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YOUR TELS NO INDUS 17 AND 18 : GUANGDONG NUCLEAR PROJECT
1. LI PENG HAS BEEN OUT OF PEKING AND WE ARE NOT CERTAIN THAT HE HAS RETURNED. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND SINCE THERE IS ONLY ONE POINT YOU WISH ME TO MAKE, I PROPOSE TO SEND THE TEXT OF MR BRITTAN'S LETTER UNDER COVER OF A LETTER OF MY OWN IN WHICH I WOULD INCLUDE THE POINT IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF YOUR PARAGRAPH 2. I SHOULD
LIKE AUTHORITY TO AMEND THE TEXT IN YOUR INDUS 18 SLIGHTLY, AS
FOLLOWS:
A) AMEND FIRST LINE TO READ: ''I AM VERY PLEASED THAT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED'' (YOUR FORMULATION READS SLIGHTLY AS THOUGH MR
BRITTAN HAS BEEN AT A DISTANCE FROM THE NEGOTIATIONS).
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B) FINAL PARAGRAPH: AMEND TO READ ''I MYSELF HOPE TO VISIT CHINA THIS YEAR AND TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOU''. (WE STILL
AWAIT AUTHORITY TO PUT DATES TO MOFERT AND TO SEEK A FORMAL
INVITATION FROM ZHENG TUOBIN).
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