COMMENT

3. THIS REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT AND SATISFACTORY CLIMB-DOWN BY NCNA. THEY MUST HAVE REALISED THAT THEY HAD GONE TOO FAR. TAN MADE NO ATTEMPT TO INSIST ON HIS FOURTH POINT.

4. NCNA'S PREVIOUS VEHEMENCE CAN PROBABLY BE EXPLAINED BY THE TYPE OF GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING FROM PEKING AND THE FEAR THAT THEY WOULD BE ACCUSED OF NOT ACTING WITH SUFFICIENT DILIGENCE. PA WILL BE IN PEKING FROM 22 AUGUST AND WILL DISCUSS WITH THE EMBASSY THE LATEST TREND OF CHINESE ANXIETY ABOUT KMT ACTIVITIES WITH A VIEW TO SENDING A JOINT ASSESSMENT.

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