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MIPT: VISIT BY HU YAOBANG: OBJECTIVES
1. HU'S VISIT WILL BE THE FIRST EVER BY A PURELY PARTY LEADER.
WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING HOW THIS SHOULD AFFECT OUR OBJECTIVES.
2. OUR PRELIMINARY INCLINATION AT DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL IS TO AIM
FOR A MORE PHILOSOPHICAL EMPHASIS THAN FOR PREMIER ZHAO'S VISIT.
THE FOCUS THEN, RIGHTLY, WAS ON PRACTICAL ASPECTS AND OPPORT-
UNITIES OF OUR RELATIONSHIP, PARTICULARLY IN TRADE AND TECH-
NOLOGY. TAKEN TOGETHER, HU'S POSITION, HIS PERSONALITY, LI'S
EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE CHINESE REQUEST FOR A STRONG
CULTURAL ELEMENT OPEN THE WAY FOR A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
3. ONE SPECIFIC POSSIBILITY IN WHICH WE SEE MERIT WOULD BE FOR
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER TO INCLUDE THEORETICAL/IDEO-
LOGICAL ASPECTS OF BRITISH AND CHINESE POLITICS AND CULTURAL
OUTLOOKS. THIS WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT RISK IF HANDLED UNSYMPATH-
ETICALLY. BUT A CAREFUL EXPOSITION OF ENTERPRISE CULTURE,
HIGHLIGHTING PARALLELS AS WELL AS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITAIN AND
CHINA, MIGHT BE STIMULATING FOR HU, DRAW HIM OUT MORE THAN A LESS OPEN-ENDED EXCHANGE AND LEAVE A DEEPER, MORE POSITIVE
IMPRESSION OF BRITAIN.
4. EDUCATION WILL FIGURE PROMINENTLY IF THE SINO-BRITISH
SCHOLARSHIP FUND CAN BE FORMALLY LAUNCHED DURING THE VISIT.
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