3. THE SECTION OF "CHINA IN THE WORLD' IS OVER - COMPRESSED,
IT DOES NOT BRING OUT CLEARLY ENOUGH THAT CHINA
IS A GROWING NUCLEAR POWER WITH THE CAPABILITY OF
LAUNCHING AND RECOVERING ITS OWN SATELLITES
WHICH WILL NOT BE SATISFIED UNTIL IT HAS DEVELOPED
A CREDIBLE STRATEGIC DEFENCE AGAINST THE RUSSIANS.
THIS IS VERY RELEVANT TO HER ATTITUDES TOWARDS NON-
PROLIFERATION AND DIS-ARMAMENT, AND TO HER IMPORTANCE
IN THE EYES OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE JAPANESE.
NOR DOES THE PAPER DO JUSTICE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF
CHINA TO THE AMERICANS (''THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP OF GREATER IMPORTANCE TO THE UNITED STATES'.
DR KISSINGER). THERE IS INSUFFICIENT REFERENCE
TO THE FASCINATION OF CHINA TO THE THIRD WORLD.
(1 SUGGEST THAT THE SECOND HALF OF PARAGRAPH 5
SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO TAKE MORE ACCOUNT OF THE POINTS MADE
IN PARAGRAPHS 4 TO 7 OF MY DESPATCH NO 3/25 OF 18 JULY LAST YEAR). I DISAGREE WITH THE CONCLUSIONS ON THE
CULTURAL REVOLUTION AND SINO-SOVIET SPLIT IN PARA 4
(I BUGGEST THE PARA BE OMITTED).
4. THERE SHOULD BE A SEPARATE PARAGRAPH ON CHINA
ARD EUROPE. IT SHOULD BRING OUT THAT THE CHINESE
SUPPORT EUROPEAN UNITY AND THE NATO ALLIANCE
BECAUSE THEY CONSTITUTE A BUFFER TO SOVIET AMBITIONS.
CHINA HAS AN INTEREST IN EUROPE AS A SOURCE OF HIGH
TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIAL GOODS. BUT THE PRIME INTEREST
IS NOT IN THE ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF EUROPE:
17 IS IN ITS POLITICAL AND MILITARY COHESION.
THE CHINESE RECOGNISE THE PRESENT NEED FOR NATO BUT
HOPE THAT INCREASING DEFENCE AND POLITICAL COOPERATION
AMONG THE EUROPEANS WILL GIVE THEM A CORRESPONDINGLY
INCREASING DEGREE OF INDEPENDENT VOICE IN THEIR
RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES. (THIS COULD
COME BETWEEN ''CHINA IN THE WORLD' AND "BRITAIN AND
CHINA'')
5. THE SECTION ON HONG KONG DOES NOT MENTION THAT
OUR INTERESTS IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF CHINA ARISES
PARTLY FROM THE RISK THAT INSTABILITY COULD SPILL OVER
INTO HONG KONG, AS IT DID IN 1967, WITH ALL THE
DIFFICULTY THAT THAT ENTAILED IN THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE COLONY AND OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA ITSELF.
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