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POLITICAL COMMITTEE, PARIS, 5-6 SEPTEMBER
AGENDA ITEM 10: CHINA
Objectives
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To exchange views on the situation in China.
To support the continuation of EC measures.
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Points to Make
1.
In general see no change in the situation in China justifying
any relaxation of EC measures for the moment. Ample evidence of continuing repressive activity aimed at enforcing ideological orthodoxy. Possibility of further action, eg trials of student
leaders.
2. Premature relaxation of measures would send wrong signals to Chinese leadership who are looking out for and seeking to engineer breaking of the Western ranks. And would be misunderstood by Western public opinion.
3.
Up to Chinese to create appropriate conditions in which measures could be lifted. Would not regard lifting of martial law
as sufficient in itself.
4.
International financial institutions. Still considerable
uncertainty over the pace and direction of reform. Certainly no clear drive for further reform. Emphasis on recentralisation may
indicate move in other direction. In the circumstances do not believe that the time is right for a resumption of World Bank or Asian Development Bank lending.
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