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(D) SECRETARY OF STATE'S POSSIBLE MEETING WITH WU DURING HER MAJESTY'S VISHT TO CHINA IN OCTOBER. WE WOULD HOPE TO CARRY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON CONVERGENCE''.

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(E) MY VISIT TO PEKING FOR THE OPENING OF THE TDC OFFICE IN EARLY DECEMBER. THE SCENARIO FOR THIS WILL DEPEND VERY MUCH ON

DEVELOPMENTS AT (C) AND (D) ABOVE.

3. AS NOTED IN PARA 2(A) ABOVE, WE CONSIDER THAT THE MEETHING WITH ZHOU PROVIDES A USEFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR MR. RENTON TO GO OVER ONCE MORE THE GROUND COVERED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN HIS MEETHING WITH WU. THIS WILL SUFFICE F ZHOU HAS NO RESPONSE TO CONVEY. HE DOES GIVE A PRELIMINARY REACTION TO THE PAPERS, MR. RENTON WILL WISH TO NOTE HT CAREFULLY BUT WILL PROBABLY NOT BE ABLE TO RESPOND SUBSTANTIVELY. IF ZHOU ARGUES FOR THE SUBJECT TO BE DISCUSSED AT JLG HV, WE AGREE THAT THIS SHOULD BE REBUTTED. THE APPROACH IN PARA. 2 OF YOUR SECOND TUR SEEMS AN ADMIRABLE WAY OF DOING THIS.

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4. HIIT #MS NOT, MINCIDENTALLY, CLEAR TO US WHY YOU TAKE THE VIEW YOU DO MN THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARA. 2 OF YOUR FIRST TUR. THE SOURCE OF THE SUGGESTION WAS MASS TAM, WHO IS AN CLOSE DIRECT TOUCH WITH BOTH THE COMMITTEES AND THE CHINESE ON THESE MATTERS.

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