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the Chinese may be more ready to meet us than they were on
the previous attempt.
11. We should make our approach to the Chinese initially
on the narrow issue of leases, and need to consider what
concessions the Chinese are likely to demand in return for
such a short-term holding measure. On the other hand, th
Chinese may not agree to such a step without dealing at the
same time with fundamentals, and since the latter have to be
faced in any case within the next 8 or 9 years, the longer
action on the medium-term issue is delayed the smaller the
concession it would be worth making to secure it as a means
of postponing the long-term problem.
Possible Chinese Demands in Medium-Term
12. During discussions on land leases one possibility is
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