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PROJECTS WERE BEING RESUMED. BUT NO NEW AID PROJECTS WOULD BE UNDERTAKEN. BEFORE ANY FURTHER RELAXATION OF HER POLICIES JAPAN WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SITUATION IN CHINA AND INTERNATIONAL OPINION. MCLAREN EMPHASISED THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO SUGGESTION THAT WESTERN RELATIONS WITH CHINA WERE BEING QUOTE NORMALISED UNQUOTE: IT WAS NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL.

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