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3. HUAN XIANG HAD TOLD JOHNSON THAT THE TAIWAN PROBLEM MIGHT SE BEHIND THEM IN TEN YEARS' TIME. JOHNSON SAID HE AGREED THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT, ALTHOUGH THE PRC FLAG MIGHT NOT FLY OVER TAWAN IN THAT TIME, THE TWO CHINAS COULD HOWEVER HAVE WORKED OUT A MODUS VIVENDI' WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO FULL REUNIFICATION IN THE LONGER TERM. THIS STRUCK ME AS VERY OPTIMISTIC.
4. IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT JOHNSON ALLOWED NONE OF THE YOUNGER MEN ON HIS DELEGATION TO SPEAK. GENERAL GOODPASTER MANAGED A . FEW SHORT LINES BUT THE OTHERS WERE GIVEN NO LEASH. OKSENBERG SHOULD BE WORTH TAKING TO ONE SIDE.
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