1969年时英国和中华民国没有外交关系，但在淡水设置了领事馆，保持与台湾省政府的联系。英国外交部对于本国行政官员访问台湾和台湾官员访问英国都有严格的限制（参见《1967.2.20英国外交部解释为何拒发台湾官员签证》
http://communistchinadoc.blogspot.com/2015/02/1967220.html
），但国民党政权还是能够邀请一些英国国会议员不时的访问台湾。下面的档案就是英国驻淡水领事馆对英国议员Wainright在1969年4月访问台湾的简短报告，并附上了4月24日中央新闻社（CAN）的报道。
Wainright在台湾的演讲中特意强调这是他对“贵国这一区域”的第一次来访，如果将来大陆政权也能允许他进行不受限制的访问话，他就可以对“贵国这两个地区”的情况作出对比。
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CONFIDENTIAL
British Consulate,
TAMSHUI.
5 MAY,
1969.
Mr. E. Wainwright, M.P. and vice-chairman of the
Anglo-Taiwan Parliamentary Group, visited Taiwan from 17-30 April as a guest of
the Nationalist authorities. I had been warned of his coming by the Nationalist
Government Information Office (GIO) and had intended to get in touch with him
and offer any assistance. In the event he telephoned to me the day after his
arrival and joined us that evening at a cocktail party my wife and I were
giving to mark the change of Deputy Consul here.
2. Mr. Wainwright had the usual crowded programme of
calls and visits arranged for him by the GIO but I did manage to see a little
of him, although not in private. He came to my house for a stag dinner with the
Australian Ambassador, Mr. Oliver Woods of the Times, local representatives of
Reuters and AFP, Spencer Moosa, until recently AP representative in Taiwan,
Richard Hughes the Sunday Times and Economist Far Eastern representative based
in Hong Kong, Brereton and Featherstone. There was a good deal of stimulating
political talk, including an examination of the Victor Louis affair since
Richard Hughes was in Taiwan to follow up a rumour that Louis, believed at the
time to be in Japan, was about to pay a second visit to Taiwan.
3. Mr. Wainwright and I were the only two non-Chinese
present at a tea party given by the British Returned Students Union on 29
April. This took the form of previous such parties, as given for other visiting
M.Ps and for Mr. Julian Amery last November.
Mr. Wainwright was introduced by Mr. Kuo Chi (M.Sc.,
London School of Economics) a member of the National Assembly and of the
Standing Committee of the Kuomintang and Secretary-General of the Planning
Committee for the Recovery of the Mainland.
4. In his brief introduction Mr. Kuo referred to Mr.
Wainwright as "Vice Chairman of the Sino-British Friendship Association of
the British Parliament” and to me as "the only British official assigned
to Free China".
5. In his response Mr. Wainwright addressed his audience
as "fellow members of the world" and said that this was his first
visit to "this part of your country". He referred to his listeners as
"the nucleus of your race". The Chinese, he said, were a civilised
people when British forebears were living in caves; they had slept for a
thousand years but were now waking up and the Western world would be forced to
take notice of them. He implored the authorities in
Taiwan to pay full attention to the need for scientific education and not to
make the same mistakes as Britain which had tended to over-emphasise the arts
and social sciences. He was rather bitter when mentioning HMG's
proposals for new legislation to control the trades unions; if this were to
happen, he said, the British government would have failed the people and if
government failed the people it no longer deserved to govern. He hoped that the
nationalist authorities (the expression he used was "your
government") would take notice.
6. Mr. Wainwright said that if, when he reached Hong
Kong, he were asked to give his impressions of Taiwan and to compare conditions
here with conditions on the mainland he could not do this, since he had not
visited the mainland. But if the authorities on the
mainland were to permit him to go there and to provide the same facilities for
unrestricted travel and conversation that he had had in Taiwan then, he said,
he would be able to draw a comparison between conditions in the "two parts
of your country".
7. Mr. Wainwright said that he would be delighted to
answer any questions, but not one was asked.
8. Mr. Wainwright left for Hong Kong on 30 April. The
press gave little attention to his visit. I enclose a copy of what was perhaps
the main press item. It describes Mr. Wainwright as "deputy chairman of
the Anglo-Free China Parliamentary Group"; another press mention referred
to him as "vice-chairman of the Republic of China sub-committee” in the
house of Commons.
Yours ever
Ray Bray
(R.J. Bray)
Copies to: Chancery,
Washington.
Chancery,
Peking.
Political
Adviser, Hong Kong.
Polad,
Singapore.
(to: )Colin Wilson, Esq.
Far Eastern Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
LONDON, S.W.1.
COPY OF ARTICLE APPEARING IN EXPRESS NEWS (Taipei)
24 APRIL, 1969.
UK SOLON IN
TOWN: II.PRESSED BY RAPID PROGRESSES
Taipei, April 24
(CNA): British Parliamentarian Edwin Wainwright said yesterday the British
people knew little about the Republic of China.
Wainwright, who came here Thursday last
week for a two-week visit, said in a press interview he had found conditions in
Taiwan "far more important than I knew".
A member of the British House of Commons,
the visitor, is the deputy chairman of the Anglo-Free China Parliamentarian
Group.
Sinece his arrival here a week ago he has
met with government leaders and visited agricultural installations.
Describing the visit "very
interesting", Wainwright said he was impressed by the rapid growth in
Taiwan during the past twenty years in housing, education, hospital and social
recreation.
He said he will make a report on the visit
to his group after returning to London.
Wainwright said the Anglo-Free China
Parliamentarian Group was founded about 18 months ago by British
parliamentarians from both parties who had read articles about Taiwan’s
progress and had become interested in the country.
The group often invited people from Taiwan
to speak at its meetings to brief them on the situation in the Republic of
China, he said.
He said he himself came here "with an
open mind" to find out what the conditions are and how the government runs
the economy.
The Briton who had had what he called
"frank and useful talks" with Chinese government officials and
parliamentary leaders said he was quite satisfied with the visit.
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Wainwright is scheduled to conclude his
visit next Wednesday and leave for Hong Kong.
出处：英国外交部档案FCO21/533
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