priorities, and are the universities likely to reopen in 19707 How does the present state of the party and state bureaucracies compare with that existing before the cultural Revolution. will a ner stata constitution be necessary; ssbodying, for instance, the revolutionary committeos as the new state organs:

6. Recent Chinese statements on the U.8.A, imply that the Chinese would respond to any American change of policy. How would China view a withdrawal of U.8. troepe from Taiwan,

7. Copies of this letter go to Mallaby in Eastern kuropean and Boviet Department, and to Boyd in Far Sastern Department.

(J.D. Laughton)

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In view of your earlier interest I should perhaps describe a dinner I attended at the Chinese Embassy last week. The hostsvære an almost totally silent First Secretary, T'ang T'eng-yi and my very voluble friend Kr. Li Feng-lin, who is a Third Secretary, asoioted by three more junior members of the Embassy staff and the N.C.U.A. correspondent: my fellow guests a Czech, a Rumenien, a Yugoslav and a French diplomat, and the A.F.P. correspondent. Li Fong-lin dominated proceedings throughout, appeared to be enjoying himself inaonsely, and told me in an aside at one stage that he very much regretted that it had "only now become possible" to give such an entertainment in the Embassy. It was in fact rather an enjoyable ovening.

2. The A.F.P. correspondent had only just filed his story of forthcoming Bino/Soviet talke in Koscow, and he came in for a good deal of badinage about it, but our hosts were renially unwilling to comment on its veracity. Li Feng-lin did however make the valid point that A.F.P. acomed to find no dearth of Boviet or East European Bourooo willing to supply newsworthy items on the Dino/Soviet Bituation. He advanced the familiar (and probably corroct) theory that Soviet orricials choose as deliberato policy to issue through soni-official channels items of information/disinforzation designed to boost their "persistently reasonable" image with the Western press. I pointed out that on the evidence issued here a number of Western Journalists had concluded that the semipalatinok incident had otortod with a Soviet attack. ile dismissed this with the remark that the Ruosiana were not skilful enough to mislond overy correspondent, but wont on to say that he took my point: the Soviet posture was not invariably the same. Interestingly, he aitod as an example of an item released by the Russians with spinechilling intent the story of a possible Joviet pre-emptive strike against nuclear installatione in 3inkiang. According to him, this was first issued here, and then wrongly ascribed to the Americans. I oountored by naking whether the theory that the nuclear installations had alrendy boan removed to a safer distance from the frontier was not similarly officially inspired in Peking. "Not at all", he said, "the Indiane said it first, and I doubt if it's true",

3. Apart from this exchange, the only episodos worth noting were a short conversation on Sino/Soviet trade and an interesting remark about Chou's return from Hanoi, both of which we have already reported. I tried to extract an explanation for the differenos

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between the two communiques on the Chou/Kosygin talks, but was told repeatedly and firmly that, evidently, no communique had been agreed. (The theory (Peking telegram No. 534) that the Chinese unilaterally altered an agreed text, which seems to me very likely, was rejected out of hand). My hosts claimod to have no information at all about the content of the talks this could well be true, since the Embassy appeared at the time of the C.P.C. Congress to be about a week behind the course of events in China. Li Feng-lin did however say at one point that it would be interesting to see the turn-out of official Soviet guests at the Embassy on 1 October " since following Kosygin's visit the Russians might choose to appear in greater strength. It will indeed be interesting.

4. I leave Moscow shortly for Rawalpindi, (where I am enjoined to call at once on the Chinese Mission,) but Li Peng-lin has twice checked that contact will be maintained here. He is himself due to return to Peking in Hay - he will have spent three years in Moscow without a break but since it seems fairly clear, particularly in view of his remark reported in paragraph 1, that a decision in favour of exchanges with us has been taken, I imagine that they will outlast him. You might therefore wish to consider whether there are any particular points which you would wish Gerald Clark to raiso apart from the obvious Sino/Soviet questions

on which our conversations have ao far centred.

5. I am sending a copy of this letter to Christopher Wallaby in East European and Soviet Department.

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Sino-Soviet Border Talks

Please refer to my minute of 21 October giving particulars of some of the members of the Chinese delegation.

NONA (English) gives the romanisation of the last named delegate as Wang Chin-ching and not Wang Ching-ching as given in the World Broadcast series. This suggests that this member is the former Second Secretary from the Embassy in Moscow who was among the Chinese diplomatic personnel who returned to China in February, 1967, after having been injured in an "attack" on the Embassy.

3. I attach an additional copy of this minute for Peking.

(F. Brewer)

Far Eastern Section, Research Department.

23 October, 1969.

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Mr. Orchard, Soviet Section, R.D. Mr. J.F. Ford.

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2. Mr. Hsieh duly called on the Ambassador on 21 August. Even the fairly short delay since the presentation of his credentials was not entirely of his making, since the Am- bassador had been away from Kabul for part of the time.

3. Mr. Hsieh is a pleasant enough man with a vaguely scholarly air about him which chimes in well with the short biography published in the local newspaper from which para. 2 of my letter or 7 August was taken; the extract from "Who's Who in Communist China" (Hong Kong 1966) which was enclosed with Cynthia Stephenson's letter or 23 July

(PID 3/3) to Rundle, specifies further that his job at Shanghai University was Commander and Political Commissar of the Militia Division.

4. He stayed with the Ambassador for about 20 minutes during which, as is usual in courtesy calls, nothing of great substance transpired; in reply to a question, he said that there was now no movement over the frontier in the Pamirs (part of the old Silk Route; but no wonder - the passes are very high and difficult) and said he shared my Ambassador's wish to get up into the Pamirs during his stay in Afghanistan. My Ambassador in due course returned the call, and had a cup o' tea in a wark inne, red, in the Chinese Embassy; on his expressing an acsienic interst in the fhoughts of Kac Joc Tung, L. Hsieh usad ha would be gled to Provide a copy in English am in fact sent over the next day two well-produced books in impeccable English, one containing extracts from the works and another, select- ed passages from speeches. Both were printed at the Foreign Language Press in Peking in 1967.

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That is perhaps more interesting is that Ir. Hsieh has also paid a courtesy call on the Indian Ambassauor. Mr. Mehta told my Ambassador about this in some detail, seeming perhaps to read more into the minutiae of dipló- matic politesse than they really warranted, but on being told that Ir. Tehta had served in Chunking during the war, Mr. Hsieh said that he very much hoped that "Mehta would be able to visit the People's Republic to see what miraculous progress had been made since the overthrow of the renegade (etc.) Chiang Kai Shek clique and, rather more surprisingly, said thet for his puit he would very much like at some unspecified time to pay a visit to Delhi.

6. In general, the Chinese Embassy scen to be moving back into the normal diplomatic round, and have just issued handsome crested invitations to their National Day on 1 October.

I am sending a cop of this letter to the Chancery at Peking.

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Martin Ewans

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Wilson.

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With reference to my letter of 22 July last you may care to have a short account of my return call on my Chinese colleague this morning. this occasion I made a point of raising topics of political interest.

On Anglo-Chinese trade, which I said had doubled in the last year, the Ambassador said that his Government welcomed trade on the basis of equality and mutual advantage. In reply to my question, he confirmed that by equality, he meant not a perfect balance but freedom from discrimination.

On the Sino-Soviet conflict, I was given the propaganda line. I was interested to see how the Ambassador smiled by way of emphasis whereas his interpreter raised his voice. "The Soviet

revisionists and new Czars have invaded Chinese soil and are trying to take it from us. soil and are trying

attacked, we will attack.

We have a slogan:

If the United States

Imperialists join them, we will fight them too.

'Down with the Soviet revisionists, down with the U.S. Imperialists'. If they attack us, our people will rise as one man and attack them. Their own people will attack them. They will hasten their doom."

At one point Wang Tung asked me what my Swedish friends, including my Swedish official friends, thought of the conflict. I replied that I assumed that he had the same sources of information as I had and, when pressed, I said that the Swedish people disliked war though they would fight if attacked. (I obviously could not tell him that we had discussed the Sino-Soviet conflict with the Swedes at the time of the Prime Minister's visit.) My personal view, since the Ambassador had asked for it, was that the

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Great Powers were determined that it should not come to war between them.

On Soviet talk of a security system in South- Fast Asia, Wang Tung said that the Russians (his interpreter said Russians first and then added Soviet revisionists) had learnt their ideas from the United States. They were building a system of military pacts to encircle China. I remarked that I knew little about Soviet ideas on the subject but that I thought they were not necessarily thinking of military pacts but perhaps rather of what, for wa nt of a better word, I call a co-prosperity scheme. As I expected, this provoked a reminder that the Japanese had committed aggression on China in the name of co-prosperity; that Hitler had called his conquests the New Order; that the Russians had justified their occupation of Czechoslovakia by reference to the Socialist Commonwealth; and finally that the United States Imperialists had proclaimed what they called the Free Community (sic).

To conclude Wang Tung gave me a short lecture on the iniquities of the Russians and the Americans whom he described as simultaneously conspiring and competing with each other. He drew my attention to our withdrawal from East of Suez and to the creation there of a vacuum which the Russians and the Americans were racing to fill. The two villains were also cooperating in India.

At one point the Ambassador remarked that the Finns were about to acquire a muclear power plant from the Russians. I said that, according to my information, there had been a call for tenders and that among others the British had put in a bid. The contract was however given to the Russians. It was anybody's guess when the plant would actually be built. Wang Tung did not pursue the point.

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being seen at diplomatic parties and I have no doubt that I shall bump into them again. I do not propose to report future conversations, however, unless you tell me that even the repetition of slogans, which I assume you hear on all hands, is of interest.

I am sending a copy of this letter to Peking.

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We have very little information to add to what we provided for Peking in June this year as you will see from the following.

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Our post in Bucharest observed in February, 1967, that Wang had quickly established a reputation for being more disagreeable and pugnacious even than

his predecessor. He spoke no Western language.

We shall be pleased to provide for Embassies biographical information on Ambassadors as the need arises.

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Dear John,

In Sir Archibald Ross's letter 25/3 of 22 July to Colin Wilson he pointed out that the Embassy in Stockholm had not received any biographical information about Wang Tung, the new Chinese ambassador to Sweden.

2. We are hoping that you will have responded to this, since we have no information on ang over and above what you gave us in your letter JEG 25/3 of 19 June, (1.e.) that prior to his last appointment as Counsellor and Chargé d'Affaires in Bucharest he had acted as Chargé d'Affaires in Tierana.

5. We should be grateful if you coula undertake to provide biographical information in other cases as well; we plead our usual excuse of no records.

I am copying this letter to Chancery, Stockholm.

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Posts were asked by Peking a few months ago to report any conversations had with Chinese diplomats. This is just to say that we quite regularly have talks with members of the Chinese Embassy here, especially at Rumanian functions. They are noticeably ignored by the other Eastern European Communists. The Chargé d'Affaires who has been here for four years and Chargé for over two, Van Ben-tscho and two of his colleagues asked both the Head of Chancery and myself on separate occasions at the Rumanian National Day Reception last week, whether we had seen many soldiers in the country and what we thought about possible manoeuvres. They said that as far as they could tell, the situation was not clear. It is interesting that the Chinese should be driven to ask Western Imperialists about the military situation in Bulgaria. We gave suitably vague replies.

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London, S.W.1.

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26 August, 1969

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Thank you for your letter FEC ≥3/3 of 30 May, in which you gave me guidance on further contacts with the Chinese

Charge d'Affaires here, Hsiao King.

2. Unfortunately, there were few social occasions at which we were able to meet after the arrival of your lette. and before the announcement that he was leaving Burna. He left Rangoon on 12 August for a posting to Peking.

I asked him to have a farewell meal with me but was informed by his secretary, after a few days, that he was unfortunately tied up before his departure, al though he looked forward to talking to me at the Chinese Ara Day Reception (1 August) and at his own farewell Reception (8 August).

4. The Army Day Reception, held in the large, open-sided hall at the Chinese Bibassy (my first visit there), was an interesting affair. It was hosted by the acting Military Attache, Chu Kun-Tac in the absence of Hsu Chung-Chiu, who is in Peking recovering fron paralysis of one side of his face. Non-stop recorded music mass singing of evidently patriotic songs - was discreetly dispensed by loud speaker. At one end of the hall was a white plaster bust, some six feet high, of the Chairman, gently flood- lit in a pastel shade. This was flanked by large baskets of red roses from the North Korean and North Vietnamese Consulates in Rangoon. Half of one side of the hall was devoted to a well-mounted photographic display of Chinese troops in a weal th of activities in various parts or the Republic, most of them having in their midst a large placari bearing Mao's portrait. All the aring served was from China (beer, what I take to be Chinese whisky, too sweet soft drinks, and a dark brown wine, rather like an inferior sweet sherry).

There were a

The Ambassador and I and our wives altended. few other members of the diplomatic community, some senior Burmese civil servants but no Vinisters that I saw, and a considerable number of Sino/Burmese guests who kept very much to themselves at the far end of the hall. The Embassy itself appeared to be there to a man (and a woman) all dressed in uniform, the only noticeable difference in altire being the different types of Mac badges the usual red and gold ones with ao's profile at different angles, and other rather larger plastic type badges with the Chairman represented in several colours.

I was told by those who had been to previous Army Day Receptions that the turn-out on the Burmese military side was unusually high. There were at least six senior Burmese officers in uniform. They included Brigadier Maung Maung Kyaw Win, a former Ambassador to Peking; Colonel Kyi Maung (Col. 0.8.) and Colonel Chit Khin, Director of Defence Services Intelligence accompanied by other 0.8.1. officers.

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7. Hsiao ming came up to me half-way through the party and chatted amicably for a cout fifteen minutes. I could not resist asking him whether the people of China had yet learnt of man's landing on the moon. Hsiao Ming said that they had not.

It was

of no interest to them. I expressed surprise that a country which had been scientifically aivanced when we were running around in skins should not be interested in so great a land-mark in scientific advancement, no matter what nation inde it. Haiao Ming countered that it may be a significant achievement, but it had been done for purely military purposes. I asked why, in that case, the achievement has not been publicised in China, together with a comment that this was of course designed to further the United States' military programzë.

Hsiao king gave

the reply to his interpreter, who seemed unhappy by it and had an exchange of a minute or so with Haiao Ming before eventually simply reiterating to me that the moon landing was of no interest to China, its military implications were obvious and that, although China herself developed rockets, these were of course purely for defensive purposes.

The farewell Reception for Hsiao Ming was held at the same place and was attended by a larger, but still rather small, muncer of diplomats the Dean of the Corps, the Indian Ambassador, was present the first time, I was told, for some years; and the Pakistani, Nepalese and Yugoslav Ambassadors and the French Chargé were there, with the Rumanian Ambassador's wife, whose nusband was in Bucharest at the time. There were fewer Bino/Burmese present. The Burmese official turn-out was, I gather, unusually high. the secretary and Executive Secretary from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were there, together with the Head of the Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dealing with China. The whole atmos- phure seemed rather more relaxed, although the setting was the Bame,

the same sort of music assailed our ears and the food and urink were almost identical to those on Army Day.

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9. Hsiao king circulated and readily took the initiative in chatting o his guests. He positively glowed. His smile was broad throughout and he seemed to be actually enjoying himself been here nine and a half years and is probably, at least in sole respects, glad to be going.

10.

I was able, for the first time, to have a short exchange with the First Secretary who will be taking his place as Chargé Shih Taien. lie seemed very much less reserved than on previous occasions when I have met him, and although our conversation did not yo beyond generaltics, I gained the impression that he would be ready to talk more seriously on future occasions. He spoke the whole time through an intèrpreter (quite a good one), and probably needa to.

11.

The acting Military Attaché approached me and spoke for some fifteen minutes about the satisfactions of life in the Chinese Army. Confessing that what he told me might sound like propaganda, Chu Kun-Tao said that in China there was no question of individual

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'sacrifice' for one's country; it was a great 'happiness' to devote one's life to China rather than t personal achievement. Although he earned very little more than a private soldier, the fact that was enabled to serve his country more fully was sufficient Incentive for him to accupt positions of responsibility.

I asked

what ambitions he had for his children. He said that he would be ctly happy if nis daughter were to marry a poor peasant provided he were a dedicated one.

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12. I had had little substantive conversation with Hsiao Ming in the course of this party. When I came to Leave with my wife, I said that I was sorry that he was going. I was confident that he would recognise, when in Pexing, that one of the main aims of our office there was to establish a reasonable and balanced working relationship with his government. tie and I had found in the course of our sporadic conversations at parties that our views differed "idely, out had been able to oiscuss the differences amicably. understanding, no matter how slight, which emerged from such discussion could only be helpful. I hoped that it would be possible for him in Peking to develop with my colleagues such frank and amicable exchange. Through auch small seans the differences which we experienced with each other in recent years were perhaps less likely to be repeated. Hsiao kin。 nodded in

greement and grandly summoned a waitress with a tray or drinks. He put one into y hand, took one himself and raised his glass to with a smile. It seemed a genuine enough gesture probably helped by the significant quantity of liquor which the unusual rudainess or uis complexion imicated ne iad already consumed, I think he is ping to find it a little difficult to adjust to the more restrictive atmosphere of reking.

13. I might do that we have learned that 150 persons attended a farewell party on 3 August for the asparting Chinese Charge Hsiao king at the Jurma-Chinese Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Shwe Dagon Pagoda Road and Strand Road. The meeting began with the singing of 'The East is Red'. Then a speech to Hsiao Ming.

Hsiao Ming in his reply thanked the Chinese Community for hulping him in his work and urged them to follow Mao's thought. Ho suid what the party for him was really a party for Hao. They ended by singing 'We Rely on the Helmsman'. A few days later the Chinese Encassy ave & return party.

14. I also understand that the Einister of Foreign Affairs enter- tained Hsiao Ming to a farewell dinner.

15. I am copying this letter to J. Allen, Peking; M. Wilford, Washington; and K. Halylton Jones, South Beat Adia Department.

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May to July, 1969.

In 1967, in the course of the Cultural Revolution, all Chinese Ambassadors were withdrawn to Peking, with the solitary exception of Huang Hua, Ambassador to the U.A.R. (Huang was withdrawn from Cairo, without immediate replacement, in July 1969).

2. In mid-May, three weeks after the conclusion of the 9th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, China began the process of refilling the vacancies, and by mid-July seventeen of some forty-four from Ambassadorial posts had been refilled. Since then there appears to be a halt in the process, and it is conceivable that this halt may last until after the celebration of National Day on 1 October, or even the possible convening of the National People's Congress. Enclosure A. gives a list of these posts and the names of the incumbents in the order of their postings, together with brief background notes of their careers. (It also includes particulars of the Chargé d'Affaires to South Yemen, China's first representative to this newly independent country with which she established diplomatic relations in January 1968). It will be noted that first on the list is China's closest ally, Albania, and the other sixteen may be considered countries which are of special interest to China in the development of her foreign policy.

3. Three of the Ambassadors return to posts from which they had been recalled in 1967- France, Zambia and Yemen. Nine of the other postings represent reassignments of Ambassadors who had been recalled. The remaining five are also from the Foreign Service, having served in overseas missions or in departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Thus it appeara

that so far the Cultural Revolution has not produced any injection of new blood into China's Foreign | Service.

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4. Enclosure B. gives the names of the Ambassadora who formerly occupied the fourteen

Several posts now filled by new appointees.

of these, perhaps the majority, were subjected to some degree of criticism during the Cultural Revolution; it remains to be seen whether any or all of them will resume their former careers,

5. Enclosure C. lists the remaining Ambassadors who have not yet been reposted, together with one Chargé d'Affaires similarly circumstanced.

Konnell Kimalans

(K. Bumstead)

Far Eastern Section, Research

Department.

August. 25 1969.

Copies to

I. R. D.

P. U. S. D. (Mr. Weston) Kr. Ford.

File.

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POST

AMBASSADOR

REVARKS

Albania

Keng Piao

(newly appointed)

Left for post: 15.5.69.

Born: 1909.

Replaces Liu Hsiao.

1950

Keng had early military background.

Ambassador to Sweden and Minister to Denmark. Ambassador to Pakistan. 1959 - Vice-Minister of Foreign

Affairs.

1956

1963 - Ambassador to Burna.

1967

Referred to in Hsinhua as "Former Chinese Ambassador

to Burna"

1969 - Member, 9th Central Committee,

C.C.P.

Early military background.

France

Huang Chen.

(1945

Returned to his post

20.5.69.

Born: 1908.

1950 1954 1961 1964 1969

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Wang Yu-p'ing

(newly appointed)

Left for post 5.6.69.

Born: 1910.

Deputy Director, Political Department, Taihang Military Region)

Ambassador to Hungary.

Ambassador to Indonesia.

Vice-Minister, M.F.A.

Ambassador to France.

Member, 9th Central Committee, C.C.P.

Replaces Chu Ch'1-wen.

Wang started army career in 1931. Became Director, Political Depart- ment (Political Commissar) 5th Army Group.

1950 - Ambassador to Rumania. 1954 Ambassador to Norway.

1958 - CPR's first Ambassador to

Cambodia.

1963 - Counsellor, M.F.A.

1963 - Appointed Ambassador to Cuba

(arrived May 1964).

Replaces Ch'en Shu-liang.

Formerly P.L.A.

1950 Assistant Head of Political

Department, Propaganda Dept, P.L.A.

Cambodia

K'ang Kao-chao

(newly appointed)

Left for post 6.6.by.

1950 (Oct)

Counsellor, Chinese Embassy, New Delhi,

1954 Counsellor for Cultural

Affairs, New Delhi.

1956

1959

1964

Counsellor, Chinese Embassy,

Afghanistan.

Vice-Director, Information Department, M.F.A.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.

Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

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POST

AMBASSADOR

Pakistan

Chang T'ung

(newly appointed)

1955

1961

Left for post

7.6.69.

1962

Born: 1919

1964

Zambia

Ch'in Li-chen

1950 1955

Returned to his post 12.6.69.

1958 - 1960

Born 1914

REMARKS

Replaces Chang Wen-chin.

Chang T'ung was a Senior Colonel.

Military Attaché, Stockholm, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. in Stanleyville.

Deputy Director, 1st Asian Department, M.F.A.

Director, 1st Asian Depart- ment, M.F.A.

Head of Visa Section, M.F.A. Deputy Director, Consular Department, M.F.A.

Director, Consular Department,

H.F.A.

1959 - Member, Commission for Over- seas Chinese Affairs.

1962 - Ambassador to Norway. 1965 - Ambassador to Zambia.

Replaces Ho Ying.

1945 Political Commissar, PLA

Army Units, Chefoo.

Identified as Kajor-General of P...A.

Ambassador to Czechoslovakia.

Tanzania

Chung Hai-tung (newly appointed)

1957

Left for post

12.6.69.

1961

Guinea

Han K'o-hua

Replaces Ch'ai Tae-min.

1954

(newly-appointed)

weft for post

12.6.69.

1960 1964

Rumania

Chang Hai-feng

(newly appointed)

Left for post

17.6.69.

Identified as Director of

Department of Industrial

Production, C.C.P.Committee, Wuhan.

Vice-Governor, Hupeh. Ambassador to Hungary.

Replaces Ts'eng Yung-chuan.

Chang was first noted in February 1964 when he was appointed Chinese Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic.

He was

reported in Hsinhua (5.7.67) as still being Chinese Ambassador to G.L.k.but at Peking airport when ashes of 4 Chinese diplomats killed in a car accident in Germany were returned to Peking. According to U.R.S. Who's Who in Communist China this Chang Hal-feng is identical with a man who in September 1959 was a Deputy

Secretary, Kweichow Provincial C.C.P. Committee.

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POST

weten

Congo (B)

Syrie

Nepal

AMBASSADOR

REMARKS

Wang Tung

(newly-appointed)

Left for post

17.6.69.

Wang Yu-t'ien

(newly-appointed)

Lert for post

19.6.69.

Born: 1914.

Chin Chia-lin

(newly-appointed)

Left for post

19.6.69.

Born: 1919.

Wang Tse

(newly-appointed)

Left for post

12.7.69.

Replaces Yang Po-chen.

Wang was first noted in August 1954 as Chargé d'Affaires a.I. in Albania (actually First Secretary).

In 1964 he was Counsellor (acting as Chargé a.1.) in Rumania.

Last noted as Chargé à.i. in Rumania early 1967.

Replaces Chou Chiu-yeh 1951-56 Counsellor, Berlin.

1953

Chargé,

1955 Deputy Director, FA, Protocol. 1957 Acting Director,

1958 Director, Socialist States

Department, MFA.

1959 Director, Soviet & E. European Affairs Department, KFA. 1359-Ambassador to Sudan.

1962

1962 Director, W.Asian & African

Affairs Department, MFA.

1964 Ambassador to Kenya,

Replaces Chen Tan.

1957 Counsellor, London.

1957 Chargé d'A a.1., London.

1960

妆

1963 Deputy Director,FA,Information.

1965 Director, MFA.

1967

Replaces Yang Kung-su.

虹

In Dec.1950 a man of this name (formerly a Political Commissar in the P.L.A.) was already a Counsellor, Chinese Embassy in Denmark.

1955-61 Consul-General at Lashio,

North Burna.

1964 Director, General Affairs

Department, H.F.A.

1965 Consul-General at Dacca

(Pakistan).

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POST

AMBASSADOR

REMARKS

Mauretania

Feng Yu-chiu

(newly-appointed)

Left for post:

15.7.69.

Hsieh Pang-chih (newly-appointed)

Replaces Lu Chih-hsien. 1949-51 Deputy Head, Highway

Administration, Ministry of Communications.

1956-58. Assistant to Minister

of Communications until November 1958.

1961

Apr.

1961

Member, Technicians' delegation to Kompong-Som, Cambodia, to study trade: China-Cambodia.

Director, Bureau of Ocean Jul. Transportation, Ministry

of Communications.

1964 General Manager, Ocean

Transport Corporation of China.

1965

Jan.

Ambassador to Norway.

1967 Recalled to Peking.

Jan.

Replaces Ch'en Feng.

Afghanistan

1950

-1952

Left for post:

17.7.69.

1955

(Wuhan Council Member,

& 2nd Deputy Secretary (c.c.p.

Director, Org.Dept,C.C.P., Wuhan.

Assistent to Minister of Communications.

1955- (Assistant to Minister of

1958 (Supervision.

Deputy Minister, Super-

vision.

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1958

Deputy Minister of

-1959

Justice.

1960

Council Member, Sino-

Latin American Friendship

Association.

1960

Commander, Militia Div.,

Chiaotung University,

Shanghai.

1960

Political Commissar, ditto,

1961

Secretary-General, C.C.P. Shanghai Municipal Cttee.

1962

President, Chiaotung Univ, Shanghai; Secretary,

1962 1967

Standing Cttee, Shanghai C.C.P.

Ambassador to Bulgaria.

Left for Peking "temporar- ily".

POST

AKBASSADOR

REMARKS

Replaces Ts'eng Tao

Formerly an Assistant Political Commissar in P.L.A.

Algeria

Yang Chi-liang

(newly-appointed).

1950

Left for post:

19.7.69.

1955

1958

Yemen

Wang Jo-chich

Returns to post.

Left Peking

19.7.69.

1961

Counsellor, Poland

Chargé, Poland.

Director, General Services

Department, MFA (reported former Counsellor in

Moscow).

Ambassador to Morocco.

1967 Left Paris for Shanghai

with 50 other Chinese. [Cultural Revolution]

1955 Deputy Political

Commissar, Chekiang Military District.

1956 officer, PLA Nanking Unit; Major-General.

1959 Chief, Political Section,

Cheklang MD.

Chief, Political Depart- ment, Chekiang Mil.Dist.

1959

-1960

1964

1969

Returns to post.

Ambassador to Yemen.

Southern Yenen

Chargé d'Affaires a,i.

Li Chiang-fen

1959

Left Peking for post

17.7.69.

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Deputy Director, 2nd

Lepartment, Aslan Affairs, M.F.A.

1961 Chargé d'Affaires, CPR

Legation, Yemen,

[Ambassador appointed

4.2.1964.

1966 Counsellor, Yemen,

AMBASSADORS who have been replaced and not reposted

Ambassador

Post

Liu Hsiao

Albania

Chu Ch'i-wen

Vietnam

Ch'en Shu-liang

Cambodia

Chang Wen-chin

Pakistan

Ho Ying

Tanzania

Ch'ai Tae-min

Guinea

Tseng Yung-ch'uan

Rumania

Yang Po-chen

Sweden

Chou Chiu-yeh

Congo (B)

Ch'en Tan

Syrie

Yang Kung-su

Nepal

Lu Chih-haien

Mauretania

Ch'en Feng

Ts'eng T'ao

Algeria

Afghanistan

·C "

Other Ambassadors not yet reposted

Denmark

Ko Po-nien

Finland

Ghana

Iraq

North Korea

Laos

Mali

Mongolia

Poland

Somali Republic

Sudan

Tunisia

Uganda

U.9.S.R.

United Kingdom

Chargé en titre.)

Yueh Hsin

Ch'en Ch'u

Taao Chih

Chiao Jo-yu

Liu Ch'un

Na Tzu-ching

Chang Ts'an-ning

Wang Kuo-chuan

Yang Shou-cheng

Yu Pei-ven

Yao Nien

Ch'en Chih-fang

P'an Tzu-li

Appointed Ambassador to Ghana Jan, 1966. (In October relations were suspended. Ch'en Ch'u never went to Ghana.)

Hsiung Hsiang-hui

Returned to Peking in 1967, but in April 1969 was still officially described as Chargé d'Affaires, London.

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Far Eastern Department

25 August, 1969

Jima

Chinese Ambassador to Algeria

181

Thank you for your letter 25/3 of 13 August. I do not think we have any special mesange for Mr. Yang should he oall on your Ambassador, The Ambassador may like to take the line that he looks forward to good working relations with Mr. Yang and to a period of improvement in Sino-British relations (although we should not wish to see the latter aspect stressed unduly). Ha may also wish to ask kr. Yang for his views on Sino-Soviet relations. Mr. Yang might in particular have something of interest to say about conflicting Chinese and Russian interests locally,

2. In such calls of this type as have been reported to us in recent weeks from other posts the Chinese have studiously avoided controversial issuOS. It is possible nevertheless that Mr. Yang Lay refer to Hong Kong and the cases of Chinese communist prisoners there. You will already know that the Chinese are holding in detention both Mr. Anthony Grey, the Reuters corros-

We pondent in Peking, and some twelve other British subjecta. hope that they will release Er, Grey in early October, following the release of eleven imprisoned communist journalists in Hong Kong with whom they have linked his fate; and that thereafter they will refrain from using other British subjects still detained in China as a lever for attempting to secure the selease of further communist supporters in the colony. It is our present view that until Mr. Örey's release is in the bag, the less said about these problems to the Chinese the better. But should Mr. Yang make an issue of these matters, the Ambassador may care to use such of the following points as may seem appropriate:-

(a) Mr. Grey is guiltless of any offence; not even the Chinese pretend otherwise;

(b) the attempt of the Chinese authorities to link his fate to that of eleven communist journaliste in prison in Hong Kong has no basis of justification; the journa- išata were tried for offences against the law and were sentenced in open court. The conditions of their detention have been much superior to those of Mr. Gray;

J. R. Johnson, Maq..

ALGIERS.

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(a) these journalists will all have completed their sentences by early October. We see no way in which the Chinese can justify the further detention of Mr. Grey;

(4) there are some twelve other British subjects detained or believed to be detained in China. The Chinese failure to provide proper information about the whereabouts of these persons and details of any charges against them, or to grant consular access, is wholly contrary to normal international practice;

(s) (Should Mr. Yang draw the comparison) the cases of further communist prisoners in Hong Kong are not comparable with (d). The communist prisoners committed serious offences and were fairly tried in courts of law. Their whoreabouts are no secret and the conditions of their imprisonsent are widely recognised as being fair;

(r) we have done our best to reduce tension in Hong Kong following the communist riots of 1967: political

have

detainees (as opposed to convicted prisoner, f"litionl

long since been reloused and the energency regulations shelved, It is up to the communists on their side to respond in kind,

3. If a debate arises these points may be useful; but I should add once again that we do not wish to stimulate an exchange of this kind at this particular moment,

Copy to:

Chansery, Peking.

(J. D. I. Boyd)

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CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO ALGERIA

Thank you for your letter 25/3 of 3 August. I do

not think we have any special message for Mr. Yang

should he call on your Ambassador The Ambassador mayan

Howeven, like to take the line although we should not

he wish him to stress this unduly) that we looks forward to In such calls of good workery relations with the Young and in pered of Ihors type as have improvement in Sino-British relations. He may also

we show) mit men to see the Talus osjet Strersed in Walthough been reportit li

solving wish to ask Mr. Yang Toy his views on Sino-Soviet

in Hunt

weeks from other relations. Mr. Yang pight in particular have something posts The Chines how sindraniy avided controvers

of interest to say about conflicting Chinese and

Russian interests locally.

2.7

Mary. Theuns

It is possible/that Mr. Yang may refer to Hong Kong

and the cases of Chinese communist prisoners there. You

will already know that the Chinese are holding in

detention

tion both Mr. Anthony Grey, the Reuters corres-

pondent in Peking, and some twelve other British

subjects. We hope that they will release Mr. Grey in early October, following the release of eleven imprisoned

with whom they have linked time face Communist journalists in Hong Kong; and that thereafter they will refrain from the attempoque use Other British

adhampting to sexmmend

subjects still detained in China as a lever for the

release of further communist supporters in the colony.

However, It is our present view that until Mr. Grey's

release is in the bag, the less said about these

problems to the Chinese the better. But should Mr. Yang

make an issue of these matters, the Ambassador may

/care

men of

an may care to make use the following points:-

shy

sreen app

(a) Mr. Grey is guiltless of any offence;

not even the Chinese pretend otherwise;

(b) the attempt of the Chinese authorities

to link his fate to that of eleven communist

journalists in prison in Hong Kong has been

shadefui dase of blackmail; the journalists

appost the law

were tried for offences-which they had

no basis

committed and were sentenced in open court.

The conditions of their detention have been

much superior to those of Mr. Grey;

See no redem their sentences by early October. We hope the yovy

can guttity theforth delinti Chinese wil releage Mr. Grey forthwith;

in whith the

(d) there are some twelve other British subjects

detained or believed to be detained in China.

The Chinese failure to provide proper informa -

tion about the whereabouts of these persons and

details of any charges against them, or to grant

juhvating

ontráry to

consular access, is (shanda afcontr

normal international practice;

(e) (Should Mr. Yang draw the comparison) the

cases of further communist prisoners in Hong

Kong are not comparable with (d). The

communist prisoners committed serious offences

and were fairly tried in courts of law. Their

whereabouts are no secret and the conditions of

their imprisonment are widely recognised as

being fair;

(f) we have done our best to reduce tension in

Hong Kong following the communist riots of 1967:

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political detainees (as opposed to

convicted prisoners) have long

since been released and the emergency

regulations shelved. It is up to the

communists on their side to respond

in kind.

If a debate arises these points may be

useful; but I should add once again that we do

not wish to stimulate an exchange of this kind

at this particular moment.

(25/16)

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In a routine despatch no. 25/16 of 5 May, I sent you a report on Mr. Tu Kuo-wei, who was at that time Chargé d'Affaires of the People's Republic of China here, the Ambassador having left the post in July 1967.

2. As I mentioned in my letter no. 25/8 of 29 July a new Ambassador, Mr. Wang Tse, presented his Letters of Credence to the King of Nepal on 27 July. I have had occasion to meet Mr. Wang Tse three or four times since his arrival, and a short note about his personality may possibly be just worth while,

3. Mr. Wang Tse appears to be taking care to behave with the utmost correctitude. On presentation of his Letters he sent me the customary polite intimation and paid his call within about a week. He has punctiliously called upon Nepalese Ministers and Ministers of State. I have returned his call and have attended, as it happens, a couple of receptions at his Embasay.

He is very amiable, and although quiet and communicating nothing is cheerful and easy to talk to. He obviously understands a good deal of English, but speaks through an interpreter. He told me that he was born in north-eastern China near Peking. He has never been in Tibet; much too far from his home, He has two grown-up children "in service". He spent rather more than two years at

Copenhagen,

4. Mr. Wang Tse asked me about Nepalese relations with India, which is of course the topic of the day, and agreed that they were intimate and multifarious, but at present not very good. He claimed that China was anxious for friendly relations with Nepal, based upon the Five Shil, but agreed that, whilst there was a great deal of talk about the mutual respect of nations and non- interference, doing was more important than talking.

5. He seemed to have no particular desire to get about this country. I should not think that he is physically very active; he is fifty-one years old.

6. The diplomatic life here cannot be all that easy for him; he told me that he had found only one Nepalese official, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who had studied Chinese and could speak it.

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Chinese Ambassador-sol Alzeria

Thank you for your letter of 30 July about Hr. Yang Ch'i-liang, the new Chinese Ambassador in Algiers.

Mr. Yang presented his credentials to Colonel Boumediene on 8 August. After congratulating him on Algeria's own victory against imperialism, Mr. Yang expressed Chinese support for "the struggle by the Algeria n. Palestinian, and other Arab nations against the aggression of the American imperialists and their lackey Israel". In his reply Colonel Boumediene pointedly thanked Mr. Yang for Chinese support for the people of Palestine intimating that only they were really fighting egai re t Israel. Colonel Boumedienne also offered his country's support for the admission of China to the United Nations.

3. We note that you would like an account of what Mr. Yang has to say when he makes his initial call. The Ambassador would be very grateful to have by the next bag a brief note o: anything you might wish him to say to Hr. Yang.

Your

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I called yesterday at the Chinese Embassy to introduce Gerald Clark to my contact, Ir. Li Feng-Lin.

2. The conversation on this occasion was less interesting than during my previous calls because vo vere also soen by a somewhat heavyweight first secretary called, I think, Yu Hung-Liang, who spoke neither Russian nor knglish, This meant that most exchanges took place through an interpreter and were therefore rather

matilted. It also seened to me that the presence of his colleague inhibited Mr. Li Fong-Lin from expressing himself as definitely as he had on former occasione

3. There is, therefore, little of substance to report. We discursed the Sino-Soviet situation in general, the Khabarovsk talks, the Soviet Asian security plan, and the Nixon Rumanian visit. On the first question, the Chinese diplomats were more concerned to hear our interpretation of present Soviet attitudes than to describe their own. were told firaly but without elaboration that the Chinese were ready for var whether it came sooner or later, and involved nuclear or only conventional weapons. They felt, however, that there was insufficient evidence for any conclusion that the Russians wanted a large scale conflict.

the Khabarovsk talks we were told only that discussions were continuing but dealt only with technical matters. The Chinese side wished to see them reach a successful conclusion but Chinase observera wondered whether the Russians shared this interest. The continued border incidents suggested that they did not. (No new inoidents were mentioned, however.) The Chinesd Imbassy still claim to have no detailed knowledge of the progress of the talka: they had not tried to send an Embassy representative to Khabarovsk since they had noone

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5. On the Asian security proposal, both Chinese diplomats, not surprisingly, had no doubt that it was directed against China. They did not question our view that the proposal had been aired before being fully worked out, and they thought that eventual reactions to it from most Asian countries would be unfavourable. Mr. Li Feng-Lin shoved interest in the Japanese first reactions, saying that it seemed significant to him that Japan appeared to be unwilling to take part in any Soviet sponsored security organisation. We could not, however, draw him on the question for the particular significance of Japanese reactions.

6. m President Nixon's visit to Rumania, nothing of import was said but both diplomata stated with apparent satisfaction that the Soviet reaction was bound to be unfavourable,

7. I think it is useful to keep these contacts going even if, as in this case, they are not always very fruitful. Ir. Li Feng-Lin may feel able to revert to his previous loquacity when next on his

own.

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CHINA AND SOVIET UNION.GAYN WAS KIND ENOUGH TO GO OVER HIS NOTES

WITH US AND WHILE WE WILL NOT/NOT TRY TO REPORT THEM VERBATIM

SOME HIGHLIGHTS MAY INTEREST YOU.PRESUMABLY IN DUE COURSE MOST OF WHAT UVALIC TOLD GAYA WILL APPEAR IN TORONTO STAR ADD IT IO NALLY

IT WAS OUR IMPRESSION THAT MANY OF UVALICS COMMENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO YOU IN EARLIER COMMUNICATIONS.

3.IN CONTEXT OF YUGOSLAV-CHINESE RELATIONS UVALIC THOUGHT THERE

WAS SOME LTD IMPROVEMENT.THE TWO COUNTRIES HAD SIGNED A TRADE

PROTOCOL.YUGOSLAVIA HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE CANTON FAIR AND THEIR

CHARGE IN PEKING WAS NOW BEING RECEIVED BY OFFICIALS OTHER THAN

PROTOCOL.UVALIC REMARKED THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT

PEKING WOULD APPOINT AN AMBASADOR TO BGRAD HE ALSO OBSERVED THAT CHINESE MERCHANT SHIPS WERE USING YUGOSLAV PORTS FOR TRANS-

SHIPMENT OF COMMERICIAL PRODUCTS.

4.UVALIC SUGGESTED TO GAYN THAT RIVALRY PETWEEN PEKING AND MOSCO HAS

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BASED LESS ON IDEOLOGY THAN ON POWER POLITICS.HE HELD VIEW HOWEVER

THAT MADIST SOCIALISM WOULD REMAIN AND THERE WOULD THEREFORE

CONTINUE TO BE IRRITANTS IN RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES E

IF THERE WAS HO/NO POWER RIVALRY UVALIC ALSO ARGUED THAT SOVIET

UNION HAD VERY LITTLE INFLUENCE IN PEKING.HE SEEMED TO THINK THAT

WHILE BORDER CLASHES NIGHI TEMPORARILY BE RESOLVED THE

LIKELIHOOD OF LONG-TERM CONTROVERSY WOULD CONTINUE.HE ALSO

SUGGESTED THAT PEKING WOULD LIKE TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT BORDER

STATE UNDER OF COURSE CHINESE SUZERAINTY.THIS WAS HOT/HOT LIKELY

TO MAKE CHINESE/SOVIET RELATIONS MORE TOLERABLE.UVALIC DOUBTED

WHETHER THERE WAS MUCH SCOPE FOR SOVIET SUBVERSION IN CHINA PROPER

ALTHOUGH UNDOUBTEDLY MOSCO WOULD TRY TO STIR UP TROUBLE IN ORDER

AREAS SUCH AS TIBET ETC.

5.UVALIC DISCOUNTED THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE SOVIET UNION EMBARKING ON A

MAJOR MILITARY CONFRONTATION WITH PEKING OR ON USING NUCLEAR WEAPONS

IN THE EVENT THAT LARGE SCALE HOSTILITIES WERE TO DEVELOP.HE SUGGESTED

THAT POLAND AND THE EAST GERMANS WERE COUNSELLING MOSCO TO BE

CAUTIOUS IN THEIR CHIMA POLICY.

6.UVALICS REMARKS TO GAYK ON CZECHO WERE IN PREDICTABLE TERMS AND

IT WAS MY IMPRESSION THAT HE DID NOT/NOT SAY ANYTHING NEW.HIS REPLY

TO GAYNS QUESTION ON THE ROLE OF MILITARY IN THE SOVIET UNION

WAS ALSO UNEXCEPTIONABLE HE ARGUED THAT FOLLOWING THE CZECKO

CRISIS LAST YEAR THE INFLUENCE OF THE MILITARY" HAD" PERHAPS

MAD-

DIMINISHED SOMEVANT SIMPLY BECAUSE THE SOVIET POSTURE WAS SO UNPOPULAR.

ON THE OTHER HAND HE THOUGHÍ BREZHNEV WAS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE MILITARY AND THEREFORE IN A RELATIVELY STRONG POSITION.KOSYG IN

AND SUSLOV WERE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THEIR SPECIAL SKILLS

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Far Eastern Department

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You wrote to Terence O'Leary on 24 July (3/378) about the new Chinese albassador to Kabul, Hsiah Pang-chih, You may find it useful to have the following details sulled from the 1964 List of Leading Personalities in China:

Haiah was a party worker in Central China in the 'forties. From 1950 to 1952 he was a Deputy Seeratary of the CCP wahan Municipal Committee; in February 1952 he was dismissed from all his posta

(including that of head of the Organisation Depart- sent and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Municipal Party Commiɩtee), having failed in his duty to prevent miscarriage of justice which had been engineered by other party officials. He had been rehabilitated by January 1955 when he became an Assistant to the Kinister of Communications. He was an Assistant to the Minister of Supervision frea Xovember 1955 until July 1958; a Deputy Minister of Bupervision from July to Septembar 1958; and a Deputy Minister of Justics from September 1958 to April 1959. He was apparently transferred to Shanghai at about this time, and was Secretary-General of the CCP Shanghai Munisipal Committee by March 1961. He was appointed Ambassador to Bulgaria in July 1962.

We have had reperta from a mauber of posts that with the gradual resumption of a more normal diplomatic style by the

Chinese their ambassadors are selling on their British and other colleagues. Should Mr. Haish call on your Ambassador, we should be most grateful to have an account of the proceedings,

Copies of this letter go to the recipients of yours.

3. Cepi

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(J. D. I. Boyd)

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M. K. Ewans, Esq., KABUL.

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Copy to:

Chancery, Peking Chancery, Sofia

Chinese Ambassador

You wrote to Terence O'Leary on 24 July (3/378)

about the new Chinese ambassador to Kabul, Hsieh

Pang-chih. You may find it useful to have the following

details culled from the 1964 List of Leading Personali-

ties of China:

Haich was a party worker in Central China in

the 'forties. From 1950 to 1952 he was a

Deputy Secretary of the CCP Wuhan Municipal

Committee in February 1952 he was dismissed

from all his posts (including that of head of

the Organisation Department and Secretary of

the Discipline Inspection Committee of the

Municipal Party Committee), having failed in

his duty to prevent a miscarriage of justice

which had been engineered by other party

officials. He had been rehabilitated by

January 1955 when he became an Assistant to the

Minister of Communications. He was an Assistant

to the Minister of Supervision from November

1955 until July 1958; a Deputy Minister of

Supervision from July to September 1958; and a

Deputy Minister of Justice from September 1958

to April 1959. He was apparently transferred

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3. I en sending copies of this letter to the Chanceries at Peking and Sofia, the latter of whom may perhaps have on record an assess- ment dating from his time there.

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Dear Wilson

With reference to your letter FEC 25/2 of 25 July, you might like to see the enclosed minute by my Military Attaché on the reception given by the Chinese Defence Attaché on 31 July last.

For what it is worth, I would add that the Chinese duly redeemed his promise to call on my Service Attachés, the meeting being confined to the usual courtesies.

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Your Excellency,

In accordance with ".E's wishes, I attended the so-ca72 x Chinese Republic Armed Forces Dey reception held at their Embassy on Thursday, 31st July 1969. Dressed in service uniform, I arrived at 1725 hours. In the entrance hall, a bespectacled Chinese was laughing with a group of young Swedes at some anti-imperialist literature displayed on the walls. He managed to disengage himself to susrest "You signee bookie". Having done this, I ascended the stairs to the reception hall, where I was net by two Hao smooked Chinase, one of whom spoke to me in English and introduced himself as "Attache for Navy, Army and Air Force".

This was obviously eng Yung-Chen. Further attempts at conversation were confined to his saying "Attache for Navy, Aruy and Air Force".

The rain reception room presented an interesting spootacle. The table in the centre was loaded down with Chinese food of all descriptions and a small bar was set up on one side of the room. The guests for the most wert appeared to be the dregs of Stockholm, not on'semester, attired in shirts and jocns and who obviously had a proz'ound dislike of soap and water, in spite of the hot Stredish summer. Some of their offspring were also present. The main occupation of those prosent appeared to be the gathering of large platefuls of food, and then to elbow their way to tho bar for a drink. The walls were covered in anti-tnerican propaganda, written in Swedish, including references to atrocities committed in Viet Nam. Having failed to rule contact with the rather peculiar guests, who seemed to rapará me as a creature from outer space, and having been elbowca out of the queue for e-glass of refreshment, I joined the other Service Attaches there in uniform (fron Poland, Finland and France), and a group of officers from the Swedish Ministry of Defence. The latter were goggle eyed at the proceedings, and expressed their disgust that one's uniform should be sullied at such an occasion.

As the evening was warm, I departed after half an hour to quench my thirst elsewhere. Ky leave taking of the "Attache for Navy, Arvy and Air Force" was short. I told him, through his interpreter, that I would be interested to hear what connection some of the guests had with the Armed Forces reception. Also, I demanded to know why he, as a new arrival, had already paid official visits to three other Service Attaches in Stockhola, yet no attempt had been made, as required, to arrange an introductory visit to the British Service Attaches. Apologies were conveyed on his behalf, and this he promised would be remedied within 24 hours. arriving outside in the fresh air, I found my driver in conversation with two Swedish policamen. The latter expressed their astonishment that certain individuals under police observation should be the guests they had observed entering an embassy reception.

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Chinese diplomatic representation

In late January 1967 the former Chinese ambassador to Tania (Ho Ying) was recalled by his Government to takɩ art in the Cultural Revolution. In June he was replaced here by Chung Hsi-tung. On my return from London the latter paid a courtesy call on me on 23 July, which I returned on 28 July.

2. He was ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1961 until he also was recalled to take part in the Cultural Revolution, probably in early 1967. He speaks at least enough English to exchange everyday greetings, and I suspect knows more; but he prefers to use his interpreter. I found Chung intelligent and urbane, anxious to be affable and give a good impression of himself. When I offered him tea and said I hoped he liked it English- style, he said with good humour that he did - "And why not? it's red tea

3. At our first meeting Chung got on to the subject of communist and western ideologies. I found him quite ready to argue lines put out by me, but more often anxious to fall back on dogma as if well rehearsed during his recent time in the Revolution. He frequently smiled when making a point. But there was no doubt about the condescension in his smile at my remarks about British socialism. When I reminded him that everyone in Britain was free to express his opinion about the Government and Prime Minister he blandly countered by saying that the people of China venerated their great Chairman because they were a disciplined people looking to him to destroy utterly the feudalism and exploitation they had suffered under for centuries at the hands of their own former rulers as well as foreign countries.

4. He asserted that it was now only in China and Albania that pure marxism-leninism was practised: Soviet revisionists had abandoned the purity of communism and were combining with the American imperialists to

the

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East African Department,

Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Foreig.w.1.

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challenge China. But China was well prepared and would stand firm. He reverted repeatedly to this theme and was vitriolic about the United States and the Soviet Union equally. China regarded 90% of the people of the world as being "good"; but the United States was among the 10%. Britain (he thought!) was by and large among the 90%. When I asked him why in that case our wish for good relations with China had been rebuffed, he Inurediately launched into the question of the Hong Kong newspapermen. He dismissed my protestations of Anthony Grey's innocence. If Britain stretched out the hand of friendship China would take it; but if we raised a clenched fist China would repel it.

5. Chung ended by saying that it all depended on the good will of other countries. For example (he said), when he left me he was going to call on the Indian high commissioner, notwithstanding the differences between them. But if he saw the American ambassador at a party on neutral ground here he would not even shake hands with him. He did not go so far as to say the same of the Soviet ambassador, but he made it generally clear that he lumped the Russians with the Americans.

6. My return call was taken up more with discussion of our respective attitudes to Tanzania. Chung was at pains to impress on me that his Government wanted to help Tanzania maintain its independence and make social and economic progress. I countered by saying that Britain regarded Tanzania as fully sovereign and independent and did not question the country's independence and its ability to maintain this. The ambassador brushed this aside by suggesting that I had a special position in Tanzania since the country was a member of the Commonwealth. I left him, I hope, discomfited by making no comment except that above all Britain respected the sovereignty of Tanzania.

7. He smiled knowingly and remarked that Britain still ran a newspaper here. I said firmly that ""The Standard" was a private business enterprise which reflected Tanzanian thinking and certainly not British views: it often attacked British policy. Chung then said that, however that may be, the paper also indulged in anti-Chinese propaganda. A week or so before it had reported that the Chinese Government had issued a set of postage stamps portraying revolutionary leaders and groups in Afro-Asia and Latin America, among them

Mr. Odinga in Kenya and Mr. Babu in Tanzania. He wanted to tell me that no such stamps had been issued, and that

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the report was "a complete imperialist fabrication" deliberately propagated by "The Standard" in an effort to harm Sino-Tanzanian relations. I refuted this allegation and suggested that the report had probably simply been picked up from agency material. I was sure that if the ambassador had any observations on it the editor would be happy to discuss these with him. At his request I gave him Mr. Grinshaw's name.

8. In the course of further talk about Tanzania, Chung asserted repeatedly that he and his people were in the country for the sole purpose of helping it. The railway, for example, was something for its benefit, although the Chinese purpose in building this was of course misrepresented by China's enemies. I reacted in his style and smiled as knowingly as I could. The

conversation drew to an end with affable enough greetings on both sides.

9. The conclusion of the episode of the stamps was as follows. The editor told me next day that the New China News Agency representative had already called on him that moming and questioned the report. But in the meantime Grimshaw himself had looked again at the source of it and become suspicious: it was not in fact an agency report, but a glossy brochure with some of the thoughts of Mão on the front cover and an imprint on the back purporting to be that of a philatelic society in Peking; and it contained good reproductions of the stamps in question. In fact, Grimshaw had realised too late, it was a clever fake put out by some anti-Chinese

source.

10. At this, and having been approached by the NCNA, Grimshaw decided to retract the report. He did so, and accompanied the retraction by an editorial condemning resort to such mean and misleading practices. I and others think this was an unnecessarily gratuitous apology; the factual retraction would have sufficed. But of course "The Standard" is walking something of a tightrope at present and Grimshaw wanted to play safe, at whatever cost to appearances. Besides, he feels it could be useful to develop relations with the NCNA, whose influence on his rival, "The Nationalist", is marked.

11. Finally, to end this China saga. On August 1 Chung held a reception in the grounds of the Embassy to mark the 42nd anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. Invited to it were the few Heads of Missions (including myself and the Russian), with wives, who are

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in relations with Peking; otherwise the scores of guests were Chinese of all classes, nondescript Tanzanians, mostly of middle and lower class, and the usual bearded "freedom fighters". The leading Tanzanians were the M.F.A. Director of Protocol, Babu the Minister for Commerce and Industries, and (in the absence in Leipzig of the Commander) Colonel Kashmiri on the Tanzania People's Defence Forces. Appropriate to the occasion, as well as to the growing Chinese interest in the PDF, he was clearly the guest of honour and given punctilious attention by his hosts. Although I thought I detected a certain embarrassment and discomfort on the face of this able and agreeable Tanzanian officer of Indian origin and British training, he was soon lost among the front-row Chinese applauding the turgid and tedious film of the proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Chinese Communist Party nearly two hours of

monotonous shots alternately of io and other Chinese leaders addressing a vast gathering of delegates and of the latter hysterically applauding the speakers. A dull evening, but notable as the first social occasion in the Chinese Embassy here (apart from National Day) for at least two years, and as my first ever Chinese reception.

Eours ever

Grace Paillis

(H. Phillips)

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31 July 1969

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You may be interested to know that Hsiao Ming called on me the other day to say goodbye the first of icial move from him, apart from party invitavions, I havə mua since my arrival here in October,

1967.

2. He was is usual smiling and inscrutable self. He spoke in English part of the time. and occasion.lly called on the services of á youtiful interpreter whose English was, in fact, much worse than his own. Somewhat to my surprise, he stayed for about three-quarters of an hour, mostly spent in cross-examining me on my views as to the outcome of the Internal Unity Advisory Body exercise. I spoke to him fairly freely on the standard lines generally accepted by the diplomatic comunity in Rangoon as the most likely interretation of current events. Hs130 Ming seemed articularly interested in the possi- bility of a Come-back by U Nu and directed his molt searching questions to the latter's position and that of U Ba Swe. I was pretty non-commital but said, as my own purely personal view, that I thought it u:likely that U Nu and his supporters could make any pact on the current Burmese scene so long as No Win maintains the unity of the Army.

K. Ham/lton Jones, Esq.,

South East Asia Department,

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3. My attempts to get something out of Hsiao Ming in return were not very successful. I asked him for his view of the current development of Sino-Burmese relations, and while he did not say anything positive, he seemed to nod acquiescence to my suggestion that, on their siue, the Burmese

.ous to get back to a correct, if not rel.tionship with China, and from Chin se seemed to want much the same.

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14 AUG 1969 49* sppointments or postings.

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the following:-

Pakistan

Sun Pi-jung

We have noted

Military Attaché.

Mali

No previous record.

"Feng Yuch

Chargé a.i.

No previous record.

Denmerk

Wang Yen-chang Chargé a.i.

No previous record.

Switzerland

Wang Hsueh-chien Acting Military Attaché.

No previous record.

Poland

Lei Yang

Chargé a.i.

Counsellor, Burma 1956-61.

Director, Education Dept. of MFA 1964.

Cuba

Li Shan-1

Chargé a.i.

No previous record.

North Viet-Nam

Teng Kun-shan

Sweden

Military Attaché.

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13 August, 1969.

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Thank you for sending us a copy of your letter 3/375 of 24 July reporting the appointment of a new Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan.

According to our records, the Chinese Ambassador in early 1967 was Ši: Zan-tchyi. enclose a short note on him from our 1967 leads of Missions Report which you may find useful.

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F.E.O. P.U.S.D. 1. R.D. R.D.

I. K. Dwans, Esq.,

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Chinese Ambassadors

Our last report on this subject was Hugh Davies's letter (not to all) of 24 June, The following heads of mission have since left for their Posta, according to NONA.

Wang Tse left for Nepal on 12 July.

Feng Yu-chiu left for Mauritania on 15 July.

Hsieh Pang-chih left for Afghanistan on 17 July,

Li Chiang-fen (Chargé d'Affaires a.1.) left for Southern Yemen on 17 July.

Yang Chi-liang left for Algeria on 19 July.

Wang Jo-chieh returned to the Yemen on 19 July.

2. The total to date is 14 now ambassadors and 2 returning ambassadors. It is not clear from the press report ner from our records whether Li Chiang-fen's appointment as Charge

He was previously d'Affaires in Southern Yemen is new or not, Counsellor in the Yemen.

3. The old Chinese ambassador to Mali was seen at a reception at the Mali Embassy on 18 July. This may mean he will return to his Post soon, but members of the Embassy cannot confirm this.

4. One point which cbservers here have made is that, whilst a few new Chinese faces have appeared at diplomatic receptions recently (or rather their names have been recorded by the press as having attended), all the now ambassadors are known cercer diplomats and their appointments are plausible in a conventional sense. Though the Chinese may still go outside the ranks of pre Cultural Revolution professionals for future ambassadors, the nature of those senior appointments is striking evidence of the continuity and current pragmatism of Chinese policy. It reinforces the already strong tendency of some observers to say that really nothing has changed and within months we shall be back to 1965 as regards this aspect of Chinese government We must, cf course, stop short of this.

5. Copies of this letter go to Miss Draycett in IRD, Brewer in RD, keston in PUSD(2), Pierce in DIS, Spendlove in Washington, Hibbert in Singapore, UcLaren and Ashworth in Hong Kong, Hewitt in Canberra and Chancery at Tokyo,

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30 July, 1969.

Chinese Ambassador

Thank you for your letter of 11 July about Mr. Yang Ki-liang (Yang Ch'i-liang in our own romanisation). It may be helpful to you to have the following biographical details:

Political offiser in the People's Liberation Army before entry into the MPA, Counsellor in Warsaw, 1950-55. Head of General Office of NFA, 1958. Appointed Ambassador to Morocco, 1961.

2. According to some accounts that have reached us the newly appointed Chinese Ambassadors have resumed the practice of calling formally on their colleagues. If Mr. Yang calls on your Ambassador we should be most grateful if you could let us know what Kr. Yang has to say.

J. R. Johnson, Esq.,

ALGIERS.

(J. D. I. Boyd)

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We were grateful to have your account in your letter 25/3 of 22 July of the Chinese Ambassador's call.

I am sorry that we have not previously supplied you with a biographical note on Wang Tung. There is in fact little to say, He know only that he was Chargé d'Affaires in Tirana in 1954 and that he held the post in Bucharest to which you refer from 1964- 67. Like the other Chinese Anoassadors who have been sent out from Peking so far this summer, Wang can therefore be assumed to be an experienced professional diplomat rather than a simple Maoist.

3. Se have one further snippet on Wang. He accepted a dinner invitation at the Swedish Embassy in Peking before his departure (an unprecedented event in the Peking of recent years). We understand that this was a relaxed affair and that the conversa- tion turned on such topics as Chinese ceramics in the collection of the King of Sweden.

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In paragraph 4 of your circular 0 66/69 of 24 March you mentioned that you were interested in the details of Chinese diplomats in various countries. You might like to know that the Chinese Embassy here has recently informed us that the Ambassador to Morocco, who has been absent ever since the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, has now finally left Rabat. The Chargé d'Affaires, Ting Wen-pin, expents to be in command for some time The latter has in recent months been far more friendly than in the past. He turned up at the Queen's Birthday Party given by the Ambassador, providing the first Chinese representation there for four years. and his young interpreter have had several friendly conversa- tione both with me and with Peter Dain, our Second Secretary, and have introduced a new Press Attaché to me during such conversations. They have said that the Second Secretary, Miao Hsiang-tao, who was for some time the only diplomatic representative of the Chinese Embassy here, is away on (genuine) leave in China. The Chinese realise that they are not very popular here and seem to have reduced the propaganda activities which in the past led to complaints of their misuse of the diplomatic bag for the importation of propaganda and to the expulsion of several Chinese students from Rabat University last December.

Yours ever,

hathu

(J.F. Walker)

Eastern European and Soviet Department,

Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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The Chinese Ambassador to Sweden, Jang Tung, called on me this morning accompanied by his interpreter, Wang Chin-shing, who appears on the List of the Chinese Embassy as a Third Secretary.

170

As foreseen in your telegram No. 255 of 21 July, for the timely receipt of which I am grateful, Wang Tung stuck to non-controversial topics. took advantage of his question whether I had been in "the Orient" to tell him of a few incidents in my family history which relate to China. He responded to the extent of saying that many Englishmen came to China. I suggested that such contacts were useful and he went as far as to say that all contacts were indeed desirable, an expression which I took to be cautious but not unfriendly. I said that I would be happy to contribute in some small way to the consolidation of relations which I knew to be the wish of Her Majesty's Government, and Wang Tung said that he reciprocated my sentiments. When, however, I went further and said that I hoped hé shared my view that there was no major reason why our relations should not develop satisfactorily he said no more than that his Government desired good relations with all Governments who sincerely shared that aspiration. This was said quite calmly and without any perceptible innuendo.

I did not think it necessary to refer specifically to the recent rapid expansion of Sino- British trade and, as you will see, Wang Tung did not mention and indeed obviously avoided mentioning the patriotic news workers. Sino-Soviet border problems and the Soviet proposal for a collective security system in Asia seemed to me better reserved for my return call, which the Ambassador said that he would be happy to receive whenever I wished. The same is probably true of Wang Tung's experiences

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of the Cultural Revolution; he told me that while in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs he had concentrated on Eastern Europe and had therefore had no direct contact with our Mission in Peking.

I think that I may have been over-hasty in concluding from the fact that he called so early on my French colleague that he would be tardy in paying me a visit. In fact he told me that he had not yet called on the Polish Ambassador, who is considerably my senior and who is leaving Stockholm in a few days' time. On the other hand he has called on the Tanzanian, who is very much my junior. Almost certainly, as you have surmised, he has not called on the Soviet and Indian Ambassadors, who in any case have been on leave for the past few weeks. is, therefore, a case of policy before protocol.

Wang Tung, about whom we do not seem to have received any biographical information, was at some recent stage Counsellor in the Chinese Embassy in Bucharest. Presumably it was to this post to which he was referring when he told me that he had met some of my compatriots. I take it for granted that he is a diplomat of considerable standing since otherwise, quite apart from his Bucharest appointment, he would not have been sent to Stockholm to open the preliminary negotiations with the Canadians for the establishment of diplomatic relations.

While allowing a good margin of error in assessing the behaviour of a Chinese, I must say that I was agreeably surprised by my first encounter with Wang Tung He had watched the Investiture of the Prince of Wales on Swedish television and commented in particular on the fact that the Prince spoke Welsh. He only raised the subject, however, after we had talked of languages and dialects within our respective countries. He also suggested that I was an aristocrat because I was called "Sir", whereupon I explained that my titled was solely connected with my professional duties; I also described, at his request, the ceremony of the accolade.

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attempted a discussion of the place of tradition in modern societies, of which of course Britain was a striking example, but I got no more than an admission that some of our ceremonial reminded the Ambassador of the feudal period in Chinese history.

I have only reported to you at this length because I suppose that in such cases even silence is of interest.

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11 July, 1969

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Dear Department,

New Chinese Ambassador to Algeria

The Algerian Government have agreed to the appointment of M. Yang Ki Liang as Ambassador and Plenipotentiary of the Chinese Peoples Republic. M. Liang replaces M. Tseng Tao who returned to China two years ago and has not been back to Algiers since.

Yours ever,

Far Eastern Department,

Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

.R. Johnson)

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RECENT PRECEDENTS SUGGEST THAT THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR WILL PROBABLY STICK TO NON-CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS BUT IF THE SUBJECT OF BILATERAL

RELATIONS IS RAISED YOU SHOULD EMPHASISE THAT WE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET ELATIONS BACK TO NORMAL. IN THIS CONNEXION, YOU COULD EXPRESS SATISFACTION AT THE RAPID EXPANSION IN SINO-BRITISH TRADE DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WHICH IS ABOUT 100% HIGHER THAN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR WOULD PROBABLY FEEL OBLIGED TO REFER TO THEIR SUPPORTERS, SOME 250 STRONG,

WHO ARE IMPRISONED IN HONG KONG FOR THEIR PART IN THE 1967 DISTURBANCES. THESE INCLUDE THE ELEVEN NEWSWORKERS WHOSE IMPRISONMENT THE CHINESE HAVE USED TO JUSTIFY THEIR DETENTION OF GREY, THE REUTERS CORRESPONDENT. IN REPLY YOU SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THOSE IN PRISON WERE CONVICTED IN THE COURTS FOR OFFENCES AGAINST HONG KONG LAW AND ARE BEING RELEASED AS THEY COMPLETE THEIR SENTENCES: AND THAT SENTENCES IN A HUMBER OF SPECIAL CASES HAVE BEEN REDUCED. WE WOULD MOT EXPECT THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO BE TOO ACRIMONIOUS.

2. SUBJECTS ON WHICH WE WOULD BE INTERESTED TO HAVE WANG TUNG'S VIEWS ARE

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SINO-SOVIET BORDER PROBLEMS:

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It may, however, be Persoanlities List. It may helpful to you to know that Peng Yu-chiu, the newly appointed Ambassador to Yauritania was previously-bassador to Norway.

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MY LETTER OF 30 JUNE TO FAR EASTER: DEPARTMENT: CHINESE AMBASSADOR.

WANG TUNG HAS NOW ASKED FOR AN APPOINTMENT AND WILL BE PAYING A COURTESY CALL ON HE ON TUESDAY 22 JULY,

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Chinese Ambassador in Stockholm

We were grateful to have copies of your exchange of letters with the new Chinese Ambassador in Stockholm, which you sent to us on 30 June.

2. Although the Chinese letter falls a bit short as regards courtesy, the fact that the Chinese have now reverted to the

What use of the normal diplomatic machinery at all is of note. you tell us matches reports we have received from a number of posts in recent weeks suggesting that the Chinese are now anxious to undo as fast as possible the damage they administered to their

In para- own diplomatic machine during the Cultural Revolution, llel with this they have made it clear that they are prepared to put their relations with HMG back on a more conventional footing. You may have read in the press that HM Chargé d'Affairee in Peking has now been allowed to travel to a number of provincial cities, Nevertheless, as your letter implies, the Chinese run a rigid form of popularity stakes and we are not candidates for

although we should expect inclusion among the front runners Mr. Wang to visit you before his Indian or Soviet colleagues.

We shall be interested to learn what impression you gain of Mr. Wang as time goes by. In particular an account of any call he may pay on you would be of value. We shall of course want to know also how he conducts himself vis à vis the Canadiana, but this is something on which we may expect to be kept informed by the Canadians themselves in Ottawa.

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Thanks for your letter of 24 June. The mysterious Han is actually Han K'o-hua, No. 62 in the Leading Personalities list. As for the other new faces, you will have noted that issue No. 316 of China Notes contained a fair amount of informa- tion about the latest ones and I shall not attempt to duplicate the effort here.

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Kane Taa

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I have seen a copy of Garside's letter to you of 17 June about Keng Piao's appointment as Chinese Ambassador to Albania.

2. During my time in Peking it was not much given to the British Chargé d'Affaires to hobnob with Vice Ministers whom I normally saw only for the purpose of having a strip torn off me. I saw Keng Piao on one or two such occasions and my impression of him certainly confirms what Garside writes about his versatility and practical gifts which were in sharp contrast with the characteristics of most of the others.

3. My belief, and I confess that this is mainly based on hearsay evidence, is that Keng Piao's great days were when he was Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan. I have always been led to regard him as the architect, or at least the very efficient executant, of the great anti- Indian tease when Sino-Fakistani relations flowered in the late 1950s and early 1960s leading up to a series of state visits and the conclusion of Raza's frontier treaty.

4. I do not know how Keng Piao has fared during the Cultural Revolution. However, as of five years ago, he was a formidable practitioner and I should guess that it is not coincidental that he should now turn up in Tirana.

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In my letter 3/80 of 19 June, I said that the report that Huang Hua was shortly to leave Cairo was likely to be correct.

2. This report has now been confirmed, and the Chinese Ambassador is busy making his farewell calls. There is no indication yet of where he will go next.

3. I am sending a copy of this letter to the Chanceries at Washington and Peking.

Yous

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(P.R.H. Wright)

Far Eastern Department,

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I enclose a copy of the customary exchange of letters with the new Chinese Ambassador who has presented his letters of credence to The King of Sweden.

2. The Chinese letter contains no reference to relations between our two Missions, let alone relations between our two countries. I do not know whether this is intended to mark the fact that relations between the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm and ourselves have been suspended since the departure of the former Ambassador in 1967, or whether it reflects the exceptional nature of the relations between the Government of the People's Republic of China and H.M.G; if the latter, there will no doubt be a similar omission in the Notes addressed to H.M. Representatives throughout the world. I report the matter as being of possible interest to the experts.

My French colleague tells me that Mr. Wang Tung has already asked him for an appointment. General Puget intends to ask the Chinese whether he has already called on the British Ambassador, who is considerably the senior. I shall not be surprised if I am among the last the Chinese asks to call on.

Yours ever,

R. 5m Ross

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30 June, 1969.

Your Excellency,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt

of your letter dated the 27th of June in which you were so kind as to inform me that you had that day presented to His Majesty The King of Sweden your credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China.

I avail myself of this opportunity to express to you the assurances of my highest

consideration.

A. D. M. Ross

His Excellency

Br. Warg Tung

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China,

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I have the honour to inform you that I have been received in audience by His Majesty Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden, on the 27th of June 1969 for the presentation of my credentials, whereby I am appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the

People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of Sweden.

I avail myself of this opportunity to express to

you the assurances of my highest consideration.

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Wang Tung

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

of the People's Republic of China

His Excellency Sir Archibald Ross

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of, the United Kingdom of Great Britain

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Since David Laughton's letter of 11 June,the ambassadors listed below in my para. 4 have left Peking for their posts. We reported the departure of the new ambassadors to Sweden and Rumania in our tel No. 369 of 18 June. We do not intend to telegraph news of any further departures, but will provide a round-up periodically by Bag to keep the record up to date.

2. The Swedes' reticence about the appointment of the new Chinese Ambassader apparently stommed largely from the fact that the Swedish Ambassador was not in Peking at the time and they did not wish to risk his displeasure! Orjan Berner the Swedish 1st Secretary entertained Hang Tung to dinner shortly before his departure and it was by all accounts a very relaxed occasion. Berner told Weng Tung that the King of Sweden was very interested in Chinese ceramics and would no doubt wish to discuss the subject with him when ho went to present his credenti.:ls. Wang Tung replied that he himself knew little about the subject. Perhaps he took the opportunity of the plane journey to do some honework.

3. We can find no trace of Han Kuang-hua, new Imbassador to Guinea, in any of our reference books.

4. The latest departures cre:-

Chung Hsi-tung (former .mbassador to Czechoslovakia)

left for Tanzania on 12 June.

Han Kuang-hua (formerly ?)

left for Guinea on 12 June.

Chin I-i-chen

left to return to Zambia on 12 June

Chang Hai-Peng (former Ambassador to Fast Germany)

left for Rumenia on 17 June,

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left for Sweden on 17 June,

Wang Yu-tien (former Ambassador in Kenya)

left for Congo (B) on 19 June.

Chin Chia-lin (former director Information Dept, M.F.A.)

left for Syria on 19 June.

I am copying this letter to Miss Draycott in I.R.D. and Brewer in RD.

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TWO CHINESE ambassadors -one for Tanzania and the other to take up his post in Zambia - arrived in Dar es Salaam yesterday after two years of study in Peking and taking part in China's Cultural Revolution. They were welcomed at the airport by officials of the Protocol De- partment and the Chinese Embassy.

15 June 1969

Sunday New's SUNDAY (TANZANIA)

Mr. Chung Hsi-tung (54), the newly-appointed ambassador to Tanzania was formerly Chinese Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. He has been in the Chinese fore- Ign service for over ten years.

Tie said at the arrival yes. terday that all Chinese am- bassadors had been recalled home to take part in the Cul- tural Revolution and to under. go studies,

He said some ambassadora were Hl completing their studies la Peking and to their places new ambassadors had been appointed.

The Ambassador to Zambia, Mr. Chin Lichen (55) sald be was reluraing to his post In Zambia after being in Poking for almost two years undor. going similar training as his colleagues. He leaves for Lusaka tomorrow.

EMBASSY STAFF

The plane also brought a num ber of Chinese Embassy staff for Dar es Salaam and Lusaka and a group of experts who have come under the agreement of co-operation between the Tan- zania and Chinese Governments,

Our Political Correspondent writes: The posting of three en voys to Tanconia, Zambia and Guinea means that China now has seven Ambassadors In the field.

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2. As reported in Peking telegram number 348, agrément has been sought for Chinese ambassadors to Rumania and Sweden. (The Swedes continued to deny this as late as 9 June, but we are reasonably confident of the report.) We heard rumours on the same day that agrément has also been requested for ambassadors to Afghanistan, Tanzania, Guinea and Congo Brazzaville.

3. Copies of this letter go to Kiss Draycott in IRD and Brewer in RD.

J.D.I. Boyd, Esq.,

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Thank you for your letter FBC 25/3 of 16 June, about the Chinese Ambassador's call, which I have shown to Sir Richard Beaumont.

The call was in fact a courtesy one made in return for the Ambassador's initial call on his Chinese colleague.

3. The Chinese Ambassador was relaxed and friendly during his call (as he usually is in conversation) but had nothing

of particular interest to say. Although he did not mention this himself, the Cairo press on 15 June reported that the

Ambassador had called on the Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the previous day "on the occasion of his transfer". This report is likely to be correct. When ne called on the Ambassador, Huang Hua said that so much had happened in China in the last few years that he felt very out of touch and out of date having stayed in Cairo all that time.

4. Incidentally, you may like to know that Huang Hua attended a farewell cocktail party which Sir Harold Beeley gave in January before his departure.

5. I am copying this letter to Washington and Peking.

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U Tin Lat, the present Burmese Chargé d'Affaire here, has given me a brief glimpse into the mind which lies behind the public persom of Keng Piao, China's new Ambassador to Albania, whom he knew when he was in charge of Protocol in Rangoon in the balmier, pre-Cultural Revolution days of Sino-Burmese relations.

2. According to U Tin Lat, Keng Piao belongs very definitely to the pragmatic school of Chinese diplomacy. During his time as Ambassador in Rangoon he used to take it upon himself to give the Burmese Foreign Minister and other officials informal, after- dinner, sofa lectures on how to run Burma's internal political life. In one of the two lectures which remain clearest in U Tin Lat's mind Keng criticized the radical nature of General Ne Win's socialist economic policy in 1963/64; Keng not only advocated a more gradual process of nationalization than Ne Win was carrying out but even advised the Burmese not to take over the industrial concerns which were in the hands of Burmese, Indian and Chinese capitalists, saying that whereas businessmen might respond to a socialist government by transferring their funds, by hook or by crook to other countries, industrialists had their capital tied up in factory buildings and plant which they could not move out of the country. The other lecture which U Tin Lat remembers was how to treat the traditional leaders of ethnic minorities. Citing what he claimed to be Chinese experience and practice he said that the most effective end politically wise technique for destroying the power of minority chiefs was to "invite" them to leave their tribal areas and establish themselves as residents of the capital. The Government would provide luxurious houses, servants, cars and a reasonable income, and feed any moral weaknesses which they might discover in the leaders (opium to the opium addicts, girls

In a generation, or boys according to inclination). Keng said, the traditional leaders would have lost touch with their peoples and thus their power base

General Ne Win would have been destroyed for ever.

J. D. I. Boyd, Esq.,

Far Eastern Department,

F.C.O.

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and his ministers, as is well known paid no heed to Keng's advice, The nationalisation programme continued at break-neck speed and the minority chiefs were firmly locked away in Mingaladon jail.

3. As Kong will be on an entirely different wicket in Albania and the Cultural Revolution will have left its mark on him, his role as the candid friend may be somewhat different, but possibly he will remain equally forthright.

4. Copies of this letter go to Miss Draycott in IRD, Brewer in RD, Weston in FUSD (2), Pierce in DIS, Spendlove in Washington, Hibbert in Singapore, McLaren and Ashworth in Rong Long, Hewitt in Canberra, and Chanceries at Tokyo, Belgrade and Rangoon.

Yours ever,

R. R. Garside

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Chinese Ambassadore

From the copy of the 1964 Leading Personalities Report available to you, you will already have tracked down the careers of most of the Chinese Ambassadors now appointed, remppointed or about to be appointed. An encouragement (as our Association would be quick to point out) to see the old professionals still on the job. Only three are not mentioned in the report: Chang T'ung (Pakistan), Wang Tung (Sweden,

thang prospectively) and K'ang Mao-chao (Cambodia). The first is already known to you (your telegram No. 338) but you may like to know that Wang was Chargé d'Affaires a.i. in Tirana in 1954 and later played the same role in Bucharest from 1964-7 with the rank of Counsellor. K'ang was Chargé d'Affaires a.i. in Belgrade in 1964, having previously been Vice-Director of the Information Department of the NFA. He has also served in Kabul and New Delhi (as Cultural Counsellor).

2. Any further gossip on these characters from your end would be welcomed.

G. G. H. Walden, Esq.,

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Thank you for your letter of 6 June (3/80) about the Chinese Ambassador's sall on Sir Richard Beaumont, We are of course interested in such activities in the general con- text of Chinese foreign policy. But we are in some ways even more anxious to establish whether they shed any light on Chiness intentions in the field of our bilateral rela- tions. I wonder therefore if the Chinese Ambassador said anything else of interest and whether you could tell us anything about his manner? Can we take it that this is the first such call in recent months?

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My telno 348: The new Chinese Ambassador to Rumania Chang Hai-feng left Peking by air yesterday.

2. The new Ambassador to Sweden Wang Tung (former Counsellor in Bucharest) also left yesterday.

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The High Commissioner was recently told in confidence by Tekasha, the Ethiopian Ambassador, who is Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, that he had been asked by the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs to defer his impending departure from Nairobi until this month in order to help them over an embarrassing situation.

2. When Mekasha leaves, the next Head of Hission in seniority would have been the Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Wang Yu-tien, who left Kenya on 4 Way 1967 at the time of the Cultural Revolution and has not returned, but who remains accredited here. Apparently the Chinese Embassy recently intimated to the M.F.A. that fang Yu-tien would be returning. According to Mekasha, the Kenyans were determined not to have a Chinese Dean, and accordingly asked the Chinese to send a new Ambassador in Wang's place. We do not know how the Chinese reacted, but it seems clear that Wang is not coming back, since it has now been announced that Hekasha will be succeeded as Dean by the Italians.

As a tailpiece, you may like to know that on the night of Tueslay, 3 June, a six-foot long showcase on the wall of the Chinese Embassy was blown up by persons unknown. The job appears to have been done very professionally. This was the second similar incident within six weeks. The culprits have not so far been discovered.

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CHIN LI-CHEN, CHIMESE AMBASSADOR TO THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, LEFT HERE BY PLAYS TODAY TO RETURN TO HIS POST.

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THẤT KANG MAO-TCHAO, THE NEWLY APPOINTED COMMUNIST

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Te have learnt in confidence that the Chinese have asked for agrément for following Ambassadors: Yang Yu-Ping (former Ambassador to Cuba) to Vietnam; Chang Hai-Feng (former Ambassador to East Germany) to Rumania; former Ambassador to Yugoslavia (name unknown)

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Contrary to indication given earlier to the Swedish Ambassador, my Telno300), a Chinese Ambassador has not yet gone to Stockholm but I understand that agrément was asked for two days ago. This information reached us as a result of an indiscretion and should be carefully protected. The Tanzanians have also been promised an Ambassador "very soon".

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You may be interested to know that when the new Chinese Ambassador to Albania, Keng Piao, left Peking for Tirana on 15 May he was accompanied by four new staff members: a Kinister a Second Secretary, a Kilitary Attache end an interpreter.

The group travelled together by PIA. In accordance with a stipulation in the Sino-Pakistani air agreement, the plane touched dom at Tirana to unload its Chinese diplomatic personnel. This is apparently the first

A time this cleuse has been invoked by the Chinese. colleague who travelled on the same aircraft said that Keng Piao was treated with due deference by his juniors, who addressed him as "ta shih" (ambassador).

2. It is interesting that the Chinese appear to have strengthened their representation in Tirana as well as

Our French collea; ues appointing a new Ambassador, tell us that there are no signs of a similar increase in the staff of the Chinese Embassy in Peris, where the Chinese Ambassador, Huang Chen, returned on 20 May.

3. There is little to indicate which country will next be favoured by the appointment of a new heed of mission or a returned ambassador. The Rumanians, who are convinced that the previous Chinese representative in Bucharest will not be returning to his post. were told by the Ibanians that they would be next on the list. The Cambodians were assured by Chou En-lai when he Now Sent received their new .mbassador to Peking on 29 April that

the Chinese were still in the process of selecting a "worthy" incumbent. See John Denson's letter to

Colin Wilson of 6 May. The Pakistanis and Nepalese

claim to have no news so far.

4. Copies of this letter go to Miss Draycott in IRD, Pierce in DIS, Spendlove in Washington, Hibbert in Singapore, McLaren end Ashworth in Hong Kong, Weston

in PUSD and Chanceries at Belgrade, Bucharest and Phnom Penh.

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30 May, 1969.

In your letter 3/28 of 9 May you asked for guidance regarding your contacts with the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in Rangoen and his staff, I apologise for the delay in replying. I have discussed your letter with Security Department, Subject to observation of the usual reporting rules there is no objection whatsoever to these contacts.

2. As you will remember from your time in News Department, we have our little difficulties with the Chinese. However, it is our position that we are anxious to get relations back to normal, We have told the Chinese this many times. They habitually alain that the ball is in our court and that they expect "deeds rather than werde" in Hong Xanɛ (1.e, that we should let them dietata to

Kong us how to run the Colony). In practice, however, they have mellowed and it is now possible to summon the Chinese Chargi d'Affaires mi interia in London fer discussion of business without the preceedings degenerating into a shouting match.

What you report about the present relative scurtesy of your Chinese colleague corresponds in general with the pattern as it has been reported from a number of posts.

3. Finally, rather than wishing to inhibit your contacts with Muino Ming we should see a positive advantage in your maintaining then on the lines described in your letter. If he is prepared to Recept hospitality in your house or elsewhere so much the better, So dal relations with Chinese officials exist neither in Londen nor Peking. We shall therefore waleone acoeunts of your own emcounters with the Chinese both as regarda substance and general tone.

If you want guidance on any particular peint that comes up in dinesssion, please do not hesitate to write or telegraph, Meanwhile, I am enclosing a piese of paper setting out our present public position on Anthony Grey and other British subjects.

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objection whatsoever to these contacts.

2. As you will remember from your time in News

Department we have our little difficulties with the

Chinese. However, it is our position that we are

anxious to get relations back to normal.

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Chinese colleague corresponds in general with the

pattern as it has been reported from a number of posts.

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contacts with Hsio ing we should see a positive

advantage in your maintaining them on the lines

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hospitality in your house or elsewhere so much the

better. Social relations with Chinese officials exist

neither in London nor Peking. Te shall therefore

welcome accounts of your own encounters with the

Chinese both as regards substance and general tone.

That comes up in discusson 4. If you want guidance on any particular' point,

please do not hesitate to write or telegraph.

Meanwhile, I am enclosing a piece of paper setting out

our present public position on Anthony Grey.

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Please refer to your letter 1/1 of 30 April 1969.

In view of your latɩer you may be interested ir: a recent sonversation I had with the Chinese Chargé d'affaires, La khu hin /lthough he is Ko. 7 (out of 10) in the Diplomatic List, he has been the Chargé here for at least two years.

kost of the other thiness have been sent home to experience the Cultural Revolution. la speaks some Rumanian and some English and is the only Chinese I have met with whom ong can have anything resembling a normal conversation.

At a National Day Party at the height of the gino/soviet border dispute I had a long talk with him. I said that I had spoken to the Russian Counsellor who had explained to me what the situation was on the Sing/Soviet border and that I would be interested to knew the Chinese version. He then gave ar intelligent and reasoned account of the dispute as the Chinese saw it. He was well briefed on the historical back- ground and offered to send me sose information material about the dispute.

3. He spked me what the Russian had said, I said to him that the Russian version differed somewhat from the Chinese version. of course in Britain the prees had tended to take the Russian side more than the Chinese side, I said that I thought in general the British public opinion would favour the Russian explanation of the dispute. The sain reason for this whatever the logic was the contimed Chinese detention of Anthony Gray, I said that I thought that if the Chinese vere to relsust Grey there would be a much better chance of making their point of view known in Britain and in the west in general over the border dispute with Russia,

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4. My. Ma said that the problem of Grey was a separate issue. He then gave the usual line about the journalists in Hong Kong. I pointed out that the Journalist in Hong Kong vere of course a separate issue. Surprisingly enough he tried to argue logically why it was not a separate issue. I returned to the point about the Chinese receiving a more favourable press in Britain if Grey were released and we continued the discussion quite sensibly for a few more minutes. At the end of our talk he suddenly switched back into gear and said that in any case whatever happened the Chinese were not going to release Grey.

5. We parted on the usual reasonable (for relations with the Chinese) terms. He even asked after my wife. Ma is

certainly more human than most Chinese. He once told my wife that she was very pretty!

6. Since this last conversation the Emblasy receives more Chinese information material than before, sometimes addressed to the Embassy and sometimes to me personally.

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Thank you for your letter 1/1 of 30 April, in-response to which I now enclose a copy of a minute describing a further call at the Chinese Embassy. In view of your interest it may be worth adding some further minor points about the conversation, which was notably relaxed and pleasant, and lasted for over an hour and a half,

2. I had originally asked to see my previous contact, Mr. Chang Ta-ke, and so began yesterday's conversation by asking about his health. He had, it transpired, returned to Peking, and Mr. Li Feng-lin explained that although he himself was in his third year here, postings to Moscow were now shorter

I than in the past, "because of the heavy burden of work". showed some surprise at this reason, and he went on to explain that the diplomatic staff of the bassy now numbered only eight people this compares with 28 on the Soviet diplomatic corps list. Those still here were consequently kept very busy, despite their lack of contact with 8 oviet official bodies. Including supporting staff, total Chinese Embassy personnel now numbered only 40 by comparison with some 250/ 300 in better days. Because of this massive reduction it was no longer possible to specialise in particular aspects of Soviet affairs or Sino-Soviet relations, and his own sphere of responsibility covered both internal and external aspects of Boviet policy. Moreover, the conditions of life in Moscow were of course very testing, and Embassy staff were glad to return to Paking after a fairly short stay.

3. At this point I asked about harassment and surveillance by the Soviet militia, saying that I had seen no recent reports of further incidents, and wondered whether the pressure had eased. He was adamant that the situation had not improved at all. The Embassy was still "protected" day and night by a dozen silitiamen - even the Americans rated only half as many.

4. At one stage I mentioned the reports that the Chinese Ambassador to Albania would shortly return to his post, and asked if he would be the first of many, Mr. Li Feng-lin replied that be very much hoped so - but that he was quite sure that the Ambassador to Moscow would not be one of the first back,

Towards the end of our conversation I remarked on how well-informed Mr. Li Feng-lin was about Anglo-Soviet relations. He at once replied that he found the B.B.C. broadcasts very

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useful. He could not listen to transmissions in Russian because "our (Soviet) hosts have decided to make that very difficult", but he had no trouble in picking up Chinese language broadcasts. He added that the grammar and vocabulary was a little old-fashioned, but still quite easily under- standable, and he congratulated me on an excellent programme, broadcast a month ago, about the historical background to the Sino-Soviet frontier dispute, adding that it was not surprising that Russian language transmissions should be jammed if they carried equally fair reports.

Through-out the conversation, Mr. Li Feng-lin seemed anxious to be accommodating and friendly. The only points which he was clearly unwilling to discuss were Soviet/North Korean relations, and the case of Mr. Gray, which I raised in response to his mentioning Brooke, He seemed more oncoming than Mr. Chang Ta-ke had been during my previous call, afd after some hesitation and a request to know who else would be present, he has accepted an invitation to lunch with me later this week, I shall let you know if anything of interest is said.

On one point recorded in para. 2 of my minute, I should perhaps add a comment. Mr. Li Feng-lin's claim that 8imonov expressed a desire to return to China as a war corres- pondant "when war came" is not strictly accurate. Simonov recalled his previous war service in China, and the tenor of his articles (my letter of 7 May to Boyd) seemed designed to suggest that there was a real risk of a major military conflict along a broad front, and to stir up a patriotic feeling of involvement in events on the frontier. But he did not actually say that war was bound to come or that he would return when it did.

I am copying this letter, with enclosure, to Boyd in Far Eastern Department, and Wallaby in Eastern European and Soviet Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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I called this afternoon on Mr. Li Feng-Lin, a Third Secretary. After some general conversation, which I shall repert by letter to Peking, I asked 5.9.1,Bayć, sq. about the Chinese Co-Chairman's reply of 11 Xay to

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the Soviet proposal to reconvene the joint Commission

I said that since en Navigation in Border Rivers. the Soviet press had as yet made no reference to the reply, I should be interested to hear whether RDJ Did reactions to it had been privately conveyed. Kr. Li Fang-Lin think that meaningful talka would open in Khabarovsk in mid-June?

2. He replied that he did not think there had been any Boviet response, that it was typical of the totally biassed Soviet reporting of Sino-Soviet matters that the Soviet Co-Chairman's telegram had been published but not the Chinese reply, and that he was very doubtful whether the Russians would talk constructively in Khabarovsk, Their present tactics seemed to be to strive to appear as the reasonable party while contimally creating obstacles to meaningful discussions. Xoreover, their anti- Chinese campaign seemed to have been deliberately

A new round of press hetted up in recent weeks. vilification had got under way, and Simonov's Pravda articles had significantly increased the temperature of the polemic. Had I noticed that 8imenov had said that he hoped to return to China as a war correspondent when war came? Had I seen that he envisaged a var affecting not only the Sino-Sorict but also the Bino-Mongolian frontiert To publish such articles in Puzia was a clear provocation, Koreover, Kosygin's New Delhi speech had been an extraordinary analgam of anti-Chinese lies and mis- interpretations. One could only assume that his intention was to frighten the Indians and force them to close ranks with KosoOW, And if so much had been said publicly, how much more must have been said in private round the conference table? In general, there seemed to be a new burst of Soviet propaganda and diplomatic activity directed against China - against this background it was hard to see fruitful discussions developing on any of the points at issue. Nevertheless, the reasonableness of the Chinese position would be set out in devastating detail when the official reply to the statement of 29 Xarah was made and published.

I asked when this would be, but Ir. Li Feng-lin had no information about timing. I also asked whether it was also intended to reply to the Note of 11 April, but he thought that this would not be NECESSARY

With the help of his diary and an air- line timetable, he showed that Chinese representative; would have had to leave Paking for Koscow on the day that the Note vas received by the Pabassy in order to be here for talks on the date suggested by the Russians (15 April). In other words, the Bote had been a transparent provocation, and did not merit a reply.

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I then mentioned the rumours of further frontior insidente on 26 April and 2 Hay. These, he said, probably originated with Soviet official

and had, as far as he knew, na basia in fast. He pointed out that serlier and totally unfounded rumours of Chinese interference with Soviet supply trains to Vietnam had been described as coming from "poureen close to the Ministry of Foreign Trade". The latest stories no doubt had a similar provenanos, He claimed to know nothing of any Soviet protest,

5. I then asked what significance ir, Li-Peng-lin attached to Podgorny's current visits to North Korea and longolia. It was very noticeable that he did not wish to comment on the visit to North Korea,

On and trios switched at once to another topic. Mongolia, he said that Russian leaders frequently visited Ulan Bator: "They come and go there as

Kongolia they plase". And this was not surprising was a classic example of a colony. He dõubted whether there was much significance in a visit by Podgerny at present the Longolian Government would do as Kosoer said with or without personal explanations from Soviet leaders. I mentioned the reports of Deputy Foreign Hinister Jargasaikhan's tour, and he seized on this point, saying that he too had seen reports, and that the anti-Chinese nature of Jargasaikh- un'a nosenge would of course have owed a lot to previous instructions from Zozoow, He then asked me what information I had about the Humanisa visit to Słomoor on 15 May. Be agreed that the World Conference was the likeliest subject of disemasion.

The name of Vistor Louis came up during ou discussion of possible souroes of Bescor rumours, and Kr. Li Fmg-lin turned to the subject of Leuia' Taiwan trip, which he took very seriously. I asked whether he had any information about a visit to Fossow by ^r. An Th-llsiu from Taiwan,

an. He replied that he knew that the visit had taken place, and imagined that, like Louis, Dr. Ku Yu-Hsin had been used as a courier. He agreed that a Soviet/Taiwan rapprochement was at first sight unlikely, but thought that it in fact fitted quite logically into the present pattern of Soviet diplomatie nativity.

7. Ir. Li Feng-lin then asked whether we thought that Louis was a 10ß officer, and how TO 188655ad

Jould it affect our his latest article on Breaks. relations with the Soviet Union? I replied that there was no doubt that Louis van at least used by certain soviot organisations, and that if the sub- stance of his article were to turn out to be corrcat, this would of course osmpliosto Angle-Dovist relations. Public interest in the Broska osse was very creat - as, of 8.urse, also in the case of ur. Grey. (KP, Lå Fengslin was clearly aware of the Orey case,) le zakod about the original charges against, Brooke, and suggested that a retrial on nere serions charges might be intended to increase the attractiveness of

i said that that night an exchange for a Soviet agy. indeed be the case, and that the publie outory in "ngland would be considerable if Brooke vere to be further detained on a tramped-up charge, Taphasising that I knew nothing of the detalls of the Brooks osse, I said that this would be similar in effect so detaining without trial i innseost zan -

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and such behaviour sould only worsen relations Mr. Ld Feng-lin replied that he was sure that I vas voll aware of the Chinose position on the ease of Mr. Grey. He then changed the subject, and I did rot purens it,

The subjects on which he seemed nost interssfed were the Xosygin Indian visit and speech, Simonov1a articles. the Rumanian visit here, and Louis. He dismissed the rumours of new border olashes and seemed cocosrɔed only to use them to illustrate 1.is thesis that the Russians were deliberately trying to build-up tension in Sino/ Soviet relations,

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I wonder if you could guide me on the extent to which it would be proper for me to develop contact with the Chinese Chargé here, Hsiao Ming, and his staff.

2. Since my arrival at the end of September last year, I have come across him at several parties and, while I have always had to make the first move, I have found him most agreeable, and ready to discuss at length such subjects as the incarceration of Tony Gray, Chinese involvement in Burma and their attitude to our measures in Hong Kong. (For my part, Gray is usually the jumping-off point.)

3. He has at no time seemed reluctant to continue any conversation, no matter how disparate our views

While he, appear after a few moments exchange. quite naturally, usually parries my questions with stock replies, he is clearly aware that I know that he knows that he is trotting out text book answers especially when he deliberately answers a question which I have not asked. Indeed, his interpreter has once winked at me when translating a particularly disingenuous response.

4. This interpreter, Ha Yu-chen Third Secretary, who left for a posting to Feking in March of this year (I have not yet had any real contact with his replacement), is a very bright, young-looking man and speaks excellent, if at times slightly Dickensian, English. He never talked on his own account, but I always gained the impression from his manner that he was a reasonable man, embarrassed by some of the unnecessary differences between us, and one who could be impressed by fair argument.

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5. As far as I have been able to observe, the only "Western" diplomat who talks at any length to the Chinese at these receptions (although the French Ambassador exchanges a few words from time to time). I do not want to stick out like

a sore thumb by too frequent encounters, especially if our current "social policy" towards the Chinese makes this improper. What do you advise?

6. Would you wish me to continue to maintain contact simply along the lines I have described? If so, are there any particular questions which you would like me to ask Hsiao Ming? Would you wish me to go to the extent of inviting him to my house or to a meal in more neutral territory? although I very much doubt if he would come.

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Return of Chinese Ambassadors.

Jammuts

My Swedish colleague has told me that Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Lo Kuei-Po said last night in answer to a direct question that the Chinese would be sending their Ambassador back to Stockholm in time for opening of Sino/Canadian talks, He would not say whether previous incumbert would be returning. My Finnish colleague has received a similar but less precise indication that an Ambassador will go back shortly to Helsinki.

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With reference to your Circular 066/69 of 24 March, paragraph 4, you may be interested to know that the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in Kathmandul, Mr. Du Kuo- Wei, who, like the rest of the local Chinese mission, was unfriendly towards us in 1967/1968, has evidently had a change of heart as he is now willing to shake handa, smile and chat to us.

2. At the State Banquet given by the Nepalese Government to the President of India during his State Visit here in October 1968, my wife, who was placed at table next to Mr. Tu Kuo-Wei, found him a very pleasant dinner companion,

He speaks good English and chatted away throughout the meal and at the end even gave her a Chinese cigarette, "Double Happiness" brand.

3. It was, as I reported in my Despatch 3/1 of 18 October about the President'a visit, with surprise that the Indians found Kr. Tu Kuo-Wei present at the Airport with diplomatic representatives of other countries for the official arrival of the President on 12 October. They hastily sent an invitation to Mr. Tu Kuo-Tei to attend the President's return banquet on 15 October, but this was evidently further than he was prepared to go since he did not turn up.

4. At several functions and parties since then, Hr, Tu Kuo-Wei has continued to exhibit signs of being prepared to be fairly friendly. This has been emulated in part by other members of the Chinese mission who, however, do not really appear to enjoy this unaccustomed exercise,

The Chinese Ambassador and the two Counsellors have not, as yet, returned from their already protracted visit to Peking.

6. The Ambassador has decided to invite the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires to the queen's Birthday Party this year; he was not asked last year.

I am sending a copy of this letter to Far Eastern Department and to the Chancery at Peking.

Eastern European and Soviet Department,

Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

LONDON, 9.7.1.

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The Chinese Embassy here is absent-mindedly sent us its Note addrossed to the ..nnouncing the arrival in Uganda of the new Pirat Secretar, Noa Ping, who has assumed charge of the bass, chargé d'Affaires (s.i.).

2. Ce did of course know of how' i=yending arrival because of the Leed to apply for a vis through our Kission in Peking Kemper None of us have yet met him but you may like to have this preliminary report in case it ties in with t e sending of other diplomats to the Kissions which have been deprived of their Ambassadors si: c the on-set of the cultural revolution. There is no vien here of the Chinese Ambaerador's return.

3. I am sending copies of this letter to Keg Rothwell in Washington and to Far Eastern Jepartment, P.C.U.

(the verbin-Smith)

R. G. Tallboya, Ka?..

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Foreign and Commonwealth office.

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Defection of Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in the Netherlands

In view of China's use of the Liao affair as a reason to call off the Sino-U.S. talks in Warsaw, you may be interested in an indication that they are playing down the importance of the man, if not the incident, in private. A Rumanian colleague was recently assured by a Chinese Foreign Ministry official that Liao's defection "did not amount to much" mei you shemma liao pu ch'i) and was "not of much importance" (mei u tuo ta yi sze). This line is evidently intended to suggest that the man himself was of little consequence, and is of course a perfectly natural reaction. To some extent it conflicts with the public line that the whole business was an "anti-Chinese plot". But it also supports the view that what really nettled the Chinese was Liao's such-heralded flit to the United States. This impression has again been confirmed by the Dutch here.

2. The Dutch Office in Paking appears to have escaped quite lightly. The Charge has told John Denson that the exchanges with the Chinese (Tang of the West European Department) were conducted quietly and with complete diplomatic decorum. It is now improbable that the Chinese will take any serious action against the Dutch at this late stage. Last week an attaché from their mission left Chine on time after obtaining an exit visa in the normal way. Rowever, Chinese malice has been expressed in one or two familiar pinpricks. Their notes from the Chinese Foreign Ministry no longer bear the usual courtesies.

(Even we now merit a brief expression of respect at the end, if not the beginning, of Chinese communications.) On an even more petty level, a Dutch First Secretary complained to me recently that he had been snubbed by a Chinese protocol official at a cocktail party. The latter had spurned the Dutchman's proferred hand! No doubt the Dutch will have the customary difficulties with travel in China, visits to communes, and bailing out detained subjects. But, all in all, the Chinese have shown remarkable restraint.

3. I am copying this letter to Ashworth and McLaren in Hong Kong, to Washington and The Hague.

Ver per Zene

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(G. G. H. Walden)

J. D. I. Boyd, Esq.,

FAR EASTERN DEPARTMENT.

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Laughton wrote to you on 24 February (3/1) from Peking about the recall of the egregious Mr. Wei from Mauritania. In paragraph 2 he speculates whether the calls by Chinese acting Heads of Kission in other African countries on their respec- tive Heads of State were also farewell calls. May I suggest another possible explanation? You will recall in the past tht similar calls have taken place when the Chinese were trying to fix up visits by a senior Chinese leader to the countries concerned. Is it possible that Chou-En-lai or Chen-Yi are making plans to visit Africa again? In view of most recent reports from Peking about Chen-Yi it is perhaps not likely to be him, but he has an extraordinery capacity. for survival!

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16 February said that on 14 February the Mauritanian President and his wife had given a dinner for Wei Yung-ching, Chinese Chargé d'affaires a.i., "who would (sic) be leaving for home", We also know, of course, that the Chinese Chargé in the Netherlands was recently told to return home.

2. This leads one to wonder whether the calls by Chinese heads of mission in other African countries on their respective heads of state, reported recently in the Chinese press in a similar fashion apart from the significant phruse, were also farewell calls. (Tanzania, 27 January, in NONA of 31 January; and another, perhaps Quinea, for which I cannot now find the

pe reference). These brief reports seemed unusual and puzzling at the time.

3. If a general recall of ccting heads of mission is in ,rogress, one is tempted to speculate that Chinese unbassadors will be going out sooner rather then later this year. It has recently been assumed that this would not occur until after the rty Congress, but this may depend upon how long the Congress hus to be postponed. I have remarked in another letter to John Sharland that the commercial departments seem to be carrying on businese as nuual, even with greater efficiency than usual, despite political districtions. Ferhaps the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will do the sumc. As to major policy decisions, it now seems from the People's Dully editorial of 21 February on economic policy that these too need not be delayed until the Congress is

over.

Copies of this letter go to McLaren and Ashworth in Hong Kong, Spendlove in Washington, Hibbert in Singapore, Miss Draycott in IRD, Brewer in RD, Mekeurney in PUSD, Lt. Col. Fierce in DIS, Hewitt in Canberra und the Chancery at Tokyo.

J. D. I. Boyd, Esq.,

FAR EASTERN DEPARTMENT.

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The Hag u e, February 20 The Dutch Government has strongly rejected a. Chinese accusation that China's former envoy in Holland, Mr Liao Ho-shu, had defected to the United States under the instructions of the Dutch Government.

The Dutch rejection was contained in a note handed to the Chinese Government by the Dutch Chargé d'Affaires in Peking, Mr J. Derksen, the

reim Ministry announced here today.

Mr Liao, China's Chargé d'Affaired ad interim in The Hague fled his post on January 24 and is now in the United States where he has asked for political asylum.

The Chinese Government, in notes to Holland and the United States on February 4, demanded the return of Mr Liao Ho-shu to China.

China accused the United States of collusion with the Dutch Government and deliberately engineering Mr Liao's defection and said Mr Liao had fled his post under the instructions of the Dutch Government.

It declared that America and Holland should hand over the defector, 'otherwise they must be fully responsible for all serious consequences arising therefrom'. (See also p. 1 of our Afternoon Bulletin of 7/2/1969.)

The Dutch Government has now 'strongly rejected' these accusations and has pointed out that Mr Liao acted entirely on his own initiative and of his own free will, the Foreign Ministry said today.

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In his letter 3/1 of 27 January to you, Cradock in Peking reported that the Laotiana had given entry visas to a number of Chinese Embassy staff returning to Vientiane.

Yuck

2. Mr. Youk Tai-heng, who appears in the diplomatic list as Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy here and who has been absent for two or three years returned to Vientiane by the ICC plane from Hanoi on 7 February, and will presumably now resume the functions of chargé d'affaires which have been in the hands of a second secretary. I have heard no rumours about the possible return of the Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Liu Chun, who remains formally accredited here.

3. I am sending copies of this letter to Cradock and to the other recipients of his letter under reference.

J. Murray, Esq., C.M.G.,

Far Eastern Department,

FCO,

London 8.#. 1.

P.8.

ever,

Yours

Кем

Ken Cor.

(K.B.A. Scott)

I have since learned that Hau Shih, the local Senior Assistant of the NCNA (he does not appear to have a boss) absent since October 1968, returned here on the same plane.

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Thank you for your letter (1/1) or 31 December about the degree of affability of Chinese Foreign Ministry officials,

Kreisberg's comment in your paragraph 1 taken by itself would suggest that he is much more ignorant than I am sure he is of how bad Sino/British relations have been and still are. AB you I am sure know, it is often difficult for us to obtain an interview, the subjects are as you rightly pointed out, disagreeable (to both sides) and there is absolutely no disposition on the Chinese part to exchange relaxed chit chat on political or non-political matters. All I can say is that interviews are now conducted correctly and in a subdued tone of voice. The days of shouting, or interviews at unearthly hours, under the eyes of our escorting policeman are over. David Laughton, my Commercial Secretary, has been received politely at the Ministry of Foreign Trade. I should also record two instances of non-political conversation, first with the very low-level official who attended our Queen's Birthday party in June and second with Chinese table companions during the National Day banquet. My wife was seated beside two young interpreters who were very affable.

As regards colleagues, e.g. the Norwegian Ambassador, I think one needs to make allowances for a tendency to write up their rare contacts with the Chinese. From my observation there is not much relaxed conversation at parties. The Chinese as usual bunch together and go for the food. One new Deputy Director of Protocol, Han Shụ (his predecessor, Chou Hin, has disappeared

· labouring perhaps) moves about with a smile but he tends to confine himself to safe contacts such as the Pakistanis. With the possible exception of the Rumanians, East European colleagues are certainly not undergoing any assault by charm, the Russians least of all. The latter have just brought some of their wives and children back but are still rather apprehensive. One or two missions, e.g. French, Danes and Rumanians, have bean given factory visits recently. Others, who are not particularly big villains, s.g. Yugoslava, have not.

A small anecdote to give the true flavour. An East European colleague who recently put an innocent question on the situation in China to a Foreign Ministry official was told that his question was both provocative and evidence of undiplomatio behaviour.

K.M. Wilford, Esq., C.N.G.,

Washington

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but not a big one.

I am copying this letter to James Hurray,

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Addressed to F.C.O. telegram No. 106 of 12 February. Repeated for information to: The Hague, Hong Kong, Washington Singapore.

Chinese Defectors.

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A member of the Dutch staff here who acted as courier for the Dutch and Scandinavian Missions' bag leaving early 11 February, and who sought exit visa on 7 February, was kept waiting until the very last minute, 1.e. late afternoon on 10 February, before the visa: was issued, In the past, visas have always been

granted immediately on application..

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs have told us that the new Chinese Note referred to in the statement reported in Peking telegram No. 91 is virtually a replica of the earlier Note, to which meanwhile (see our telegram No. 56) a negative reply had been sent. The M.F.A. assume that the chief Chinese motive in sending this further Note is a publicity one though they do not of course rule out the possibility of further and more unpleasant developments in Peking.

They are inclined on the whole, however, still to take a fairly optimistic view of events. They regard the Chinese Notes to the United States and the Netherlands as primarily a reaction to the extensive Western publicity on the subject, and particularly the official State Department statement.

The M.F.A. are at present pondering the terms of a reply; they have no very clear ideas, and an early reply seems unlikely.

We are sending copies of this letter to Chanceries in Washington and Peking.

Yours ever,

Far Eastern Department,

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.

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PEKING DIPLOMAT ARRIVES IN U.S. ASKING ASYLUM

By the Associated Press

A high-ranking Chinese Communist diplomat, Liao Ho-chu, who defected in the Netherlands 10 days ago, ar- rived in the United States today, the State Department said.

He has requested asylum in the United States and "his request is under consider- ation." a spokesman said.

Press officer Robert J. McCloskey refused to say whether U.S. officials had contacted Liao at The Hague. The Central Intelli- gence Agency ordinarily has responsibility for handling such matters, however, and there appeared to be no doubt that some contact was made with him before he was assured entry to the United States.

The 46-year-old diplomat was in charge of the Red Chinese embassy in the Netherlands in the absence of the regular arabassador.

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My telno 91 [Defection of Chinese Chargé d'Affaires].

Full text of Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement appeared in N.C.N.A. and Peoples' Daily of 7 February.

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TO PEKING WARSAW HONGKONG AND POLAD SINGAPORE,

PEKING TEL NO 91.

DEFECTION OF LIAO.

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STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE TOLD US THAT THE NOTE HANDED TO U.S.

EMBASSY AT WARSAW WAS IN MUCH THE SAME TERMS AS THE M.F.A. STATEMENT

THE ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH IT WAS HANDED OVER WAS POLITE

ENDING WITH TEA.

THE MEETING

2. STATE DEPARTMENT CONSIDER THAT THE MOST INTERESTING ASPECT

OF THE STATEMENT IS THE PUBLIC ADMISSION OF LIAO'S DEFECTION.

3. IN REPLY TO OUR QUESTION WHETHER THE 20 FEBRUARY MEETING

WAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED STATE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT SINCE

THE DEFECTION, BUT PRIOR TO M.F.A. STATEMENT, CHINESE HAD BEEN

IN TOUCH WITH THEM IN WARSAW ABOUT DETAILS OF THE MEETING

AND HAD GIVEN NO HINT THAT THEY MIGHT NOT ATTEND. STATE DEPARTMENT

ARE THEREFORE CONFIDENT THAT MEETING WILL BE HELD AS PLANNED.

THEY ASKED THAT THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE HANDLED DISCREETLY.

FCO PASS PEKING WARSAY HONGKONG AND POLAD SINGAPORE.

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ADDRESSED TO FCO TELEGRAM NO.91 7 FEBRUARY REPEATED FOR

INFORMATION TO WASHINGTON, POLAD SINGAPORE, HONG KONG,

AID THE HAGUE,

WARSAW

A SPOKESIAN OF THE INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRES ISSUED A STATE'ENT DATED 6 FEBRUARY ON THE DEFECTION OF THE CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN THE WETHERLANDS. FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT:

BEGII:S.

ON FEBRUARY 4. THE SPOKESMAN OF THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT KCCLOSKEY ISSUED A STATE:EMT, BRAZENLY DECLARING THAT THE FORMER CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.İ. AND SECOND SECRETARY OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES | THE NETHERLANDS LIAO HO-SHU WAS NOW IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT

THE UNITED STATES WAS CONSIDERING TO GRANT HIS REQUEST FOR ''ASYLUM"". ON THE SMIE DAY THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED THAT LIAO HO-SHU HAD LEFT THE NETHERLANDS FOR THE UNITED STATES. IN THIS REGARD, THE SPOKESMAN OF THE INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:

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THE FORMER CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.1. AND SECOND SECRETARY OF

THE OFFICE OF THE CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN THE KETHERLANDS LIAL HO-SHU, AFTER BEING INCITED TO BETRAY HIS COUNTRY BY THE KETHERLANDS ÇOVERNMENT ON JANUARY 24, WAS CARRIED OFF TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE U.S. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ON

FEBRUARY 4.THIS IS A GRAVE ANTI-CHINA INCIDENT DELIBERATELY ENGINEERED BY THE U.S. GOVERMENT IN COLLUSION WITH THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT. IT IS ANOTHER TOWERING CRIME COMMITTED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN SCHENING TO INCITE PERSONNEL OF

CHINESE FOREIGN MISSIONS TO BETRAY THEIR COUNTRY FOLLOWING

ITS KIDNAPPING OF CHANG CHIEN-YU. FUNCTIONARY OF THE CHIMESE CONSULATE || ZOMBAY, INDIA IN 1959. THIS FULLY SHOWS THAT, IN BEING HOSTILE TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE 70% HILLTOR CHINESE PEOPLE, U.S. PRESIDENT NIXON AND HIS PREDECESSOR JOHNSON ARE JACKALS OF THE SAME LAIR WITHOUT

THE LEAST DIFFERENCE.

AGAINST THIS GRAVE ANTI-CHINA INCIDENT, THE CHARGE

D'AFFAIRES

A.1. OF THE EMBASSY OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN POLAND

CIE: TUNG HAS WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR

IN POLAND WALTER STOESSEL, JR. AND LODGED A STRONG PROTEST WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ALSO ONCE AGAIN LODGED A STRONG PROTEST WITH THE NETHERLANDS COVERNMENT, THE

CHINESE GOVERNMENT HERESY SOLEMILY STATES THAT THE U.S. AND THE

LANDS GOVERNMENT MUST HAND LIAO HU-SHU BACK TO CHINA OTHERWISE THEY MUST BE HELD REPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE GRAVE

CONSEQUENCES ARISING THEREFROM.

V.3. IMPERIALISM AND ITS JUNIOR PARTHER THE NETHERLANDS SOVERINENT SHOULD REALIZE THAT THE 770 BILLION CHINESE PEOPLE ACLED WITH THE IRVINSI DLE THOUGHT OF HAO TSE-TUNG ARE NOT TO SE TRIFLED WITH. YOU ARE LIFTIG A ROCK CILY TO DROP IT CH

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IREKS 18/2

On the question of returning Chinese Ambassadors, I

have a report from colleagues that the former Cambodianggutación)

Ambassador had an interview with Chou En-lai before ho China on January 4. In this interview, Chou En-lai is reported to have said that a Chinese Ambassador would be appointed to Phnom Penh about May. This is plausible since by May the Party Congress should be over and it would be a ressonable time for Ambassadors to be sent out again and foreign policy to be reactivated.

There is a further report that the Laotians have given entry visas recently to a number of Chinese Embassy staff returning to Vientiane, including a former Chargė.

There is so far no news of a Chinese Ambassador returning to Warsaw before February 20.

I am copying this letter to Michael Wilford in Washington, Arthur Haddocks in Hong Kong, Reg Hibbert in Singapore and to Chancery at Phnom Penh and Vientiane.

cues

Yours

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(Percy Cradock)

Yich

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J. Murray, Esq., C.M.G.,

Far Eastern Department,

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ADDRESSED TO F C O TEL NO #61 OF 4 FEBRUARY R F 1 PEKING AND SAVING TO WASHINGTON.

MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 56: CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES.

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DUTCH GOVERNMENT POLICY OF REFUSING ANY INFORMATION OR

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COMMENT ABOUT THE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES HAS LED TO A FLOOD OF SPECULATION AND INVENTION IN THE PRESS. THESE HAVE BEEN DISMISSED BY

THE M.F.A. AS 'FANTASY**

2. ON THE MORNING OF 3 FEBRUARY, THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED THAT MR.LIAO WAS STILL IN HOLLAND.

CONFRONTED THE SAME AFTERNOON WITH PRESS REPORTS THAT HE

WAS ALREADY IN THE UNITED STATES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID ''I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION'',

F C O PASS PERING AND SAVING TO WASHINGTON.

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NUMBER 56 OF 31 JANUARY AND REPEATED FOR INFORMATION PRIORITY

TO PEKING AND SAVING TO WASHINGTON.

MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 54: CHI'IESE DEFECTOR.

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NETHERLANDS CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN PEKING WAS INSTRUCTED

YESTERDAY EVENING TO RETURN A NEGATIVE REPLY TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S PROTEST. THE M F À HAVE NOT YET HEARD WHETHER THE REPLY HAS YET BEEN DELIVERED, NOR HAVE THEY RECEIVED ANY REACTION.

2. DURING A DISCUSSION OF THE SUBJECT YESTERDAY IN THE PERMANENT

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE STATE SEC- -RETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, PR. DE KOSTER, FORMALLY DENIED ALLEGATIONS FROM THE CHINESE MISSION HERE THAT THE DEFECTION

WAS A PUT-UP JOB CAREFULLY PREPARED BY THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT,

ANXIETY WAS EXPRESSED OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF CHINESE REPRISALS

AGAINST THE NETHERLANDS MISSION IN PEKING, BUT THE M F A HAVE SO FAR NO INDICATION OF ANY DIFFICULTIES.

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perection of Chinese Chargé d'Affaires în The Hague

The Netherlands Ambassador called this afternoon to express

the appreciation of his Government for our prompt response to

their request for our help in Peking, and for the contact which

our Mission at once established with the Dutch Mission there.

I assured the Ambassador that we would continue to do anything

we could to help.

Dr. van Roijen confirmed the Dutch were encouraged by

the comparative mildness of the Chinese reaction. The Chargé

had told them that he nad known himself to be under suspicion

from Peking for some months. He was excluded from the

decision making in the Chinese Mission, and not allowed to see

any telegrams; and he had been instructed that he was to be

accompanied at all times by two members of the Mission instead

of the usual one. It was ironic that it was he who as Chargé

was responsible for the kidnapping of a would-be Chinese

defector from a hospital last year. He nad said that he was

arraid that his recall to Peking would mean that he would be

charged with being a Liu supporter, and that he would be

subject to disgrace and punishment, His derection seemed to

be motivated entirely by concern for his own personal sarety

and this concern extended to a total unwillingness to remain

permanently in Holland. As soon as he had told the Dutch as

much as he seemed likely to, they would let him go to America

as he wished.

Brunston

(J.B. JOHNSTON)

29.1.69.

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2. Kreisberg asked whether we had not had reports from other posts over the last six months of improved behaviour of Chinese diplomats. He said that they have had such reports from a variety of posts either of Chinese diplomata being less surly to other diplomats, or to their hosts or even occasionally towards the Americans themselves, He cited the behaviour of the Chinese in Warsaw when a member of the American Embassy staff called to hand over the customary letter about the flight of Apollo 8. It was received unsmilingly and drew forth the usual remarks about Apollo and the astronauts being no business of the Chinese, but once that was said the Chinese miled and invited his visitor to sit down for a cup of tea after which they had a wide ranging discussion of zuropean questions. Similarly your Norwegian colleagues have just reported very relaxed conversation with the acting Director of the West Zuropean Department (?Tang) at the recent Finnish national" day reception. He was apparently quite at ease and asked a lot of questions about the Last KATC Council and about the likely policy of a future U.5. Administration. Kreisberg wondered whether diplomats in Faking of the various camps were all undergoing assault by obara.

3. I said that I recalled a report from Rangoon last summer of an improvement there; also that thế Chargé's staff in London seemed to hɛve made an effort to be polite to those members of the Office who had attended the National day reception at Portland Place.

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THE M.F.A. ARE MOST GRATEFUL FOR THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND FOR THE CLOSE CONTACT WHICH OUR MISSION HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED WITH THE DUTCH MISSION IN PEKING.

2. THEY ARE MILDLY ENCOURAGED BY INITIAL CHINESE REACTIONS, PARTICULARLY THE ABSENCE OF PUBLICITY IN CHINA, THE DISCRETION WITH WHICH THE WORLD PRESS HAS HANDLED THE EVENT HAS THEY THINK CONTRIBUTED FAVOURABLY TOWARDS THE GENERAL LOW TEMPERATURE SO FAR.

3. THE CRUX WILL BE THE CHINESE REACTION TO THE NETHERLANDS REPLY TO THE PROTEST REPORTED IN PEKING TELEGRAM NO. 66. THIS HAS NOT YET BEEN SENT. IT WILL OF COURSE BE NEGATIVE, BUT THE M.F.A. ARE WAITING FOR A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE DEFECTOR REFUSING TO SEE THE CHINESE CHARGE HERE. THIS IS EXPECTED VERY SHORTLY.

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MY TELS. NOS. 47 AND 48: CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIR,

IN ORDER TO FORESTALL POSSIBLE PRESS LEAK, BRIEF OFFICIAL STATEMENT WAS MADE YESTERDAY EVENING BY MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, TO EFFECT THAT CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES HAD INFORMED THE POLICE THAT HE DID NOT WISH TO CONTINUE HIS FUNCTION: HE HAD ASKED TO BE ALLOWED TO STAY PROVISIONALLY IN HOLLAND: THIS REQUEST HAD BEEN GRANTED: HE HAD LEFT THE HAGUE.

FCO PLEASE PASS IMMEDIATE TO PEKING AND WASHINGTON

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Ky telegram No.60: Defector.

The Dutch inform us that Derksen was called to Ministry of Foreign Affairs this morning to receive a Note protesting against attitude of Dutch Government, demanding return of Liao, otherwise Dutch would be "held responsible for this grave deed". The tone of the interview was correct.

2. As an opening move this is encouraging, though it [? grp omitted]s the options open. The Dutch are waiting to see if Chinese publish anything.

FCO pass Priority The Hague, routine Washington.

Kr. Cradock

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DEFECTOR.

I CALLED ON NETHERLANDS CHARGE D'AFFAIRES THIS MORNING IMMEDIATELY ON RECEIPT OF TELEGRAMS UNDER REFERENCE AND OFFERED ANY ASSISTANCE IF HE SHOULD NEED IT.

2. DERKSEN SAID NETHERLANDS MINISTRY OF JUSTICE HAD ISSUED A STATEMENT ON THE CASE AT 4 P.M. LOCAL TIME 24 JANUARY. HE HAS SO FAR HAD NO CHINESE REACTION OR ANY SUMMONS TO CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. HE SAID LIAO HAD EARLIER WRITTEN TO NETHERLANDS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SEEKING ASYLUM. THE PRESENT CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES (AN ATTACHE) ON BEING INFORMED OF THE DEFECTION HAD ASKED DUTCH NOT TO GRANT ASYLUM; TO RETURN LIAO, OTHERWISE CHINESE WOULD FEEL BOUND TO TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES; ALSO HE ASKED TO SEE LIAO.

3. DERKSEN AND I THINK IT AN OPEN QUESTION HOW CHINESE WILL RESPOND. THEY MAY WISH TO SHOW RESTRAINT IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEIR NEW CORRECT IMAGE (E.G. RESPONSE TO RECENT ATTACK ON CHINESE EMBASSY IN DELHI WAS MERELY A PROTEST). ON THE OTHER HAND THEY MAY FEEL OBLIGED TO DETER FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS FROM GRANTING ASYLUM TO FUTURE DEFECTORS AND MAY DECIDE ON STRONG ACTION PROBABLY BY EXPELLING DERKSEN. HOLDING HIM AS HOSTAGE SEEMS LESS LIKELY, IN ANY EVENT SINO/DUTCH RELATIONS WILL PRESUMABLY DETERIORATE AND DUTCH MAY HAVE TO FACE OUR TYPE OF ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES.

4. DERKSEN PROMISED TO KEEP IN TOUCH.

FCO PASS PRIORITY WASHINGTON AND THE HAGUE.

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M.F.A. HAVE FORMALLY NOTIFIED CHINESE EMBASSY AND NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT ARE FOR THE MOMENT KEEPING NEWS SECRET TO GIVE CHINESE EMBASSY TIME TO REPORT TO PEKING. THEY WILL PROBABLY GIVE OUT THE NEWS SOMETIME P.M. ON 25 JANUARY. THEY ARE VERY CONSCIOUS OF IMPLICATIONS FOR THEIR OWN SMALL EMBASSY STAFF, AND OTHER DUTCHMEN IN CHINA (THREE IN NUMBER) AND OTHER WESTERN HATIONALS.

THEY WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF OUR EMBASSY IN PEKING WOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEIR CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AND SEND ANY POSSIBLE INFORMATION IN CASE THEIR OWN EMBASSY SHOULD BE HELD IN COMMUNICADO.

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Dear Johns

Rumours of the impending return of some Chinese Ambassadors to their poets are again circulating here,

The Chinese are said to have assured the Nepalese that Peking intended to send an Ambassador to that country at the beginning of next year, They added that Chinese Ambassadors would soon be returning to their posts, beginning with those countries with which China has friendly relations.

A Rumanian colleague has noticed that there has been a constant flow of Chinese customers in a rather superior tailor's shop close to the Rumanian Embassy during' recent weeks. The Chinese were taking some pains over the selection of expensive materials. Since this Embassy is only a few hundred yards from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Rumanian inferred that sartorial preparations were under way for the redeployment of Chinese diplomata!

I am copying this letter to McLarèn and Ashworth in Hong Kong, Spendlove in Washington, Hibbert in Singapore, Miss Draycott in IRD, Brewer in JRD, McKearney in PUSD, Hewitt in Canberra and to Chanceries at Tokyo and Katmandu.

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Your telegram No.1 of 27 December is understood and your modification of visa wording has been explained to Kenya Immigration Department. It is understood that persons

concerned have arrived in Nairobi and are now with Chinese Embassy here.

FCO pass.

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Because the strange so ding of the endorsement requested by Kenyan Immigration led us to assume that they had misunderstood the Chinese request we did not repeat not endorse visas with the words in your telegram No. 2 of 19 December. It would in any case have been politically unaise for us to have become involved in telling the Chinese that their atoff members were going to be under investiretion during the next three months. It is not our normal practice to state either a maximum or minimum length of stay for Embassy Personnel when grenting single entry visas.

2. Would you please inforn Kenyan authorities thet endorsement is not put on viscs and explain that it seems to us more appropriate that they should inform Chinese of this time limit, in view of its political implications.

3. I hope we will not have caused you too much

embarrassment with the Kenyana. We decided against going back to them before issuing both because there had elready been a long delay and because African States for whom we issue visas often do not reply at all to our vise telegrams.

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Immigration realise that visas are for Embassy

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attached for substitution in the copies you have

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DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OF THE CHINESE

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (G.F.R.)

(as at 30 June, 1968)

Countries marked with an * are those which have diplomatic relations with the Government of the Republic of China the Chinese "Nationalist" government in Taiwan.

AFGHANISTAN (Embassy)

ALBANIA

(Embassy)

ALGERI A

(Embassy)

ANDORRA

Relations established 20 January, 1955. Ambassador: Ch'en Feng, Returned to Peking 12 January, 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Yao Chi-nien. New China News Agency (N. C. N. A.) Office established 1956.

Relations established 21 January, 1949. Ambassador: Liu Haiao. Returned to Peking, accompanying an Albanian delegation, 25 September, 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Li T'ing-ch'uan.

N.C.N.A. Office established sometime before 1956.

Relations established 3 July, 1962.

Ambassador Tseng Tao. Returned to Peking by October 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Ch'en Chin-lung. N.C.R.A. Office established by 1963.

No relations.

ARGENTINE*

AUSTRALIA*

AUSTRIA

No relations.

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BAREAIOS

BELGIUM

BOLI VI A*

BOTSWANA*

BRAZIL*

BULGARI A (Embassy)

No relations.

Commercial representative's office of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (C.C.P.I.T.) established 29 June, 1965..

No relations.

N.C.N.A. is represented by local nationals, 27 February, 1967 N.C.N.A. protested to the Bolivian President against the arrest of a Bolivian N.C.N.A. correspondent,

No relations,

No relations.

N.C.N.A. Office 1961-1964.

Relations established 4 October, 1949.

Ambassador: Hsieh Pang-chih, Returned to China 30 January, 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a,i. Wang Pen-tsu.

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BURMA

(Embassy)

BURUNDI

CAMBODIA (Embassy)

Relations established 8 June, 1950.

Imbassador: Keng Piao. Returned to Peking during 1966 (referred to as the "former Chinese Labassador to Burme" in July 1967).

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Hsiao Ming.

N.C.N.A. Office established in 1950's. Per mel expelled January 1968.

Rangoon branch of the Bank of China and of the Bank of Communications nationalised by the Burmese Government February 1963.

Relations established 14 January, 1964 at Ambassadorial level. with China January 1965.

Burundi suspended relations

Relations established 24 July, 1958. Ambassador: Ch'en Shu-liang.

Returned to

Peking sometime during 1967.

CAMEROON

CANADA

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (C. L.R.)

CEYLON

(Embassy)

CHAD*

CHILE*

COLOMBI A*

CONGO (KINSHASA)

CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) (Embassy)

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Cheng Szu-hsiung. N.C.N.A. Office established 1958.

No relations.

N.C.N.L. Office established 1964.

Recognised by China 12 fugust, 1960. Relations established at Imbassadorial level 29 September, 1964.

C.A.R. broke of relations 6 January, 1966. N.C.N.A. Office closed January 1966.

Relations established 7 February, 1957.

Ambassador: Heich K1o-hai. Returned to Peking at the end of his term of office December 1965. Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Hai Yeh-sheng. N.C.N.. Office established 1958.

Recognised by China 10 August, 1960, but diplo- matic relations not established.

No relations.

A Commercial Information Office of the Chinese Import-Export Corporation was established in Santiago by 1962. Commercial Representative's Office of the 0.0.2.1.T. was established 10 June 1965, probably incorporating the above. N.C.N.A. Office established 1961.

No relations.

Relations established at Ambassadorial level 19 February, 1961. Relations broken off Septem- ber 1961 when Kinshasa (then Leopoldville) established diplomatic relations with "Nationalist" Government in Taiwan.

Recognised by China 14 August 1960, Relations established 18 February, 1964. Ambassador: Chou Chiu-yeh. Probably returned to China early 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Li Ch'en-kuang. Chargé N.C.N.L. Office established 1964.

COSTA RICA*

No relations.

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Information about the establishment of non-diplomatic agencies, e.g. branches of the New China News Agency (N.C.N.A.), branches of the Bank of China, trade offices, is also included.

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(as at 30 June, 1968)

Countries marked with an are those which have diplomatic relations with the Government of the Republic of China". the Chinese "Nationalist" government in Taiwan,

AFGHANISTAN

Embassy)

ALBANIA

(Embassy)

ALGERI A (Embassy)

Relations established 20 January, 1955. Ambassador: Ch'en Feng. Returned to Peking 12 January, 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Yao Chi-nien. New China News Agency (N. C. N.A.) Office established 1956.

Relations established 21 January, 1949. Ambassador: Liu Hsiao. Returned to Peking, accompanying an Albanian delegation,

25 September, 1967.

Charge d'Affaires a.i. Li T'ing-ch'uan.

N.C.N.A. Office established sometime before 1956.

Relations established 3 July, 1962.

Ambassador Tseng T'ao. Returned to Peking

by October 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Ch'en Chin-lung. N.C.N.A. Office established by 1963.

No relations.

ANDORRA

ARGENTINE*

No relationa.

AUSTRALIA✶

No relations,

AUSTRIA

BARBADOS

BELGIUM✶

BOLI VI &*

BOTSWANA*

BRAZIL *

BULGARIA (Embassy)

No relations.

Commercial representative's office of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (0.0.P.I.T.) established 29 June, 1965.

No relations.

N.C.N.A. is represented by local nationals, 27 February, 1967 N.C.N.A. protested to the Bolivian President against the arrest of a Bolivian N.C.N.4. correspondent.

No relations,

No relations.

N.C.N.A. Office 1961-1964.

Relations established 4 October, 1949.

Ambassador: Hsieh Pang-chih. Returned to China 30 January, 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Wang Pen-tsu.

BURMA

(Embassy)

BURUNDI

CAMBO DIT A

(Embassy)

CAMEROON

CANADA*

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (C.4.R.)

CEYLON

(Embassy)

CHAD*

CHILE*

COLOMBIA✶

CONGO (KINSHASA)

CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) (Embassy)

Relations established 8 June, 1950.

Ambassador: Keng Piao. Returned to Peking during 1966 (referred to as the "former Chinese Ambassador to Burma" in July 1967).

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Hsiao Ming.

N.C.N.A. Office established in 1950's. Per mel expelled January 1968.

Rangoon branch of the Bank of China and of the Bank of Communications nationalised by the Burmese Government February 1963.

Relations established 14 January, 1964 at Ambassadorial level.

Burundi suspended relations

with China January 1965.

Relations established 24 July, 1958. Ambassador: Ch'en Shu-liang,

Peking sometime during 1967.

Returned to

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Cheng Szu-hsiung. N.C.N.A. Office established 1958.

No relations.

No relations,

N.C.N.L. Office established 1964.

Recognised by China 12 August, 1960. Relations established at Imbassadorial level 29 September, 1964.

C.A.R. broke of relations 6 January, 1966. N.C.N.A. Office closed January 1966.

Relations established 7 February, 1957.

Ambassador: Hsieh K'o-hai. Returned to Peking at the end of his term of office December 1965. Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Hai Yeh-sheng. N.C.Ñ.▲ Office established 1958.

Recognised by China 10 August, 1960, but diplo- matic relations not established.

No relations.

A Commercial Information Office of the Chinese Import-Export Corporation was established in Santiago by 1962. Commercial Representative'a Office of the C.0.P.I.T. was established 10 June, 1965, probably incorporating the above, N.C.N.A. office established 1961.

No relations.

Recognised by China 14 August 1960. Relations established 18 February, 1964. Ambassador: Chou Chiu-yeh. Probably returned to China early 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.1. Li Ch'en-kuang. N.C.N.A. Office established 1964.

COSTA RICA*

No relations.

/CUBA

CUBA (Embassy)

CYPRUS

CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Embassy)

DAHOMEY

DENMARK

(Embassy)

Relations established 28 September, 1960. Ambassador: Wang Yu-ping.

Returned to China late 1966 or 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Li Chan-i. N.C.N.A. Office established 1959.

Recognised by China 15 August, 1960, but relations not established.

Relations established 6 October, 1949. Ambassador: Chung Hsi-tung Returned to China January 1967.

Closed

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Yang Chung-chao. N.C.N.A. Office established 1948. 22 August, 1963.

Recognised by China August 1960,

Relations established 12 November, 1964.

Broken off 5 January, 1966, Chinese Ambassador and staff recalled.

Relations established 11 May, 1950.

Ambassador: K'o Po-nien. Returned to

China, January 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Lin Hua

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

No relations.

ECUADOR

No relations.

EL SALVADOR

No relations.

ETHIOPIA

No relations.

FINLAND (Embassy)

FRANCE (Embassy)

GABON

GAMBIA

GERMANY(F.R.G.)

GERMANY (G.D.R.) (Babaasy)

N.C.N.A. Office established 1962.

Relations established 13 January, 1950. Ambassador: Yueh Hsin. Returned to China January 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Li Ch'un-t'ien,

Relations established 28 January, 1964. Ambassador: Huang Chen. Last noted in Paris February 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Yi Su-chih. N.C.N.A. office established 1957.

Recognised by China 16 August, 1960, but no relations established.

Recognised by China 16 February, 1965, but no relations established.

No relations.

N.C.N.A. Office established 1958. Closed 1961. Re-opened 1963.

Relations established 27 October, 1949.

Ambassador: Chang Hai-feng.

Returned to China late 1966 or early 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Liu P'u.

N.C.Ñ.A. Office established by 1958.

/GHANA

GHANA

GREAT BRITAIN

GREECE

GUATEMALA

GUINEA (Embassy)

GUYANA

Relations established 5 July, 1960 at Ambassadorial level. Ghanaian M.F.A. announced suspension of relations 30 October, 1966.

N.C.N.A. Office established 1960. Closed 1966 after the suspension of diplomatic relations between Ghana and the C.P.R.

(See under United Kingdom).

No relations,

No relations.

Relations established 4 October, 1959. Ambassador: Ch'ai Tae-min.

Returned to China sometime in 1966 or 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Lin Ping-nan. N.C.N.A. office established 1960.

No relations.

HAITI

No relations.

HOLY SEE

No relations.

HONDURAS

HUNGARY

(Embassy)

ICELAND

INDIA (Embassy)

INDONESIA

IRAN

IRAQ (Embassy)

No relations.

Relations established 6 October, 1949. Ambassador:

Han K'o-hua,

Returned to China sometime after

August 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Liu Chun-chang. N.C.Ñ.A. office established by 1956.

No relations.

Relations established 1 April, 1950. No Ambassador en poste since Pan Tzu-li returned to China 18 July, 1962.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Ch'en Chao-yuan. N.C.Ñ.A. office established 1956. Closed July 1960.

Trade Offices in Calcutta, New Delhi and Kalimpong 1954-1962.

Last branch of the Bank of China closed December 1964.

Relations established 9 June, 1950 at Ambassadorial level.

27 October, 1967.

Relations suspended

N.C.N.A. Office established 1954.

Closed March 1966. (Closure described

as temporary by the Indonesian Government). Bank of China branches closed early 1964.

No relations.

Recognised by China 18 July 1958.

Relations established 25 August, 1958.

Ambassador:

Ts'ao Ch'ih. Returned to

China, February 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Wei Chien-yeh. N.C.N.A. Office established 1958.

/IRELAND

IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF)

No relations.

ISRAEL

TALY

IVORY COAST

JAMAICA

JAPAN

JORDAN

KENYA

(Embassy)

KOREA (K.D.P.R.) (Embassy)

No relations.

(Israel recognised the C.P.R. 9 January, 1950, but is not recognised by China).

No relations.

N.C.N.A. office re-opened January 1966.

A "non-official" commercial representative's office of the C.C.P.I.T. established 30 November, 1964.

Recognised by China 6 August, 1960, but no relations established.

Recognised by China 5 August, 1962, but no relations established.

No relations.

N.C.N.A. Office established 1964. The "Liao Cheng-chih" trade office established in Japan in June 1964.

Office renamed the China-Japan Memorandum Trade Office in March 1968.

No relations.

Relations established 14 December, 1963. Ambassador: Wang Yu-t'ien.

Returned to China July 1965.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Kuo Chih-chiang. N.C.N.A. Office established 1963; closed by Kenyan Government 1965.

Relations established 6 October, 1949. Ambassador: Chiao Jo-yu.

Returned to China mid-1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Wang P'eng. N.C.N.A. Office established 1950.

KOREA

KUWAIT

(REPUBLIC OF)

No relations.

LAOS (Embassy)

N.C.N.A. Office established 1966.

The Provisional Government of National Union was established as the result of the Geneva Agreement of 1962 and was recognised by China 23 July 1962. Relations established 7 September 1962. Ambassador: Liu Ch'un,

Returned to China 1966, or early 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Li Lien-p'ing. N.C.N.A. Office established by 1961. (Prior to the Geneva Agreement of 1962, the C.P.R. had recognised Prince Souvanna Phouma's Government in Laos and had established diplomatic relations with it 25 April 1961, whereas the Western Powers at that time recognised the Government of Prince Boun Oum).

No relations.

LEBANON

LESOTHO

No relations.

/LIBERIA

LIBERIA

LIBYA

LIECHTENSTEIN

LUXEMBOURG

MALAGASY REPUBLIC

MALAWI

MALAYSIA

MALDIVE ISLANDS

MALI (Embassy)

MALTA

MAURITANIA (Bobassy)

MAURITIUS

MEXICO

MONACO

MONGOLIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (Embassy)

MOROCCO (Embassy)

NAURU (REPUBLIC OF)

NEPAL (Embassy)

No relations.

Recognised by China 25 June, 1960, but relations not established.

Recognised by China ↳ July, 1964, but relations not established.

No relations

The Kuala Lumpur branch of the Bank of China closed in 1958.

Recognised by China 3 August, 1965, but relations not established.

Relations established 27 October, 1960. Ambassador: Ma Tzu-ch'ing.

Returned to China by August 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Liu Ho-lin. N.C.N.A. Office established by 1963.

Recognised by China 20 September, 1964, but relations not established.

Relations established 19 July, 1965. Ambassador: Lu Chih-hsien.

Returned to China by February 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Wei Yung-ch'i. N.C.N.A. Office established 1965.

Recognised by China 12 March, 1968. Relations to be established at a date "convenient to both Governments".

No relations.

N.C.N.A. correspondents expelled from Mexico, October, 1966.

No relations.

Relations established 16 October, 1949. Ambassador: Chang Ts'an-ming. Returned to China February 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Liu Chi-teh. Date of establishment of N.C.N.A. Office not known, but correspondent noted in 1960.

Relations established October 1958. Ambassador: Yang Ch'i-liang.

Returned to China January 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Ting Wen-pin.

N.C.N.A. Office established 1958. Closed 1963.

No relations.

Relations established 1 August, 1955. Ambassador: Yang Kung-su.

Returned to China July 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Li Chung-ho. N.C.Ñ.A. Office established by 1964.

/NETHERLANDS

NETHERLANDS (Office of the Chargé d'Affaires)

EW ZEALAND

NICARAGUA

NIGER

(REPUBLIC OF)

NIGERIA (FEDERATION OF)

NORWAY (Embassy)

PAKISTAN (Embassy)

Relations established 19 November, 1954. Chargé d'Affaires: Li En-chiu.

Declared p.n.g. July 1966

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Shen Wei-liang.

No relations.

Recognised by China 2 August, 1960, but relations not established.

Recognised by China 30 September, 1960. Agreement in principle to establish relations (1964). No implementation, (Nigeria recognises both the C.P.R. and the Government of the "Republic of China" in Taiwan.)

Relations established 6 October, 1954. Ambassador: Feng Yu-chiu.

Returned to China January 1967 Chargé d'Affaires a.i, not known.

Relations established 21 May, 1951. Ambassador: Chang Wen-chin. Returned to China by March 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Hsu Ying. N.C.N.A. correspondents in Pakistan by 1958. Date of establishment of Office not known.

PANAMA

No relations.

PARAGUAY

No relations.

PERU

No relations.

PHILIPPINES

No relations.

POLAND (Embassy)

PORTUGAL

RHODESIA

RUMANIA

(Embassy)

RWANDA

Relations established 7 October, 1949. Ambassador: Wang Kuo-chuan.

Returned to China January 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Chien Tung.

Date of establishment of N.C.N.A. Office not known.

No relations.

N.C.N.A. and the Bank of China are both represented in Macao.

No relations.

Relations established 5 October, 1949. Ambassador: Ta'eng Yung-ch'uan. Returned to China 1966 or early 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Li Pin.

Recognised by China 1 July, 1962, but relations not established.

SAMOA

No relations.

SAN MARINO

No relations.

/SAUDI ARABIA

SAUDI ARABIA

SENEGAL

SIERRA LEONE

SINGAPORE (REPUBLIC OF)

SOMALI REPUBLIC (Embassy)

SOUTH AFRICA (UNION OF)

SPAIN

SUDAN

(Embassy)

SWEDEN (Embassy)

SWITZERLAND (Embassy)

SYRIA

(Embassy)

TANZANIA (Embassy)

No relations.

No relations. Senegal recognised the C.P.R. 14 March, 1964 although also recognising the Government of the "Republic of China" in Taiwan, She broke of diplomatic relations with Taiwan 7 Septe 1964, but has not subsequently been recognised by the C.P.R.7

N.C.N.A. Office established 1964, (Two correspondents of the Office were expelled from Senegal by June 1968).

Recognised by China 26 April, 1961, but relations not established.

No relations.

Branch of Bank of China.

Relations established 16 December, 1960. Ambassador: Yang Shou-cheng.

Returned to China by March 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Chang Ching-fang. N.C.N.A. office established by 1962.

No relations.

Relations established 4 February, 1959. Ambassador:

Yu P'ei-wen.

Returned to China January 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Hsueh Na.

N.C.N.A. Office established 1964 or early 1965.

Relations established 9 May, 1950. Ambassador: Yang Po-chen.

Returned to China January, 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Liu Chi-ts'ai N.C.N.A. Office established 1963.

Relations established 14 September, 1950. Ambassador: Li Ch'ing-ch'uan. Returned to China 17 March, 1966 (on conclusion of term of office).

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Yang Hsu.

N.C.N.A. Office established before 1950.

Relations established 1 August, 1956 and relations established with Syrian Arab Republic 11 October, 1961. Ambassador: Ch'en T'an.

Returned to China late 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.:

Yu Chun.

N.C.N.A. Office established 1957.

Relations established with Tanganyika December 1961.

Relations established with Tanzania 26 April 1964 after the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. (Since July 1964, China has had

a Consulate in Zanzibar.)

Ambassador: Ho Ying.

Returned to China early in 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Chou Po-p'ing.

N.C.Ñ.A. office established 1962.

(N.C.N.A. is also represented in Zanzibar).

/THAILAND

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THAILAND

TOGO

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TUNISIA

TURKEY

UGANDA

(Embassy)

UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC

(Embassy)

UNITED KINGDOM (Office of the

Chargé d'Affaires)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

U.S.S.R. (Embassy)

UPPER VOLTA

URUGUAY

VENEZUELA

VIET-NAM (V.D.R.) (Embassy)

VIET-NAM • (REPUBLIC OF)

YEMEN (Arab Republic of) (Embassy)

No relations.

Recognised by China 27 April, 1960, but relations not established.

Recognised by China 30 August, 1962, but relations not established.

Relations established 11 January 1964 at Ambassadorial level.

Relations suspended since 26 September, 1967 when China recalled all personnel. N.C.N.A. Office established by 1958. Closed 1962, re-opened 1965.

No relations.

Relations established 18 October, 1962. Ambassador: Ch'en Chih-fang.

Returned to China by August 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Chang Li.

Relations established 30 May, 1956. Ambassador: Huang Hua.

N.C.N.A. office established by 1956. Closed 1965.

Relations established 17 June, 1954 at Chargé d'Affaires level.

Chargé d'Affaires en titre: Hsiung

Hsiang-hui.

Returned to China January 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Shen P'ing. N.C.Ñ.A. Office established 1954.

London Branch of Bank of China operative since its takeover by the C.P.G. in 1951.

No relations.

Relations established 30 October, 1949. Ambassador: P'an Tzu-li.

Returned to China April 1966.

Date of establishment of N.C.N.A. Office not known.

Recognised by China 4 August, 1960, but relations not established.

No relations.

Relations established 18 January, 1950. Ambassador: Chu Ch'i-wen.

Returned to China by May 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Lu Wei-chao. Date of establishment of N.C.N.A. Office not known.

No relations.

Relations established 24 September, 1956 at Ministerial level. Raised to Ambassadorial level 15 February, 1963. Ambassador: Wang Jo-chieh.

Returned to China by May 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Cheng Kang-p*ing.

N.C.N.A. office established by 1959.

/YEMEN (SOUTH, PEOPLE'S

YEMEN (SOUTH, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)

YUGOSLAVIA (Embassy)

ZAMBIA (Embassy)

Recognised by China 30 November, 1967. An agreement on the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the two countries was signed on 31 January, 1968.

Relations established 10 January, 1955. The last Chinese Ambassador to Yugoslavi was recalled in May 1958.

Present Chargé d'Affaires a.i.:

Yu Li-bauan.

N.C.N.A. established by 1957.

Relations established 29 October, 1964. Ambassador: Ch'in Li-chen.

Returned to Chine by April 1967.

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Yen Hung-liang.

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BIOGRAPHY OF THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR

FANG HUA

Mr Huang Hua was born in Kiangsu in 1913 and was educated in Yen Cheng, Peiping, (B.A. Sociology in 1936). He was then known as Mang Ju-mei and was one of the student leaders involved in anti-Japanese demonstration in December 1935. During the Sino-Japanese war, it is believed that he was Secretary to Marshal Chu Teh (who has since been branded as reactionary by the Red Guards) at Yenan. After the Communist victory in 1949, he was appointed Chief of Allen Affairs Office in Nanking and Shanghai. He was then promoted to Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in 1953. He was a Chinese Communist represen- tative at Panmunjom Truce Negotiation 1953/54: Adviser and spokesman to the Chinese Delegation to the Geneva Conference in April 1954: one of the Advisers to the Chinese Delegation to the Afro-Asian Conference in Bandung in April 1955: Director of Department of Western European and African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in November 1954, and Chief of Research Department, Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs in July 1955. In August 1960, he was appointed Ambassador to Ghana: in December 1961 he represented China to attend the Tanzanian Independence Day Celebration. In 1962, he signed an Economic Aid Agreement with Ghana on behalf of China, and in March 1966 he was appointed Ambassador to the U.A.R. to replace the former Ambassador, Chin Chia-kang, who was one of the Advisers to the Bandung Conference as well as interpreter to Chou En-lai.