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MIPT: SECOND MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: RECOMMENDATIONS.
1. WE SHALL NEED TO RETURN TO THIS SUBJECT ON THURSDAY. WE HAVE DISCUSSED TACTICS IN THE DELEGATION AND THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTS OUR AGREED VIEWS.
2. WE SEE OUR OBJECTIVES AS:
(1) TO MAKE NO CONCESSIONS ON THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF OUR POSITION.
(11) TO SEEK TO LOWER THE TEMPERATURE AND ENCOURAGE RATIONAL
DISCUSSION.
(111) TO MOVE DISCUSSION SO FAR AS POSSIBLE TOWARDS INFORMAL
CHANNELS.
(IV) TO SEEK TO ENSURE THAT ANY DISCUSSION IS A TWO-WAY PROCESS.
3. WITH THESE OBJECTIVES IN MIND I PROPOSE ON THURSDAY TO TRY TO AVOID A REPETITION OF THE HEATED STYLE OF ACCUSATION AND COUNTER-ACCUSATION OF THIS MORNING. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATELY ANSWERED THE OBJECTIONABLE PARTS OF THE CHINESE STATEMENT. WE THEREFORE PROPOSE NOT TO REPEAT THE POINTS OF REFUTATION WHICH WE HAVE MADE, BUT INSTEAD TO TRY TO MOVE THE SUBJECT FORWARD. WE WOULD START BY SAYING THAT THE TWO SIDES HAVE SET OUT THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS: THAT WE REST ON OURS: THAT THERE ARE CLEARLY SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN US: THAT WE DO NOT THINK
IT WOULD BE PROFITABLE TO REHEARSE THESE DIFFERENCES AGAIN: BUT THAT WE PROPOSE INSTEAD TO SEEK A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY FORWARD.
4. WE WOULD GO ON TO SAY THAT IT IS CLEAR TO US FROM WHAT KE HAS SAID THAT SERIOUS MISUNDERSTANDINGS HAVE ARISEN BETWEEN US, AND THAT IN PARTICULAR THE CHINESE SIDE HAVE A FALSE PICTURE OF BOTH OUR MOTIVES AND INTENTIONS. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND BELIEVE THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ESTABLISH A CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE AND A MECHANISM TO PREVENT SUCH MISUNDERSTANDINGS ARISING IN THE
FUTURE.
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