Your 1067. Recognition of Communist Government at Peking.

Following is text of Australian reply to Chou En-lai:

'His Majesty's Government in the Commonwealth of Australia are
carefully considering the communication from the Central People's
Government in Peking. Meanwhile, in view of the friendly and
mutually profitable relations, both commercial and political,
which have existed hitherto between Australia and China, the
Australian Government suggests that, pending completion of the
study of the communication, informal relations should be
maintained between the Australian Embassy Office at Nanking and
the Australian Consulate-General in Shanghai and the appropriate
Chinese authorities for the greater convenience of both
Governments and the promotion of trade between the two countries'.

2. Copy of text of Chou's letter being forwarded by air.