GRC EMBASSY'S EFFORTS TO DISSUADE GOVERNMENT OF BELGIUM FROM ESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH COMMUNIST CHINA

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• Case Number: F-2017-01898
• Publication Date: February 25, 1969

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DOI: 13 FEBRUARY 1969
SUBJECT: GRC EMBASSY'S EFFORTS TO DISSUADE GOVERNMENT OF
BELGIUM FROM ESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
WITH COMMUNIST CHINA
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DIST 75 FEBItUaRY 1969
I. ON 13 FEBRUARY 1969 GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OP CHIA
(GC) AMBASSADOR TO EELGIUM CHIEN HSIUNG-iFEI
NOTITIED THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS NFA) THAT HE HAD
CONTACTED SEVERAL TOP-Lsvp, BELGtati GOVERNMENT OFFIC.IALS IN AS
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ATTEMPT TO DISSUADE THEM, FROM INCREASING COITACTS WITH COMO�
NISI CHINA, AMBASSADOR GWEN REPORTED THAT NTS CO1VERSA710;49
WITH THESE OFFICIALS HAD RESULTED IN THE FOLLOWING ASSURAK.U.:
A. BELGIAN MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE �
RAYMOND SCHEYVEN, WHO HAD BEEN A LONG-TIME ADVOCATE'
FOR RECOGNITION OF PEKING, HAD AGREED TO USE HIS NFU,*
ENCE TOWARD ASSURING THAT BELGIUM WOULD MAKE 110 VEGISIO
ON PEKING RECOGNITION UNTIL PRESIDENT N4X0+1 VISITED
BELGIUM.
B. THE NEW MINISTER OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, LEBSVOlie
HAS AGREED TO SOLICIT SUPPORT FOR THE GRO IF OD
THE PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR iN01
TO RECOGNIZE PEKING.
C. NORBERT HOUGARDY, A LEADER OF THE LIBEIIT?
PROGRESS PARTY, HAS AGREED TO PROPOSE TO THE BELGIAli
FOREIGN MINISTER THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION ita
RECOGNIZE PEKING SHOULD BE DISCUSSED BY. THE BELGIAN
PARLIAMENT.
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