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RC FURSLAND ESQ, FED, FCO
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CHINA: THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S INTERVIEW FOR ''TODAY'
1. WE WERE GRATEFUL TO NICK FENN FOR SENDING US A COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S INTERVIEW WITH PHILIP SHORT. WITH ONE EXCEPTION, WE DO NOT THINK THERE IS THE ANYTHING WHICH SHOULD BE, OR WILL NEED TO BE, OMITTED. EXCEPTION IS THE PASSAFE AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 2 - TOP OF PAGE 3 OF THE TRANSCRIPT. WE THINK THIS PASSAGE READS RATHER DEFENSIVELY, AND THE LAST SENTENCE IN THE PARAGRAPH IS INACCURATE. GERMAN EXPORTS TO CHINA THIS YEAR ARE RUNNING AT ROUGHLY FIVE TIMES THE LEVEL OF BRITISH EXPORTS. WE THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THE LAST SENTENCE IN THE PARAGRAPH WERE OMITTED.
2. NEWS DEPT PLEASE COPY TO OTHER ADDRESSEES.
SIGNED J W B RICHARDS
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