按：9.13事件后中国局势异常，9月22日中共宣布取消例行的国庆游行，各国驻华外交官加紧分享有限的信息。
9月24日法国驻华外交官M. de Beauvais和挪威参赞Mr Daeheln分别给英国外交官H Ll Davies打电话讨论局势。
其中法国人注意到：在北京的德国和法国商人均被中方告知最好于9月25日前离开中国，有的私下里听说10月份的广交会可能开不成了。常住新侨饭店的日本商人大量离开，使得新侨饭店处于半空置状态。去毛化在过去两周加速了，比如北京有些标语牌虽然保留了毛语录，但把毛泽东的签名去掉了。另外，8月7日毛泽东会见缅甸领导人奈温时看起来极为疲倦。
挪威外交官注意到：新任挪威大使9月23日从广州乘飞机到达北京的行程没有任何问题，当天巴基斯坦航空公司飞往上海的航班也正常运行。9月24日挪威大使馆与中国外交部谈到近期局势，中方说中国的通讯是正常的，9月30日的国庆晚会正常举行，简化国庆庆祝活动早在去年就提议了，虽然今年执行的有点晚了但也没什么奇怪，由心脏科专家访问北京引发的谣言（按：美国心脏病医生怀特访华，外界猜测是为毛泽东看病）只是谣言，几年前简化5.1庆祝活动时也曾引发类似谣言。另外，包括挪威商人在内的西方商人被告知缩短在华行程于9月26日前离境。
RESTRICTED Reference
Mr Morgan
Mr Crowson
Events in China:
M. de Beauvais called on me
today to discuss this subject. The following points emerged:-
(a)
According to information he
had from his Mission in Peking some German businessmen have recently been told
that they could not stay for as long as they had originally arranged in Peking,
and that it would "be convenient if they would leave before the 25th
September. French businessmen had also heard this. Some had been told in private
that the Canton Fair might not cake place (it usually runs from 15 October to
15 November). Japanese businessmen have been leaving Peking in quite large
numbers and the Hsin Ch'iao Hotel is now semi-empty.
(b)
The impression of the French
Embassy is that the de-Mao-ification campaign had speeded up during the last
two weeks. They had noticed in particular that on some billboards in Peking
whilst the Quotations had not been wiped out the signature of Mao had.
(c)
For what it was worth the French had the secondhand
impression that when Mao received Ne Win on 7 August he was looking very tired.
This may have some bearings on the rumours on his health.
Mr Daeheln, Counsellor at the Norwegian Embassy,
telephoned this afternoon to discuss this subject. He had the following points
to make:-
(a)
On 23 September the new
Norwegian Ambassador, Mr Ravne, flew from Canton to Peking without any problem.
Other civil flights such as the PIA one to Shanghai also operated on that day.
(b)
The Norwegian Embassy in
Peking had discussed the events in China with the Chinese MFA on 24 September.
The Chinese had said that all communications in China were normal, the banquet on
30 September would take place as normal, the reduction of the celebration of
the National Day had been discussed last year and although it had been left a
little bit late there was nothing unusual in its being dealt with this year.
They added that the rumours arising from the visits of heart specialists to
Peking were just rumours, and said that a few years ago when the May 1st
celebrations were reduced similar rumours had appeared.
(c)
The Norwegian Embassy
reported that speculation continued. They added that foreign businessmen in
Peking, including some Norwegians, had been asked to curtail their stay and
leave by 26 September.
H Ll Davies
24 September 1971
出处：英国外交部档案FCO_21_805
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