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3.
The Chinese had said nothing specific on Taiwan nor on Gouth
East Asia nor on the Five Power arrangements, nor had there been
any comment on immigration at Lowu. They had said a little in
standard terms about their policy on and towards overseas Chinosc.
There had been some inconclusive discussion about relations between
China and Indonesia. On the Middle East, the Chinese had given
a very clear exposition of the Palestinian case; they had not,
however, gone into details of where the Palestinians could be
resettled. They described UK policy in the Middle East as
dependent on the United States. There had been the usual remarks
about Soviet/American collusion in the Middle East, including
references to Russian encouragement of Jewish emigration to
bolster the armed forces of Israel. In describing Soviet/Amerian
collusion the Chinese quoted a proverb to the effect that "both
slept in the same bed but had different dreams"
4.
During the delegation's provincial tour outside Peking, one
or two interesting points emerged. Local cadres had admitted in
answer to questions that execution and imprisonment for political
offences were carried out. In the Shanghai Shipyard, it was
admitted that 1% or 1% of the workers were "bad elements". The
delegation had spent a morning at a May 7 Cadre School.
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They had
gained the strong impression that the cadres were by no means
strictly following injunctions to mingle with the peasants. Dame
Joan Vickers said that the class structure appeared to her more
prevalent than during her last visit in 1961. For instance, their
interpreters would not sit down to lunch with their drivers.
Another impression they had derived was that there appeared to be
fewer slogans in public places than either in1956 (Frank Judd)
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/or 1961
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