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5. On the other hand, the view which I have held since even before my return to Peking 24 years ago that Dr. Kisninger has not succeeded in establishing a wide-ranging and deep-going understanding with the Chinese leaders on the settlement of world affairs received, I feel, fairly strong confirm tion. Mao himself spoke almost disparagingly of Kissinger - "scared when he first came here and only relaxed on his third visit" and it was only in response to a comment from Mr. Heath that; he conceded, but certainly with conviction, that Kissinger had great capacity. At different points throughout the discnasiona with Teng Hsiao-p'ing - Europe, the Soviet Union, Jamon and the Indian Sub-continent the comments on the U.S. attitude and on U.S. policies were critical, and once or twice Tong was mouling to Mr. Heath to use his influence with the Americans to behave more reasonably. I am therefore confirmed in my vieu that the détente between China and the U.S. is on the Chinese side a tactical accommodation without any acknowledgement of a deep community of interests.
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6. On the question of Chinese support for revolutionary movements abroad I felt that there was rather more i Teng's comments than appears from the written record. Nancy Tang was not perhaps here at her best in interpre the sense of his words. I thoughta that what he meant waa "Of course, we have to support revolutionɩry movementit elneubi But it is only a question of reciting the necessary formulae. I wish Mr. Heath could have challenged him over the White Plan Communists in Burma, but I did not feel it right to neompt bin
7. On the question of Speys, the conclusion comes out very clearly in my telegram No. 407 of 31 May. But there was amiko an interesting exchange between Teng and Li Ch'iang before the approved version was interpreted by Nancy Tiang. When nabol about Speys, Tong turned to li for the answer. Li firat gnid that the Chinese would be inviting a Rolls Royce team to vinil China soon. The implication was that the matter was nore OF Bottled on the Chinese side. Li then corrected himself and nid that before very long the Chinese honed to invite a Polls Royen team for further discussions "not tomorrow but soon". The implication therefore was that the necessary decision bag not been taken on the Chinese side but that it very probably will be
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At the return banquet on 27 May we got an explanation why Ch'iao Kuan-hua has been given the nickname "Lord Ch'ino. Jord Ch'ino is a character in a Szechuan opera about a forend mouri To save the unwilling bride Lord Ch'ino, who had a long beard, himself got into the bridal chair to be carried to the bridegroom' house. At this point Nancy T'ang said that she could not remember the rest of the story but I suspected that it then became too
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