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North Korea. The US idea of tripartite talks between the US, South Korea and North Korea was not accepted by North Korea. The latter had repeatedly stated that it had no intention of invading South Korea and that they did not pose a military threat to the South. At the time of the Kwangju incident North Korea stated it would not take advantage of the internal situation in South Korea to intervene there. This was still

North Korea's position.

9. Huang Hua said that North Korea had stated that US troops must withdraw and that the UN Commission must be dissolved

in effect it was already non-existent. Huang Hua added that

China had conveyed North Korea's ideas to the US and told them that the words of the North Koreans regarding security and the stability of the Korean peninsula were to be trusted. He

added that a US withdrawal from Korea would not affect the

strategic position of the US in South East Asia. The US had

proposed 'cross-recognition' ie, the US would recognise North

Korea and China South Korea. The Chinese Government did not

consider that this would help China in playing its role.

North/South Dialogue

10. Turning to the North/South Dialogue Huang Hua asked for

Lord Carrington's assessment of the situation, the prospects

for the conferences of Heads of State in Mexico in October and

the Foreign Ministers Conference in August. Lord Carrington

replied that the Mexico Summit should not get involved in

global negotiations but should set the pattern for global

negotiations later in the year. If the 24 could agree on a

general line at Mexico it would be of great use. In terms of benefit to the under-developed countries the only prospect of

achieving a realistic solution was a re-cycling of OPEC

surpluses and the adapting of multi-national institutions.

As to the latter, it would be a great mistake to call into question their responsibilities or to remove control of them from the donor countries. While OPEC should have a greater

Say in the IMF, IBRD etc,

the confidence of lenders would

be undermined if the institutions were controlled by representatives

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