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YOUR TELNO.377:

VISIT BY HU YAOBANG.

1. WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE MFA THAT THE ADVANCE PARTY FOR HU'S VISIT, WHICH IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN LONDON ON 7 MAY, WILL BE BRINGING WITH THEM SHEET MUSIC OF CHINESE MILITARY MUSIC. THIS CAN BE COLLECTED

FROM THE CHINESE EMBASSY. WE REGRET THAT A CASSETTE IS UNAVAIL-

ABLE.

2. YOUR PARAGRAPH 6: FOR BACKGROUND BRIEFING WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING

RECOMMENDATIONS. CHAPTERS 3-8 OF CHINESE SOCIALIST ECONOMY BY

XUE MUQIAO (PUBLISHED BY FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRESS PEKING IN 1981).,

AN ARTICLE BY FEN BAOXING ON ''A FRESH UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIALIST OWNERSHIP BY THE WHOLE PEOPLE'' (THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN GUANGMING

DAILY. THE TEXT WAS CARRIED IN SWB ON 16 OCTOBER 1985)., ALSO, YUAN MU ON A TALK ON THE THEORETICAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE REFORM

OF CHINA'S ECONOMIC STRUCTURE THOUGHT ON RE-READING THE DECISION

OF THE THIRD PLENARY SESSION OF THE TWELTH CCP CENTRAL COMMITTEE'' (PUBLISHED IN LIAO WANG AND REPORTED IN SWB ON 28 FEBRUARY 1986). CLARK WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST FURTHER IF NECESSARY AFTER HIS RETURN

TO RESEARCH DEPARTMENT ON 12 MAY.

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3. WE ARE TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY WITH PERSONAL DETAILS OF HU YAOBANG (YOUR PARAGRAPH 5 REFERS).

EVANS

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HKD

CRD

PROTOCOL D

NEWS D.

INFO D

PLANNING STAFF MR WILSON

SIR W HARD ING

COPIES TO:- SIR P CRADOCK MR WATT GHF MR CRUICKSHANK MR P MCLEAN

NO 10 DOWNING ST.

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VICTORIA ST.

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