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(8) THE CHINESE INTEREST IN EUROPE GIVES US A LEVERAGE IN SOME AREAS WHICH WE CAN EXPLOIT, AND IN THESE AREAS OURK POLICIES ARE MOST EFFECTIVELY PURSUED

WHEN THEY ARE PURSUED IN CONCERT WITH OUR EEC FRIENDS WHO ALL STAND IN THE SAME RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA AS

WE DO. WE CAR IN CONSEQUENCE SEEK TO AVOID GIVING THE CHINESE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROFIT FROM DIVERGENCIES EG OVER TAIWAN, ( PARA 15 OF MY DESPATCH) OTHER WIDER AND PARTICULARLY STRATEGIC ISSUES REQUIRE CONSULTATION WITH THE US. ALTHOUGH THE US IS IN A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP HER MAJOR INTEREST IN THE SECURITY OF THE PACIFIC IS AN ASPECT OF WHICH WE HAVE TO TAKE ACCOUNT. JAPAN TOO HAS AN INTEREST

WHICH WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND.

(C) THERE ARE THEN OUR OWN IDENTIFIABLY DIRECT INTERESTS IN HONG KONG AND TRADE. (PARA 25) ("RECOMMENDATIONS** MIGHT BEGIN WITH A PASSAGE ON THESE LINES.)

9. 1 WOUND ALSO LIKE TO SEE THE PAPER BRING OUT THE THEME IN PARAGRAPH 16 OF MY DESPATCH ON THE NEED TO ENCOURAGE THE CHINESE LEADERS TO TAKE A REALISTIC VIEW OF THE WORLD. WITH THE DEATH OF CHOU EN-LAT (THE ARCHITECT OF CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY, PARTICULARLY TOWARDS THE WEST) THE POSSIBLE DEPARTURE IF TENG HSIAO-PING FROM THE SCENE AND THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ACTING PRIME MINISTER WHO HAS NEVER BEEN OUTSIDE THE BORDERS OF CHINA, IT IS DOUBLY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE HIGH LEVEL CONTACT WITH THIS REGIME TO ENSURE THAT THEY DO NOT BASE THEIR CALCULATIONS ON THE IDEOLOGICAL PICTURE WHICH THEY PAINT FOR THEMSELVES. (A SEPARATE

PARA COULD COVER THIS AND ADD A REFERENCE TO AND SIMILAR EXCHANGES.)

STUDENT

19. I FIND THE PRESENT LAST PARAGRAPH SOMEWHAT JUMBLED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT RE-WRITTEN TO QUOTE, OR SUPPORT, THE RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH ARE SET OUT IN A SEPARATE TELELETTER.

YOUDE

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