Australia and China discuss link
(N.Z. Press Assn.— Copyright) LONDON, Dec. 7.
Australia was expected to open an embassy in Peking before the Prime Minister (Mr Gough Whitlam) visited China next October, Australia’s Ambassador to France (Mr Alan Renouf) said yesterday.
An Australian official in Paris told the Australian Associated Press’s London office that Mr Renouf had made this prediction to reporters after a meeting lasting an hour with the Chinese Ambassador, Huan Chen. N.Z.P.A.-Reuter reported from Paris that Mr Renouf told journalists after the
meeting: “I was received in a very friendly fashion. The Chinese Ambassador was extremely courteous and offered me tea, cakes and Chinese wine.
“He told me the Chinese Government was very happy that Gough Whitlam came to office.”
The Ambassador said that their discussions were carried out with the help of an interpreter—with he himself speaking in English and Huang in Chinese. The Ambassador said that various formulas for recognition had been discussed and the next step would be for him and his Chinese counterparts to report to their respective Governments.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33094, 8 December 1972, Page 13
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