QUOTE THERE IS NOW CERTAINLY CLOSER UNDERSTANDING OVER THE WHOLE FIELD OF THE MATTERS WHICH WE DISCUSSED. I AM NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK THAT IS DESIRABLE. IT IS MUCH MORE VALUABLE IF THEY ARE INFORMAL AND PRIVATE. ONE EXAMPLE WHERE WE DIFFERED IN EMPHASIS IS IN OUR POLICY IN RELATION TO THE SUB-CONTINENT OF INDIA, THIS IS A MATTER AGAIN ON WHICH I THINK THERE IS GREATER UNDERSTANDING THAN BEFORE I CAME HERE. IN RELATION, FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE RECOGNITION OF BANGLADESH UNQUOTE.
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21. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WAS THEN ASKED ABOUT HIS TALKS WITH THE PREMIER YESTERDAY. HE SAID :
QUOTE WE HAD A VERY LONG TALK. IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING ONE AND IT COVERED ALL THE INTERNATIONAL QUESTIONS OF INTEREST. OF COURSE THE PREMIER HAD SEEN AN ACCOUNT OF MY THREE TALKS WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND SO ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT WE DISCUSSED ALMOST EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. I THINK THE GENERAL CONCLUSION, HAVING REVIEWED EVERY ASPECT OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FROM. THE RESPECTIVE POINTS OF VIEW OF THE TWO COUNTRIES WAS THAT; WHILE WE HAVE DIFFERING POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND ON SOME THINGS WE DIFFER - NEVERTHELESS THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF COMMON GROUND WHICH SHOULD BE EXPLORED AND EXPLOITED TO THE ADVANTAGE OF BOTH OF OUR COUNTRIES. THAT WOULD BE THE SUMMING UP UNQUOTE..
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