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FOR FED FROM THOMSON.
YOUR TELN0.801:
MEETINGS WITH THE CHINESE AT UNGA.
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1. I AGREE THE SUBSTANTIVE ARGUMENTS FOR A TROIKA MEETING ARE NOT COMPELLING, AND THAT THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN PLENTY OF CONTACT THIS YEAR BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE COMMISSION. BUT THE LATTER POINT MAY WEIGH IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WITH THE CHINESE: 1986 IS VERY MUCH THE YEAR OF WESTERN EUROPE (A DOZEN OR SO WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES VISITED BY HU, ZHAO AND WU).
WITH THE IR ENTHUSIASM FOR EUROPEAN UNITY AND THEIR INCLINATION TO SEE EUROPE AS MORE OF AN INTEGRAL WHOLE THAN IT IS, THEY MIGHT DE SURPRISED, IF NOT DISAPPOINTED, IF THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME RECENTLY (IF THAT IS SO) THERE WERE NO TROIKA MEETING., AND THEY WOULD OF COURSE NOTICE THAT THIS CAME UNDER A BRITISH PRESIDENCY.
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