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WE SHARE YOUR VIEW THAT THE CHINESE ARE UNLIKELY TO BE CO-OPERATIVE ABOUT THIS IN THE JLG THE RATS WOULD PROBABLY GET AT IT AND THAT IF ZHANG (WASHINGTON) REALLY CANNOT HELP IT WOULD BE WORTH TRYING THE CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL DIALOGUE CHANNEL, EG A LETTER FROM YAM TO THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA OR STATE COUNCIL'S HONG KONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS OFFICE.

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HOWEVER EVEN THIS IS LIKELY TO STIR UP MORE INTEREST AND PERHAPS SUSPICION, SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST TO STICK TO THE ZHANG CHANNEL. UKDEL IMF/IBRD MAY BE ABLE TO RIDE HIM OFF THE JLG, EG BY REFERENCE TO THE AMOUNT OF WORK ALREADY ON ITS PLATE AND THE LIKELY DELAYS. AND OF COURSE THE JLG REPRESENTATIVES NEED INSTRUCTIONS TOO: HITHERTO ZHANG HAS SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THEM MORE RAPIDLY THAN AMBASADOR GUO FENGMIN.

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