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YRTELNO 292 AND PEKING TELNO 439: OECD: JAPANESE PROPOSAL FOR DIALOGUE WITH CHINA
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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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