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TELNO 74
OF 140837Z JANUARY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
اللهم
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YOUR TELNO 35: MR RENTON'S VISIT
1. WE ARE GENERALLY CONTENT WITH THE DRAFT STEERING BRIEF IN
YOUR TUR. OUR DETAILED COMMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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(A) (PARAGRAPH 3A) WE THINK THE HIGHLIGHTING OF TRADE IS A BIT SHARP: AND SUGGEST THE PASSAGE MIGHT READ TO EMPHASISE OUR DESIRE FOR CONTINUED EXPANSION OF POLITICAL CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC
RELATIONS''
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(B) (PARAGRAPH 3B) WE SUGGEST THE ADDTION OF AND FOR CHINA'S. GROWING PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS''.
(C) (PARAGRAPH 4D) WE SUGGEST AMENDMENT OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE PASSAGE TO READ AND TO EXPLAIN THAT INCREASED CONTACTS WITH THE SOVIET UNION REPRESENT NO CHANGE IN THE ORIENTATION OF CHINA'S
FOREIGN POLICY''.
(PARAGRAPH 3) THE SECOND MEETING OF THE JLG WAS IN NOVE:IBER.
(E) (PARAGRAPH 11) THE ANTE-PENULTIMATE SENTENCE MIGHT RE A LITTLE MISLEADING: THERE SEEMS NO EARLY PROSPECT OF CHINA JOINING
THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY. WE SUGGEST THEREFORE THAT THE SECOND HALF OF THAT SENTENCE SHOULD RE AMENDED TO READ AND DRAW CHINA'S ATTENTION TO THE GROWING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY AND TO THE BENEFITS OF THAT TREND.
2. (PARAGRAPH 9) AT PRESENT ZHOU NAN IS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE WHOLE OF THE FIRST SESSION OF TALKS WILL BE ON INTERNATIONAL
ISSUES. BUT WE AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE SENSIBLE TO BEGIN WITH HONG KONG BEFORE PASSING ON TO INTERNATIONAL MATTERS AND TO RETURN TO
HONG KONG AT THE SECOND SESSION. WE ARE PUTTING THIS TO THE
CHINESE.
EVANS
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HRR 027/5.
REGISTRY 16 JAN 1986
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