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of an attack by "conservatives" on "bourgeois liberalisation" either during the September plenum or at the Party Conference which preceded it appear plausible. The passage on "bourgeois liberalisation" in the Resolution issued by the plenum reads like a late addition to the text, and in making his own sharp attack on "bourgeois liberalisation" towards the end of the plenum, on 28 September, Deng may have been reacting to the views put forward by the "conservatives".

11. I attach:-

a.

b.

the list of participants in the seminar;

a list of Chinese leaders as at 31 March 1987 (which may of course need to be updated at the close of the current National People's Congress).

6 April 1987

CC

Mr McLaren o.a.

Mr Hum, HKD

Mr Ling, RD

Mr Clift, Hong Kong

(Please pass to Sir D Wilson)

Mr Thomson, Peking

Mr Ashton, Cabinet Office

(with enclosures)

Marfalle

KC Walker Asian Region

RD

OAB 2/125

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