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CONFIDENTIAL
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BAKER'S VISIT
9. MA TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF US ABOUT BAKER'S VISIT TO PEKING. HE EMPHASISED THAT THE VISIT WAS AT US REQUEST (COMMENT: NO DOUBT THIS DISTINCTION IS IMPORTANT TO THE CHINESE) AND BASED ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S WISH TO IMPROVE RELATIONS, A WISH RECIPROCATED BY THE CHINESE.
HE OUTLINED THE MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS
OF THE VISIT WHICH, HE SAID, INCLUDED: AGREEMENT THAT THE KOREAN PENINSULA SHOULD BE NUCLEAR FREE: AGREEMENT THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD ASSIST THE PROCESS OF REUNIFICATION IN KOREA: AGREEMENT (SIC) BY THE CHINESE TO ADHERE TO MTCR GUIDELINES (DESPITE SOME US PRESS REPORTS ALLEGING CHINESE RESERVATIONS): UNDERTAKINGS BY CHINA TO COMPLETE PROCEDURES FOR THE NPT BY EARLY 1992: AGREEMENT BY THE CHINESE TO SPEED UP PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, MATCHED BY US AGREEMENT TO DROP CERTAIN SECTION 301 ACTION: AGREEMENT BY THE US TO SUPPORT CHINA'S GATT APPLICATIONS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY AND TAIWAN'S ONLY AS A CUSTOMS TERRITORY. ON HUMAN RIGHTS, MA CLAIMED NOT TO HAVE BEEN SENT A FULL BRIEFING.
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SUMMING UP, MA SAID THAT HE WOULD REPORT TO PEKING TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THEIR RECEPTION OF LORD CAITHNESS. WE ARE THEREFORE ALSO REPORTING BY TELEGRAM, ALTHOUGH IN THE NORMAL COURSE THE SUBSTANCE HERE WOULD PROBABLY NOT MERIT THIS.
11. COMMENT: THE TWO SUBJECTS WHICH DID NOT COME UP WERE THE
DALAI LAMA'S VISIT AND GATT.
HURD