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showed some official sympathy. Soviet penetration in the Pacific was a danger. The new Canadian Government was likely to be more open than its predecessor to the US line of argument. There were no liberal voters left on the West Coast. Mr Hadwen took my point (on the complexity and diversity of the Pacific) but thought the Basin topic worth discussion. I pointed to the NATO planning talks on the Far East and Pacific in late September.

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When I mentioned the value of ASEAN in this context

Mr Hadwen observed that Canada did far more trade with e.g. South Korea or India.

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