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INK REF C: YR 140415Z NOV.
1. VMT REF C. APOLOGIES FOR DELAY IN REPLYING TO REF A.
REF D NOT (NOT) RECEIVED IN MOD BUT CONTENTS NOW KNOWN THANKS TO FCO.
2. THERE HAS BEEN SOME MISUNDERSTANDING, I FEAR, WE WERE WAITING FOR MORE INFO FROM YOU ON PARA 1A OF REF A AND HAVE CONCENTRATED ON PARA 1B2, ON THAT POINT YOU WILL KNOW THAT 24 APS/MINISTER (AF) HAS SIGNALLED HMA PROPOSING THAT ZHANG AIPING
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2. POSITION ON OTHER MATTERS. IS AS FOLLOWS. OUTLINE PROGRAMME FOR RCDS VISITS IN 1983 INCLUDES CHINA IN SEPTEMBER. HOWEVER PROGRAMME HAS NOT (NOT) YET BEEN APPROVED AND CANNOT THEREFORE CONFIRM THAT VISIT WILL TAKE PLACE. WILL SIGNAL WHEN PROGRAMME APPROVED. IN MEANTIME HAVE CHINESE RESPONDED TO PROPOSAL QUES.
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