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CONFIDENTIAL

HINESE OBJECTIVES

T. To enhance Premier Hua's nersonal standing as an international figure, and more generally the

standing of China as a world nower, and a reliable

ally of Britain and the West.

2. To warn the British Government against the dangers of trusting, and coonerating with, the Soviet Union, and to encourage them actively to combat the Soviet

Union's pursuit of its international ambitions.

3. To press for further trade concessions, narticularl

in the EEC context.

^. To explain, and seek sunnort for, China's foreign

policy, narticularly towards Indo China.