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4. THE MINISTER WAS EMPHATIC THAT THE UNITED STATES ''OLES US A DEBT'' THE AMERICANS MUST CARRY OUT THEIR UNDERTAKINGS UNDER THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE. THERE COULD BE NO RETREAT FROM THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF REVOKING THE TREATY WITH TAIWAN, WITH~ DRAWING US TROOPS AND BREAKING OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, (FULL. SECORD OF THIS PART OF THE CONVERSATION FOLLOWS BY BAG TO FCO AND WASHINGTON.)
DETENTE
5. THE MINISTER ENQUIRED ABOUT THE PROSPECTS FOR THE BELGRADE REVIEW CONFERENCE AND EXPRESSED THE STANDARD CHINESE SCEPTICISM ABOUT THE WISDOM OF DETENTE, WE REASSURED HIM OF THE DETERMINATION OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE TO MAINTAIN ITS VIGILANCE
CAMBODIA
6, MR MURRAY TOLD HUANG HUA OF THE CONCERN FELT IN THE UK ABOUT REPORTS FROM CAMBODIA. THE FOREIGN MINISTER WAS NOT TO BE DRAWN.
ASEAN
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7. THE MINISTER TOOK A FAVOURABLE VIEW OF ASEAN WHICH HE THOUGHT COULD BE USEFUL BOTH IN CONSOLIDATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IN RESISTING SOVIET EXPANSION. HE CONFIRMED THAT CHINA COULD SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL FOR A ZONE OF PEACE IN THE AREA, ON RELATIONS WITH INDONESIA HE SAID THAT IT WAS UP TO THE INDONESIANS TO MAKE UP THEIR MINDS,;
WORLD ECONOMY
8. THE MINISTER EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE DOWNING STREET SUMMIT IN MAY, AND IN THE PROSPECTS OF A WORLD ECONOMIC RECOVERY LED BY THE UNITED STATES, WEST GERMANY AND JAPAN,
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