[War] United Kingdom: "Message to China"

[Michael Downey]

"Message to China"
Prime Minister Owen Eckley
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
9 October 2006
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To: President Xia Hong
From: Prime Minister Owen Eckley
[Encrypted, London/Beijing Protocol]

President Hong,

I send you this message in regards to the peace and stability in two
parts of the world. First, in Afghanistan, where NATO and our allies
work to end the threat posed to the Afghan populations and their
democratic government by the vicious and tyrannical Taliban movement.

Since the 2001 invasion, the struggle for Afghanistan has been long
and hard. We have made much progress, but much more work needs to be
done. In particular, all our military leaders agree a new offensive
must be launched against the Taliban to remove them as a threat to the
well being of the country.

That your nations as expressed some mild interest in aiding the fight
for Afghanistan is positive. We appreciate China might possibly be
willing to uphold peace and stability in the Middle East. The military
forces of the PLA would be a welcome addition to the allied forces in
Afghanistan, and we think you could very well help NATO turn the tide
against Afghanistan.

If China was to partake in our most noble of causes, we of course
understand that the PLA should be granted access to systems and
equipment that would make it a more effective peacekeeping force.
Therefore the participation of China in our planned offensive against
the Taliban would warrant the relaxation and possibly even the lifting
of the European arms embargo against your country at once, which
Britain would be very willing to favor if we had your support in
Afghanistan.

Moving on to your region of the world, I am sure you are even more
concerned about the recent events in North Korea than I am. Know that
Britain supports China, as well as South Korea, Japan, Russia and the
United States, in trying to maintain stability in East Asia. This has
also given us reason to consider the arms embargo being released more
quickly than planned. As China is probably the most important figure
in East Asia, it is becoming more and more apparent that it is the
responsibility of the European Union to aid China in its efforts to
keep the peace.

I hope you will consider what I have said, and look forward to
receiving your reply.

Signed,
Owen Eckley,
Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland