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POI TEDLY REFER TO AS QUOTE RESURRECTION OF JPNSE MILITARISM
UNQUOTE) AND FEARS IT RAISED AMONG SMALLER E/ASIAN STATES. (B) DURING
PARL ADDRESS, ZHAO NOTED QUOTE SINCERE WISH UNQUOTE IN CHINA FOR
IMPROVEMENT IN SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS, BUT LAMENTED THAT MOSCO HAD SO
FAR EVADED DISCUSSING CHINAS THREE KEY ISSUES (SOVIET OCCUPATION OF
AFGHANISTAN, SUPPORT FOR SRVN IN CAMBODIA AND MILITARY FORCES ALONG
SINO-SOVIET AND SINO-MONGOLIAN BORDERS). HE CALLED FOR GREATER
EFFORTS BY BOTH/BOTH SIDES.(C) PARL ADDRESS ALSO FLAGGED PRC SUPPORT
FCR BETTER NORTH/SOUTH AND SOUTH/SOUTH COOPERATION, EXPRESSING
APPRECIATION FOR CDN POSITIONS ON SUCH QUESTIONS AND PROPOSING SINO-
CDN RELATIONS AS MODEL FOR LDC/DC ECONOMIC COOPERATION.(D)DURING
18JAN CALL ON PREMIER ZHAO, MIN LALONDE CONFIRMED CONTINUED CDN
SUPPORT FOR IDA VII REPLENISHMENT AT 12 BILLION DOLLAR LEVEL, BUT
ALSO INDICATED THAT OTHER COUNTRIES REMAINED OPPOSED.ZHAO URGED CDA
TO USE ITS INFLUENCE ESPECIALLY ON USA, WHICH CHINA VIEWED AS KEY TO
BREAKING 9 BILLION DOLLAR BLOCK, AND MIN REPLIED THAT CDA CERTAINLY
INTENDED TO CONTINUE PRESSING WSHDC ON THIS SCORE.
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