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DATED: 4 OCTOBER 1983
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FROM: S J GOMERSALL, WASHINGTON
FOR: NJ COX ESQ FED, FCO
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An excellent teleletter
No surprises excepte re Korea; and Deng sometimes improvises
but the
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Rituation of Churise interest in stability is michel anyway. Perhaps we shd wait until after Wa's vint to wadigion & the curent round of Suco/fonet talks then do a round-up on China/us/USSR
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SINO/US RELATIONS: MR WEINBERGER'S VISIT TO CHINA, 25-29 SEPTEMBER.
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1. PLEASE REFER TO MY TELELETTER OF 23 SEPTEMBER. DON ANDERSON, THE DIRECTOR FOR CHINA IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT, GAVE ME THE FOLLOWING BRIEFING TODAY.
2. GENERAL
THE VISIT HAD GOT OFF TO A SLIGHTLY STICKY START, WITH THE CHINESE, AS REPORTED IN THE PRESS, STRIKING A. POSTURE INITIALLY TO EMPHASISE THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-RELIANCE. ZHANG AIPING IN PARTICULAR HAD BEEN RATHER STAND-OFFISH, BUT AS WEINBERGER HAD MOVED UP THE LINE TO ZHAO ZIYAND AND DENG XIAOPING, AND THE AGENDA HAD BROADENED, THE ATMOSPHERE HAD WARMED. THE MOST PRODUCTIVE EXCHANGES HAD BEEN IN THE 13 OR SO HOURS OF SIDE TALKS AT WHICH SPECIFIC MILITARY ISSUES HAD BEEN DISCUSSED (SEE BELOW).