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1. I CALLED TODAY, AT HIS REQUEST, ON THE HEAD OF THE LEG BIVISION OF THE MFA'S WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT.

2. ZHOU ZIZHONG SAID THAT A MEETING IN NEW YORK BETWEEN WU XUEQIAN

AND THE TROIKA FOREIGN MINISTERS HAD BEEN FIXED FOR 24 SEPTEMBER.

THE CHINESE WELCOMED THIS. BUT WHEN THE HEAD OF THEIR WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT HAD VISITED THE HAGUE IN MARCH, THE DUTCH HAD

SAID THAT IN THEIR VIEW LAST YEAR'S MEETING BETWEENWE AND THE TROIKA

HAD NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY PREPARED. MOREOVER, IT HAD TAKEN PLACE IN A

ROOM WHICH WAS BOTH NOISY AND CROWDED. THE CHINESE AGREED WITH THIS

VIEW. DID WE?

3. I SAID THAT I HAD NOT SEEN SUCH AN OPINION EXPRESSED BUT I WAS

SURE THAT IF LAST YEAR'S ARRANGEMENTS WERE NOT SATISFACTORY, WE

WOULD BE ANXIOUS TO COOPERATE WITH THE CHINESE SIDE TO MAKE SURE

THEY WERE BETTER THIS YEAR. WHAT DID THE CHINESE HAVE IN MIND?

4. ZHOU SUGGESTED THAT THE TWO MISSIONS IN NEW YORK SHOULD CONSULT

WITH A VIEW TO CHOOSING A SUITABLE VENUE FOR A MEETING ON 24

SEPTEMBER. AS TO PREPARATION OF THE AGENDA, THE CHINESE FVOURED CONCENTRATION ON MAJOR INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN. ON

SPECIFICS THEY WERE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. I ASKED WHETHER HE COULD

TELL ME WHAT IDEAS THEY HAD DEVELOPED TO DATE. ZHOU SAID THAT HE COULD TELL ME INFORMALLY (THE PROPOSALS HAD NOT BEEN CLEARED BY WU) THAT THE CHINESE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS FOR

THE AGENDA:

(A) U S/SOVIET RELATIONS

(B) SINO/U S RELATIONS

(C) SINO SOVIET RELATIONS

(D) ASIAN REGIONAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING SOVIET POLICY IN THE AREA IN

THE LIGHT OF GORBACHEV'S VLADIVOSTOCK SPEECH.

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