Canberra, 13 April 1956
Confidential
Without memorandum—Invitation to visit China
Cabinet decided that it was undesirable that any government official or officer of a government instrumentality should be a member of a group to visit communist China. It noted that invitations were currently being issued to various people including government officials for this purpose.1
[NAA: A4910, iv]
1 H. Menzies, Australian Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong, had visited China in early 1956 on a trade mission which included an impromptu meeting with Chou En–lai.