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11.

Conclusion is that the arguments are strongly in favour

of the positive course. What is proposed is not a negotiated

settlement but a series of acts of de-escalation on each side. (Paragraphs 18 and ras

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12. We cannot bank on conditions improving inside China and

there is therefore no point in waiting in the hope of a better

climate for this de-escalation. ( para. 20)

13.

Alternative to the positive course is bad relations

with China with their effects lasting for some years and

possibly until 1974 (paragraph 21).

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