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OFFER WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND HE DID NOT WISH US TO THINK OTHERWISE, THE CHINESE INTENDED TO TAKE UP OUR OFFER. HE NEVER- THELESS THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER LEFT SEPARAT FROM THE AGREEMENT AND SHOULD BE DISCUSSED BY THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE AND ITS COUNTERPART (DOT) IN LONDON.
5.
ON ARTICLE 7 THE CHINESE STRESSED THAT THEY DID NOT (REPEAT NOT) WISH TO INCLUDE A TERMINATION CLAUSE.
6. IF WE ARE TO HAVE BROADLY AGREED DRAFTS IN BOTH LANGUAGES
READY BEFORE MR VARLEY ARRIVES WE SHALL NEED ANY FINAL COMMENTS
YOU MAY HAVE BY 198900Z.
7. SEE MÏFT.
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