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YRTELNO 292 AND PEKING TELNO 439: OECD: JAPANESE PROPOSAL FOR

DIALOGUE WITH CHINA

1. WE NOTE THAT THE JAPANESE PROPOSAL IS FOR THE EVENTUAL/EVENTUAL ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OECD DIALOGUE WITH CHINA. CLEARLY IT WOULD NOT BE EASY FOR US TO SUPPORT A DIALOGUE IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE WHEN CHINA IS THREATENING TO DISCRIMINATE

AGAINST BRITISH TRADE.

2. IN DUE COURSE INCLUSION OF CHINA IN THE OECD/DAE DIALOGUE WOULD BE BETTER FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW THAN A SPECIAL CHANNEL. THE THREE CHINAS ALL PARTICIPATE IN APEC AND CHINA'S INCLUSION IN A DIALOGUE FORUM WITH OECD IN WHICH WE AND TAIWAN ARE PRESENT WOULD AGAIN EMPHASISE OUR EQUAL AND SEPARATE ECONOMIC STATUS.

3. WE IMAGINE THAT IT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO SORT OUT THE LIKELY NOMENCLATURE PROBLEM OVER TAIWAN, BUT THAT WOULD BE NO BAD THING FOR THE REASON GIVEN IN PARAGRAPH 1.

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