CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A016700080003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2004
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 20, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
Top Secret
-T 40
20 July 1970
State Department review completed
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Communist China - Italy - Canada: Peking's re-
evaluation of the Taiwan issue may affect the recog-
nition talks.
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COMMUNIST CHINA - ITALY.- CANADA: PEKING IS
RE-EVALUATING--AND PERHAPS STIFFENING--ITS APPROACH
ON THE TROUBLESOME TAIWAN ISSUE IN ITS RECOGNITION
TALKS WITH ITALY AND CANADA.
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LAST MONTH THAT BECAUSE
AS SOON AS HE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS FROM PE
ALTHOUGH THE OFFICIAL HINTED THAT A COMPROMISE MAY
STILL BE WORKED OUT, HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE CHINESE
WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE POSITIONS TAKEN BY ROME
AND OTTAWA. HE ADDED THAT HE 0IPERSONALLY" BE-
LIEVED THE ''IDEAL SOLUTION" WOULD BE FOR 1CANADA
AND ITALY TO ENDORSE FULLY PEKINGOS ORIGINAL DEMAND
FOR EXPLICIT RECOGNITION OF CHINAOS CLAIM TO TAIWAN.
THE OFFICIALOS REMARKS CONTRAST WITH THE CHI-
NESE APPROACH LAST MARCH. AT THAT TIME, PEKING IN-
DICATED THAT IT WOULD BE WILLING TO LEAVE AMBIGUOUS
OTTAWAOS AND ROMEOS POSITION ON TAIWAN~S STATUS.
THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR IN STOCKHOLM EVEN WENT SO
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RECOGNITION OF CHINAS CLAIM TO SQVFK IGNTY OVER
TAIWAN WOULD BE UNNECESSARY. ALTHOUGH IT IS UNCER-
TAIN WHETHER PEKINGT'S CURRENT RE-EVALUATION PRESAGES
A HARDENING OF THE CHINESE POSITION, PEKING IS
CLEARLY NOW UNWILLING TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSIONS
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LAST SPRING.
REVIEW OF THE R ITI CHINESE WERE
NOT YET ABLE TO RESPOND
ON THE ISSUE. HE PROMISED TO CONTACT
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