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INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON, MOSCOW, PARIS INFO ROUTINE UKMIS NEW YORK, HANOI, BANGKOK, INFO ROUTINE BONN, TOKYO, ACTOR, HONG KONG
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CHINA: VISIT OF PRESIDENT BUSH.
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PRESIDENT BUSH VISITED CHINA FROM 25-27 FEBRUARY 1989. DENG XIAOPING, YANG SHANGKUN, ZHAOI ZIYANG AND LI PENG.
BUSH AVOIDED CONTENTIOUS ISSUES BUT WENT FURTHER ON TAIWAN THAN IN
PREVIOUS US STATEMENTS. HIS SUPPORT FOR REFORM SEEMS TO HAVE
PLEASED THE CHINESE. A SIGNIFICANT VISIT NOT LEAST BECAUSE BUSH CHOSE TO COME HERE SO EARLY IN HIS PRESIDENCY. BUSH ALSO SAW
SIHANOUK.
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PRESIDENT BUSH VISITED CHINA FROM 1630 ON 25 FEBRUARY UNTIL 0730 ON 27 FEBRUARY. DURING HIS 39 HOURS IN CHINA, HE MET DENG XIAOPING (LI XIANNIAN WAS ALSO PRESENT), YANG SHANGKUN, ZHAO ZIYANG AND LI PENG. BUSH WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY WU XUEQIAN AND VICE- FOREIGN MINISTER, ZHU QIZHEN, WHILE LI PENG GREETED HIM ON ARRIVAL AT THE DIAOYUTAI STATE GUESTHOUSE. BUSH AND LI EXCHANGED PRESENTS (TEXAN BOOTS FOR CHINESE BICYCLES) AND LI AND YANG SHANGKUN JOINTLY HOSTED A BANQUET THAT EVENING. SPEECHES AT THE BANQUET EMPHASISED THE STRENGTH OF SINO-U S TIES. BUSH AFFIRMED THAT THE US WILL ABIDE BY THE PRINCIPLES CONTAINED IN THE 3 JOINT DECLARATIONS.
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ON 26 FEBRUARY, BUSH MET LI PENG FROM 0900-1055. LI SAID THAT SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS FELL IN THE CATEGORY OF NORMAL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND WOULD NOT BE AN ALLIANCE. ON CAMBODIA LI RESTATED THE CHINESE POSITION THAT THE VIETNAMESE SHOULD COMPLETELY AND GENUINELY WITHDRAW AND THAT A PROVISIONAL QUADRIPARTITE GOVERNMENT HEADED BY SIHANOUK SHOULD THEN BE SET UP. NO ONE PARTY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DOMINATE. LI PRAISED THE US ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS
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