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PRASIT WAS CONCERNED WITH BUILDING UP HIS IMAGE IN PREPARA-

TION FOR THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS. AT THE MOMENT THIS ENTH-

USIASM WAS NOT REFLECTED IN THE CABINET OR IN THAI INTERN-

ATIONAL, BUT SAWANIT DID NOT DISCOUNT QINGS ''MOVING VERY QUICKLY AFTER POSSIBLE CHANGES IN THE THAI LEADERSHIP. (PLEASE PROTECT).

4. THIS DOES NOT SHED ANY LIGHT ON PEKING'S CURRENT ATTITUDE TO CONDITIONS FOR SERVICES TO BOTH PRC AND TAIWAN, BUT THE TAIPEI CONDITIONS QUOTED BYBORASIT WOULD NOT SEEM TO BE

INSUPERABLE.

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