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surprises.
25. The foreign affairs section of Zhao's report contained no
The emphasis was on continued cooperation with the
Third World, with support expressed for numerous liberation
movements.
26. As far as the West was concerned, Zhao stated that relations
with the USA had made some progress but had not realised their
full potential. The Taiwan Relations Act and the USA's continued
arms sales to Taiwan contravened the communiques signed by the
two countries.
The only way for Sino-US relations to improve
was for the USA strictly to observe the terms of the communiques.
China set store by its relations with the USA but was not
prepared to tolerate infringement of sovereignty or interference
in her internal affairs. In a more friendly vein, Zhao announced
that China would expand and strengthen relations with Western
European countries. She supported their efforts to strengthen
their unity and appreciated the positive international role
they had played.
27. On Sino-Soviet relations, Zhao stated that it was in both
the Chinese and Soviet interest to work for normalisation. A
prerequisite for normalisation was however for the Soviet side
to remove "the real threat to China's security". Zhao also
called for complete and immediate Soviet and Vietnamese troop
withdrawals from Afghanistan and Cambodia.
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