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MDLIAN 9993
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OF 050728Z OCTOBER 1987
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, WASHINGTON, TOKYO, MOSCOW, UKDEL NATO
INFO SAVING SHANGHAI
CHINA: NATIONAL DAY
SUMMARY
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PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG'S FORMAL SPEECH AT THE CHINESE NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION ON 30 SEPTEMBER, THOUGH BRIEF, REITERATED THE MAIN LINES OF REFORMIST DOCTRINE IN A CONFIDENT WAY AND LAID A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR THE PARTY CONGRESS AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
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PREMIER AND ACTING GENERAL-SECRETARY ZHAO ZIYANG SPOKE CONFIDENTLY WHEN HE ADDRESSED A RECEPTION TO CELEBRATE CHINA'S NATIONAL DAY ON 30 SEPTEMBER. HE SAID THAT THE FORTHCOMING 13TH PARTY CONGRESS WOULD BE OF FAR-REACHING INFLUENCE IN THE PARTY'S HISTORY, AND THAT THE CHINESE WOULD ACCELERATE AND DEEPEN THEIR ECONOMIC STRUCTURAL REFORM, WOULD FURTHER OPEN UP BOTH INTERNALLY AND TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD, AND WOULD BE PUTTING POLITICAL STRUCTURAL REFORM ON THE AGENDA. HE THUS REITERATED THE KEY POINTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME: AND, WHILE HE WAS CAREFUL TO MAINTAIN A STATESMANLIKE BALANCE BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE IDEOLOGICAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCED EARLIER IN THE YEAR HAD HAD POSITIVE EFFECTS, THE OVERALL TENOR OF THE INTERNAL SECTION OF THIS SPEECH WAS POSITIVELY REFORMIST. THIS MESSAGE WAS MADE EVEN CLEARER BY AN ACCOMPANYING PEOPLE'S DAILY EDITORIAL, WHICH DESCRIBED REFORM AS THE GOLDEN KEY TO TAPPING THE PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE AND BLAMED LEFTIST IDEAS FOR BEING THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL THE ERRORS AND BLUNDERS COMMITTEED SINCE
THE FOUNDING OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC.
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ZHAO MADE ENCOURAGING NOISES TO THE AUTHORITIES IN TAIWAN, EXPRESSING THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD EASE CONTROLS ON TRAVEL TO THE MAINLAND FOR FAMILY VISITS AND REPEATING CHINA'S WELL KNOWN FORMULA OF ''ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'' AS THE BASIS FOR AN ACCOMMODATION BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. HE ALSO WELCOMED THE AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE REACHED BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND THE UNITED STATES ON ELIMINATING INTERMEDIATE NUCLEAR FORCES.
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NATIONAL DAY IS GENERALLY USED AS THE OCCASION FOR A FORMAL BUT
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