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North Korea. The US idea of tripartite talks between the US, South Korea and North Korea was not accepted by North Korea. The latter had repeatedly stated that it had no intention of invading South Korea and that they did not pose a military threat to the South. At the time of the Kwangju incident North Korea stated it would not take advantage of the internal situation in South Korea to intervene there. This was still
North Korea's position.
9. Huang Hua said that North Korea had stated that US troops must withdraw and that the UN Commission must be dissolved
in effect it was already non-existent. Huang Hua added that
China had conveyed North Korea's ideas to the US and told them that the words of the North Koreans regarding security and the stability of the Korean peninsula were to be trusted. He
added that a US withdrawal from Korea would not affect the
strategic position of the US in South East Asia. The US had
proposed 'cross-recognition' ie, the US would recognise North
Korea and China South Korea. The Chinese Government did not
consider that this would help China in playing its role.
North/South Dialogue
10. Turning to the North/South Dialogue Huang Hua asked for
Lord Carrington's assessment of the situation, the prospects
for the conferences of Heads of State in Mexico in October and
the Foreign Ministers Conference in August. Lord Carrington
replied that the Mexico Summit should not get involved in
global negotiations but should set the pattern for global
negotiations later in the year. If the 24 could agree on a
general line at Mexico it would be of great use. In terms of benefit to the under-developed countries the only prospect of
achieving a realistic solution was a re-cycling of OPEC
surpluses and the adapting of multi-national institutions.
As to the latter, it would be a great mistake to call into question their responsibilities or to remove control of them from the donor countries. While OPEC should have a greater
Say in the IMF, IBRD etc,
the confidence of lenders would
be undermined if the institutions were controlled by representatives
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