Word: kotalawala
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Dates: during 1953-1953
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...China, the British Dominion of Ceylon (not a member of the U.N.) 14 months ago negotiated an agreement with Red China to trade rubber for rice. Last week, after Peking enthusiastically offered to follow up its trade envoys with a good-will mission, new Premier Sir John Kotalawala made clear that the Communists are welcome in Ceylon's counting room, but not in its parlor. "I have sent a reply to the Chinese reminding them we have a trade agreement and to let our relations remain that way," he told newsmen. "I said to them: 'We have...
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