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Peking view on this.
We shall at the same time need to tackle the question of what, if anything, is said to the Chinese Government about our own views on the Guangdong project.
30 July 1980
6. Morrice
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P Morrice
Hong Kong and General Department
Sir K. Yayda
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адие
with Mr. Morrice On Sir J. Caters
point about Chinex motives I am
that
inclined to
agree they probably put commercial and technological considerations first. But in that the whole strategy of economic development of Guangding clearly has political njnificance in
their minds they
cam
hardly have failed to take much int account fum the start
this pisut very I their discussions with
2. Therefore there is
Сыр.
no reason to doubt mar
KEC mean what they say
about the potential
political importance of the scheme to Hry Kay (This
Ame
out in a recent discussin between the
cheef Chinese negotiator and Stimes I CLP) But I do not see it as the 'ping-pong' first step to an imminent solution of the problem.
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