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CHINA: INTERNAL SITUATION.
1. DENG XIAOPING TOLD PRESIDENT BONGO OF GABON ON 18 FEBRUARY THAT THE PERSONNEL CHANGES AT THE CENTRE WOULD NOT AFFECT CHINA'S ESTABLISHED POLICIES, BUT WOULD RATHER HELP BETTER TO IMPLEMENT THE PARTY'S LINE AND POLICY. *NN A WORD, WE'LL CONTINUE OUR WORK AS
PLANNED.'*
2. DENG SAND THAT CHINA WAS GOING IN FOR SOCIALIST MODERNISATION. TO
TALK OF THE FOUR MODERNISATIONS WITHOUT MENTIONING SOCHALISM WAS AS
GOOD AS BREAKHING AWAY FROM THE ESSENTIAL ASPECT'' OF CHINA'S PATH TO DEVELOPMENT. THIS WAS OF CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE. CHINA HAD MADE IMPRESSIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN RECENT YEARS AND LIVING STANDARDS HAD
IMPROVED. DENG CONCLUDED ''WE HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT. BUT WE SHOULD BE MORE METICULOUS IN OUR WORK AND SUM
UP EXPERIENCE AND LESSONS FROM TIME TO TIME.''
COMMENT.
3. THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLINC COMMENT BY DENG XIAOPHING ON CURRENT
INTERNAL AFFAIRS SHINCE HE SPOKE TO MUGABE ON 20 JANUARY AT A RECEPTION YESTERDAY, LU ZEPU, DIRECTOR OF THE THIRD DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND TRADE, DREW MY
PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO DENG'S REMARKS AS THE AUTHORITATIVE
EXPRESSINON OF THE CURRENT LINE THAT CHINA'S OPEN POLICINES WILL NOT CHANGE. THIS HIS CLEARLY THE OFFICIAL LINE AND DENG DID STATE QUITE
CATEGORICALLY THAT POLICIES WOULD NOT CHANGE. NONETHELESS, THERE IS
A FEELING AMONG SOME OBSERVERS HERE THAT BY FAILING TO REFER
SPECIFICALLY EITHER TO REFORM OR TO THE OPEN DOOR DENG MAY HAVE
DISAPPOINTED THOSE WHO WERE LOOKING TO HIM FOR A MORE ROBUST
REAFFIRMATION OF CURRENT POLICY.
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