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TELNO 638
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FOR FED: YOUR TELNO.336: HU YAOBANG.
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1. ACTION TAKEN AS REQUESTED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR TUR.
2. Y K PAO SCHOLARSHIP FUND. JOHNSON HAS HAD A SERIES OF LENGTHY TRIPARTITE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE PAST TWO DAYS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF YK PAO (C P LEE) AND THE STATE EDUCATION COMMISSION. WE SHALL BE REPORTING THESE SEPARATELY. Y K PAO TOLD ME OVER LUNCH YESTERDAY THAT HE WOULD LIKE THE MEMORANDUM TO BE SIGNED DURING HU'S VISIT. HE WISHED HIMSELF TO SIGN IT AND ENVISAGED IT ALSO BEING SIGNED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS. IT HAS SUBSEQUENTLY EMERGED FROM JOHNSON'S SEPARATE DISCUSSIONS THAT THE INITIAL VIEW OF BOTH Y K PAO AND THE CHINESE IS THAT LI PENG WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE SIGNATORY ON THE CHINESE SIDE.
THERE IS, HOWEVER, SOME CONCERN ON THE CHINESE SIDE ABOUT A VICE-PREMIER SIGNING A ''MEMORANDUM''. THEY MAY THEREFORE PRESS FOR THE DOCUMENT'S STATUS TO BE UPGRADED OR SUGGEST THAT THE MEMORANDUM BE SIGNED AT A LOWER LEVEL. THE IR THOUGHT ARE HOWEVER NOT YET FIRM.
3. SHALL BE REPLYING SEPARATELY TO YOUR TELNO.337.
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