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CONCLUSION
10.
ROY'S GENERAL VIEW WAS THAT LORD'S CHARACTERISATION OF THE TALKS AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE AS '' SERIOUS, FRANK AND USEFUL'' WAS ACCURATE. THE CHINESE HAD BEEN GIVEN A CLEAR AND FULL ACCOUNT OF HOW THE ADMINISTRATION PLANNED TO HANDLE THE MFN ISSUE AND OF WAYS IN WHICH THE CHINESE COULD HELP WITH CONGRESS. THE CHINESE FOR THEIR PART HAD MADE NO PROMISES BUT THEY KNEW WHERE MATTERS STOOD. SUBSEQUENT CHINESE REACTIONS HAD BEEN MODERATELY ENCOURAGING. THERE HAD BEEN NO HEIGHTENING OF THE TONE OF CHINA'S RHETORIC AND IN CONVERSATIONS AROUND TOWN ROY AND HIS STAFF HAD FOUND AN INCREASING INTEREST IN THE CONCEPT OF CONDITIONALITY BY EXECUTIVE ORDER AND IN THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS WOULD BE DAMAGING TO US-CHINA TRADE.
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FED
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
INFO D
CONSULAR D
CRD
EASD/ODA//MR MOSSELMANS
EASD/ODA//MR MCCLEAN
ECD (E)
ECONOMIC ADVISERS
CFSP UNIT
ERD
HKD
HRPD
JOINT DIRECTORATE
NEWS D
PLANNERS
RAD
SAD
SEAD
PS
PS/BARONESS CHALKER
PS/MR GOODLAD
PS/PUS
MR LANKESTER MR APPLEYARD
CHIEF CLERK
SIR J COLES MR AINSCOW
MR ALSTON
SIR M BURTON
MR HUM
MR BONE
MR MANNING
MR MASEFIELD
MR MUIR
MR BEAMISH
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