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29 JUN 1977
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CONFIDENTIAL
TO PRIORITY DTI TELNO.CREDA 97 OF 29 JUNE,
INFO PRIORITY PEKING AND F.C.O,
INFO SAVING TOKYO.
MY TELNO.CREDA 95. PARAGRAPH 4.
REF.
JAPANESE COAL AND OIL PURCHASES FROM CHINA.
ALTHOUGH I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT DEFINITE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED, SIR LAWRENCE'S UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE C.ITOH DELEGATION WILL BE GOING TO PEKING TO FOLLOW UP A CHINESE PROPOSAL THAT AN EXCHANGE DEAL BE WORKED OUT AGAINST THE LIKELIHOOD OF CHINESE SUPPLIES BECOMING AVAILABLE IN THE
QUANTITES STATED BY 1985.
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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
PS/PUS
MR CORMA ZZI
MÊ BUTLER
MR MURRAY
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