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2. Mr. Aichi thought that Chinese educational
and social policies would be affected by passive
resistance on the part of the middle classes an
technocrats. It was unlikely that there would
be any "great leap forward", with the attendant
risk of cconomic chaos. Mao was concentrating
on the reconstruction of the Farty and Govern-
M
ment organisations with the help of the working
class, but it was doubtful if this would lead
to stability in China. Within the People's
Liberation Army its unity had by no means been
secured.
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China's diplomacy had recently been
characterised by rigidity, exemplified by the
notice of suspension of the Sino- American talks,
the tough attitude to the Soviet Union over
recent border clashes, the appeals for all-out
resistance by North Viet-Nan, and denunciation
of the Japanese Government. Since the border
clashes, the Chinese had shown a markedly anti-
Soviet attitude. She had for example denounced
the Soviet Union for attempting to divide the
world in collusion with the United States.
Since the invasion of Czechoslovakia the Chinese
had shown increased suspicion of Soviet imper-
ialism. Both China and the Soviet Union had
played up the border incidents for their own
political purposes and this had led to increasal
tension, but it was unlikely that a serious.
conflict would follow.
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