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    "ocrText": "RESTRICTED\nConservatives and by Seoul newspapers. Soviet and Satellite transmitters\ncontinue to emphasize that recognition represents a serious defeat for\nWestern imperialism and that it is a sign of the growing conflict within the\nimperialist camp. They also discount it on the grounds that it is no real\ndeparture from Britain's traditional \"imperialistic course.\" Madrid, too,\nsees recognition as a continuation of Britain's tradition of \"Chamberlainian\nfence sitting.\"\nOn the more positive side, the clandestine VOICE OF VIET NAM expresses\nno \"great surprise\" over the recognition and hopes it will be a \"valuable\nlesson\" to the French. The Swiss radio quotes the liberal GAZETTE DE LAUSANNE\nto the effect that recognition may be a sign that Britain is going over to\nthe offensive in Asia and wants to establish a bridge between East and West.\nAs do almost all radios, it considers the desire for trade to be Britain's\nprimary motive but offers, as a secondary aim, the object of \"neutralizing\nMao Tse-tung.\"\nAMERICAN RECOGNITION: Speculation about American recognition of Communist\nChina is just beginning to appear. Warsaw claims that failure to recognize\nwould be \"unreasonable and typical of imperialist blindness.\" Some non-Soviet\nradios point out that the U.S. has not yet had time to assess the situation.\nCHINA IN THE U.N.: There has been no monitored attention to the question\nof Chinese representation in the United Nations Organization.\nRESTRICTED"
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