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SUPPORT FOR ASEAN AND COALITION GOVT.BUT EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT
KHMER ROUGE(WHICH DID NOT/NOT ENJOY CDN SUPPORT)MIGHT TAKE OVER CG
AFTER VIETNAMESE PULLOUT.ZHAO REPLIED BY CONFIRMING CHINESE
SUPPORT FOR POST-PULLOUT FREE ELECTIONS; THIS WOULD FOLLOW INNATL
CONF(WHICH PRC WOULD ATTEND) TO DRAFT GUARANTEES OF NON/NON-
INTERVENTION IN CAMBODIA ON PART OF ALL MAJOR REGIONAL PLAYERS.
CHINA,ZHAO WENT ON, WOULD ACTUALLY PREFER SIHANOUK TO KR AS LONG-TERM
AULER OF CAMBODIA, BUT HAD TO SUPPORT KR FOR NOW AS ONLY VIABLE
MILITARY OPPOSITION TO SRVN.PM AND ZHAO AGREED THAT SOME ASEAN
MEMBERS STILL FEARED CHINAS LONG TERM GOALS IN SE ASIA;ZHAO
IDENTIFIED INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA IN PARTICULAR.PM ASSURED ZHAO ON
BAS IS RECENT MAHATHIR VISIT THAT MALAYSIANS WERE NOT/NOT TOO DEFPLY
SUSPICIOUS, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE UNEASY ABOUT CONTINUED PRC CONTACTS
WITH MALAYSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY(MCP).ZHAO REPLIED THAT EVEN THIS WAS
EXAGGERATED, SINCE ONLY PRC CONTACT WAS WITH RETIRED MCP LEADERS IN
PEKIN, THERE BEING NO/NO PARTY-TO-PARTY RELATIONS WITH ACTIVE
GUERILLA FORCE; HE SUGGESTED THAT MALAYSIAN FEARS WERE BASED SIMPLY
UERI
ON FACT THAT MOST MCP MEMBERS WERE ETHNIC CHINESE.
8.OTHER INNATL TOPICS. (A)PM AND ZHAO ALSO TOUCHED ON QUESTION OF
INCREASING JPNSE MILITARY SPENDING AND CAPABILITIES.ZHAOS EXPOSITION
WAS ALONG STANDARD LINES:SUPPORT FOR LEGITIMATE SELF-DEFENCE ROLE,
ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF GROWING SOVIET REGIONAL PRESENCE, COMBINED
WITH CONCERN OVER SOCIO-CULTURAL BASIS OF MOVEMENT (WHICH CHINESE
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