In the last few days of July, despite the European Community agreement on sanctions against mainland China, Maude considered his high-level visit to Peking to be an ice-breaking and peace-making mission.
七月下旬，麥浩德不顧歐洲共同市場的制裁協議，以高階官員的身分和「破冰船」的和平使者姿態訪問北平。