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CONFIDEN MAL
OTHER CHINESE LEADERS SEEMED CONFIDENT AND UNDER NO SPECIAL INTERNAL PRESSURES. THE AMERICANS HAD ASKED TO SEE HU YAOBANG, DUT FAILED ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE NEVER SAW FOREIGN MINISTERS. DEFENCE MINISTER ZHANG AIPING VAS LAID ON PROBALY AS A LAST MINUTE CONSOLATION PRIZE AFTER THE AMERICANS HAD SHOWN GOOD
DEHAVTOUR ON THE FIRST DAY OF TALKS.
CRADOCK
FCO D
FED
NAD
CABINET OFFICE
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT ADVANCED
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CONFIDENTAL