§ 58. Mr. Haleasked the Prime Minister the policy of Her Majesty's present advisers regarding full recognition of, and to an exchange of Ambassadors with, the 7W Government of China and to the representation of China on the United Nations Organisation.
§ The Prime MinisterHis Majesty's Government recognised the People's Government of China on the 6th of January, 1950.
His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires arrived in Peking in February, 1950, and His Majesty's Government would have been prepared to exchange Ambassadors forthwith. It was not, however, until 1954 that the Chinese Government sent Chargé d'Affaires to London, making it clear that they did not want to raise the status of representation to ambassadorial level.
The question of representation of the Chinese People's Government in the United Nations creates deep divisions of opinion in that Organisation. The General Assembly therefore decided in November, 1956, not to consider the question during the present session. Her Majesty's Government supported this decision, but the United Kingdom representative made it clear that in their opinion this question was one of the issues which would have to be settled before normal relations could be re-established in the Far East.