THESE AND I HOPE WE SHALL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THIS POSSIBILITY. I HAVE NOTHING MORE SPECIFIC TO SAY AT THIS MOMENT: IT IS DESTRABLE THAT BRITISH STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO STUDY HERE AND IT IS A MATTER OF WORKING OUT PLANS.
FURTHER QUESTIONED AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF STUDENTS OF CHINA (1.E. SINOLOGISTS) COMING TO PEKING THE SECRETARY OF STATE REPLIED : "WE SHOULD LOOK UPON ANYTHING LIKE THIS VERY SYMPATHETICALLY. IT IS REALLY A MATTER TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE CHINESE GOVTERNMENT. LET ME EMPHASIZE THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT THE END OF THE MATTER. WE CARRY ON WITH THESE MATTERS. WE WILL TRY AND MAKE ANY ARRANGEMENTS THAT WILL HELP TO IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHINESE AND VICE VERSA.
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5. ASKED TO QUANTIFY THE PHRASE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF STUDENTS' IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID: "SIGNIFICA- NT NUMBERS THAT IS WHAT I HAD IN MIND. I DO NOT THINK YOU CAN PUT
A NUMBER ON IT.".
6. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WAS ASKED WHETHER THERE WOULD BE VISITS BY A BRITISH FOOTBALL TEAM OR ORCHESTRA TO CHINA. HE SAID :: ''WE HAVE BOTH THESE IN MIND, BUT THERE IS NO DEFINITE ARRANGEMENTS YET. PARTICULARLY THE ORCHESTRA WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
7. FURTHER QUESTIONED WHETHER THERE WAS A DEFINITE PLAN FOR EXCHANGES OF STUDENTS, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID: ''THE SHAPE AND FORM ARE NOT ENTIRELY SETTLED. THERE IS NO DEFINITE PLAN, SO TO SPEAK, FROM BRITAIN TO CHINA AT THE MOMENT.
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8. ASKED WHETHER THE CHINESE GOVT WAS WILLING TO TAKE BRITISH STUDENTS, THE SECRETARY OF STATE REPLIED :
IT WILL BE PART OF OUR FURTHER CONSULTATIONS TO SEE HOW MANY
THEY CAN TAKE AND WHEN THEY CAN TAKE THEM.
TRADE
9. ASKED ABOUT HIS TALKS ON TRADE THIS MORNING WITH
PAL HSTANG-KUO, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID
"I THINK OUR CONCLUSION WAS THAT THERE WERE CERTAINLY CONSIDERABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASING TRADE....WE BOTH AGREED THAT OUR TRADE
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