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FOLLOW-UP ACTION WILL NOW BE IMPORTANT,
WE HAVE THE
RIGHT ATMOSPHERE BUT SHALL NEED TO MOVE TO SPECIFICS AND AS ALWAYS A GREAT DEAL WILL DEPEND HERE ON THE PERSISTENCE OF OUR FIRMS AND THE QUALITY AND PRICE OF THEIR PRODUCTS WE LOOK FORWARD
TO RECEIVING THE PROMISED LETTER FROM DOT AND DO1
SETTING OUT FOR YU QIULI THE DETAILED PROPOSALS FOR BILATERAL
COOPERATION. WE SHALL THEN TAKE UP THE VARIOUS SUBJECTS
WITH THE VICE-MINISTERS WHO ACCOMPANIED HUA AND WITH SPECIALIST CHINESE MINISTERS. ON THE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE CHINESE TO OUR DEADLINE OF APRIL NEXT
YEAR, AND WE SHOULD PERHAPS BEGIN TO THINK IN TERMS OF AN
INAUGURAL FLIGHT AT A SUITABLE POINT IN THE SPRING.
CRADOCK
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