&
GR 3 360
RESTRICTED
DESKBY 161468Z
RESTRICTED
ales av
LAKE 226/6
FM PEKING 160905Z FEB 79
TO İMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 221 OF 16 FEB
INFO IMMEDIATE DESKBY DOI, DOT, ECGD
(NOTE FOR RESIDENT CLERK:
HKK 175
15/2.
IF THIS TEL. AND MIFT HAVE NOT REACHED BROWNING (DOT) AND MATHRANI (DOI) BY CLOSE OF PLAY FRIDAY 16 FEBRUARY GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE COPIES OF BOTH FIRST THING SAT- URDAY MORNING.)
VISIT OF MR VARLEY: ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT (EC
1.
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DURING A CALL BY COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR ON HUANG DEYIN OF STATE PLANNING COMMISSION ON 16 FEBRUARY THE CHINESE HANDED OVER THEIR MOST RECENT DRAFT OF THE ECA INCORPORATING, INSOFARAS THEY FELT.. IT POSSIBLE, THE AMENDMENTS AND UGGESTIONS IN YOUR TELS NO 122,
123 AND 129.
2. THE DRAFT (TEXT IN MIFT) LOOKS BROADLY SATISFACTORY TO US ALTHOUGH IT DIFFERS IN MINOR POINTS OF DETAIL DUE MAINLY, IN OUR VIEW, TO DIFFICULTIES OF LANGUAGE.
3.
ON ARTICLE 1 (THE TOTAL VALUE OF JOINT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO BE REACHED) HUANG DEYIN SPOKE ON EXACTLY THE SAME LINES AS DID WANG RUN-SHENG, ENIOR VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE, WHEN I CALLED ON HIM ON 8 DECEMBER (MY TELNO 899 OF 12 DECEMBER) AND
MOUND RESPONDED AS I DID ON THAT OCCASION. HE ADDED THAT IT
WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR HMG TO ACCEPT A FIGURE LOWER THAN THAT IN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE FRENCH. (THE INTERPRETER TRANSLATED DIFFICULT AS 'UNACCEPTABLE'’.)
4.
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MOUND AGAIN RAISED THE OFFER MADE IN PARAGRAPH 5 OF YOUR
ORIGINAL DRAFT AND EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS INTENDED TO COVER
ADVICE ON CHINESE TRADE WORLDWIDE. HUANG DEYIN SAID THAT THIS
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/ OFFER WAS
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