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This inevitably caused great anxiety, and he

hoped that Mr. Ma would soon let us have

better news, particularly over Mr. Crouch and

Mr. Johnston. If they were released

reasonably quickly we could forget about this

problem and consider more fruitful ways of

increasing contacts. Mr. Ma repeated his

earlier statement about prisoners in Hong Kong

and about British subjects detained in China.

When asked about the prospects for Sino-

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Openings British trade ke/said that there were prospéats

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for further development but British exports to

exent

China were greater than Chinese imperts to

Britain. Sir Alec Douglas-Home said that we

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must see if we could not buy more Chinese

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goods, and then brought the interview to a

close with a further exchange of courtesies.

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FAR EASTERN DEPARTMENT

5 August, 1970