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2. Y K PAO IS CLEARLY TRYING ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE TO GENERATE
MOMENTUM FOR SUCH HIGH LEVEL EXCHANGES. THE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS
THAT BILATERAL RELATIONS CAN BEST BE CARRIED FORWARD WITH
INDIVIDUAL MINISTERIAL VISITS TAKING PLACE AS NECESSARY AND
.IN THE FIELD REQUIRED (RATHER THAN BY INSTITUTIONALISING SET
PIECE EXCHANGES). BUT THE DEPARTMENT ALSO THINKS THAT THERE COULD
BE VALUE SEPARATELY IN EXCHANGES ON DITCHLEY LINES, AS PART OF THE FILLING OUT OF THE DIALOGUE AT ALL LEVELS.
3. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY LIKE TO SPEAK
ON THESE LINES TO WU XUEGIAN IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
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