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ASSESSING THE RESULTS OF KIMMITT'S VISIT. FITZWATER'S SUBSEQUENT REFERENCES TO CONDITIONALITY LOOK LIKE AN ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE THE CHINESE AND, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, CONGRESS, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION STILL HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT CHINESE BEHAVIOUR. THEY ALSO BEAR OUT KIMMITT'S VIEW COUR TELNO 1302) THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT WHOLLY EXCLUDED SOME FORM OF CONDITIONALITY, ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY PREFER THE CONDITIONS TO BE AS NON-BINDING AS POSSIBLE.

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