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(D) WE SHOULD SEEK HIGHER LEVEL POLITICAL VISITS, IN PARTIULAR WE SHOULD CONSIDER INVITING HUA KUO-FENG TO DRITAIN IN 1979

WHEN HE IS LIKELY TO VISIT FRANCE, ALTERNATIVELY WE COULD

INVITE TENG HSIAO-P2 ING, THIS COULD APPROPRIATELY BE PRECEDED BY A VISIT HERE FROM YOU IN THE LATE AUTUMN. THERE IS ALSO AN

OUTSTANDING INVITATION FROM HUA KUO-FENG TO THE PRIME MINISTER EXTENDED IN 1976 (SEMICOLON)

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(E) ALTHOUGH IT IS LIKELY THAT THE CHINESE, AS DEMONSTRATED IN THE EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES, WILL PAY A DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE SHARE OF THE COSTS, WE SHALL HAVE TO BE READY TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO OUR BILATERAL RELATIONS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE GREATER BENEFITS AVAILABLE. OUR CULTURAL PROGRAMME, FOR EXAMPLE, DESERVES A MUCH BIGGER SHARE OF THE CAKE. THE RAPIDLY INCREASING LEVEL OF ACTIVITY WILL ALSO ALMOST CERTAINLY CALL FOR A STRONGER DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE HERE. I SHALL BE WRITING SEPARATELY ON THIS ASPECT.

CRADOCK

FCO WHITEHALL FED

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