Historical documents
280 Department of External Affairs to Mighell
Cablegram 4988 CANBERRA, 17 November 1949, 11.25 a.m.
SECRET
Your 4782. [1]
Paragraph II: Does this mean that United Kingdom contemplate that
they could recognise Communist Government but at the same time
oppose or abstain on the question of accreditation of Chinese
Communist representative in Security Council. Since this would
mean the continuation of representation by Chinese Nationalists
argument is hard to follow. [2]
[AA:A1838/2, 854/10/24, ii]
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