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AMERICANS WERE PREPARED TO TALK TO THE NORTH KOREANS, BUT ONLY ABOUT NUCLEAR ISSUES. ROY ADDED THAT CONSIDERATION WAS BEING GIVEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF TALKING TO THE NORTH KOREANS IN NEW YORK IN ADDITION TO THE CONTACTS MAINTAINED IN PEKING.
(D) MIDDLE EAST. THE AMERICANS RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF CHINESE PARTICIPATION IN THE THIRD PHASE OF THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFERENCE. THE CHINESE SAID THAT THEY WOULD SHORTLY BE RECEIVING A VISIT FROM AN ISRAELI VICE-FOREIGN MINISTER (NOT PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE) AND WOULD CONSIDER THEIR POSITION AFTER THAT.
(E) MONGOLIA. THE AMERICANS MENTIONED THE MONGOLIAN NEED FOR ACCESS TO THE SEA THROUGH CHINA AND FOR CHINESE COOPERATION MORE GENERALLY. THE CHINESE RESPONDED POSITIVELY.
(F) INDO-CHINA. IN A BRIEF EXCHANGE, BAKER COMMENTED THAT THE U S HAD UPGRADED ITS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH LAOS AND SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SNC. HE SOUGHT CHINESE HELP IN GETTING THE KHMER ROUGE TO COOPERATE IN CARRYING OUT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS AND ASKED ABOUT THE POSITION OF POL POT. QIAN SAID THAT POL POT WOULD NOT BE GOING TO CHINA: HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT GO TO THAILAND. BAKER NOTED THAT THE THAIS DID NOT WANT POL POT.
(G) IRAN. IN RESPONSE TO BAKER'S QUESTIONS, THE CHINESE SAID THAT THEY HAD A VERY SMALL PROGRAMME IN IRAN. IT WAS UNDER FULL IAEA SAFEGUARDS AND ALL EXPORTS HAD IN FACT TAKEN PLACE THROUGH THE IAEA. THE CHINESE SAW NO REASON TO TERMINATE THEIR ASSISTANCE.
(H) ALGERIA. QIAN PRESSED FOR THE APPLICATION OF IAEA SAFEGUARDS BEFORE THE ALGERIAN REACTOR BECAME OPERATIONAL. QIAN SAID THAT THE CHINESE HAD ALREADY PRESSED THE ALGERIANS TO ALLOW INSPECTION AND THAT ALGERIA HAD AGREED TO APPLY IAEA SAFEGUARDS.
(I) HONG KONG. BAKER EXPRESSED THE AMERICAN WISH FOR A STABLE AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR HONG KONG. HE SAID HE HAD BEEN HEARTENED BY THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA ON THE NEW AIRPORT AND EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN HONG
KONG. THE CHINESE MADE NO RESPONSE.
OTHER BILATERAL ISSUES.
16. THESE INCLUDED:
(1) THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER COOPERATION ON DRUGS.
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