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May I conclude by underlining what we see as the need for compatibility in our overall objectives and therefore in the means of achieving them. It clearly makes little sense to treat the Chinese as a hostile threat in some areas, if at the same time we are striving to strengthen them in other areas and are urging more of them to come here and live among us. We hope that we can agree to replace any object- ives that may be cutting across each other with the mutually
The reinforcing strands of a coherent overall strategy. State Visit, after all, set the seal on a relationship between Britain and China where our common interests and the wish to further them have replaced earlier suspicions and mutual hostility.
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Thorold Masefield
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R Fellowes Esq Buckingham Palace W Davies Esq Sec (0) (C) MOD
C Dolphin Esq Home Office
RC Samuel Esq ODA
Mr Gillmore
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