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and of questioning them in return about their
relations with the other major world powers. In
addition there are a number of international issues
where we have found ourselves directly opposed in
the past, and are likely to do so again: eg Korea
and Bangladesh. The Secretary of State will wish to
explain our position to the Chinese, in the hope that
a thorough exposition of our views may encourage
them to be more ready to compromise in the future.
EEC and CSCE (Secretary of State to lead)
(a)
(b)
[Passage to be drafted by FED in consultation with EID and EESD]
ACDD and woo
Soviet Union and Sino-Soviet relations
(Mr Chi F'eng-fei to lead)
[EESD with FED]
(c)
South Asian sub-continent
[SAD with FED]
(a)
Korea
[FED]
(e)
China's relations with Japan (Secretary of State to lead)
[FED]
(f)
China's relations with the United States (Secretary of State to lead)
ĹFED with
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Commercial Matters
[Detailed brief to be supplied by DTI]