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VISIT BY HU YAOBANG: LIKELY CHINESE OBJECTIVES.
1. I MADE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT OUR OBJECTIVES FOR HU'S VISIT IN MY
TELEGRAM NO.651. 14 JUDGE THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE LIKELY TO BE
AMONG HU'S OWN OBJECTIVES :-
(A) TO EMPHASISE THAT CHINA CONTINUES TO BE TOTALLY COMMITTED TO
A PROGRAMME OF DOMESTIC ECONOMIC REFORM AND TO THE POLICY OF OPENING TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.,
(CB) TO EMPHASISE THAT CHINA'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE REMAINS GOOD, IN SPITE OF OVERHEATING AND A LARGE TRADE DEFICIT IN 1985.,
(C) TO RECONFIRM CHINA'S COMMITMENT TO THE FULL AND FAITHFUL
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HONG KONG AGREEMENT AND TO SEEK OUR RECONFIRMATION OF A MATCHING COMMITMENT.,
(D) TO EXPRES THE DESIRE FOR EVEN CLOSER BILATERAL RELATIONS,
PARTICULARLY IN THE ECOBOMIC SPHERE.,
(E) TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT CHINA'S POLITICAL RELATIONS WITH THE
SOVIET UNION CANNOT IMPROVE UNTIL THE SOVIET UNION HAS GIVEN GROUND
OVER THE REMOVAL OF THE THREE OBSTACLES (CAMBODIA, AFGHANISTAN AND
TROOPS ON THE NORTHERN BORDER),
(F) TO EMPHASISE CHINESE SUPPORT FOR A STRONG AND UNITED WESTERN EURPOPE.,
(G) TO HEAR THE PRIME MINISTER'S ASSESSMENT OF THE TOKYO ECONOMIC SUMMIT AND THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER., AND
(H) TO ENHANCE HIS OWN DOMESTIC STANDING BY MAKING A POLITICAL AND
PUBLIC RELATIONS SUCCESS OF THE VISIT.
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MR WILSON Sir W WARDING
COPIES TO:
SIR & CRADDOCK, NOIO DOWNING ST.
MR WATT, GHF.
MR CRUICKSHANK, OTA/3, DTI. MR P MAC LEAN, EAD /ODA
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