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AS FORESHADOWED IN THE SECOND TUR, DAVID EDWARDS CALLED ON ME YESTERDAY TO DISCUSS FURTHER ACTION THAT WE MIGHT TAKE IN VIENNA. I SAID THAT IT WOULD BE MOST UNUSUAL, IF NOT UNPRECEDENTED, TO RAISE A BILATERAL ISSUE BETWEEN TWO MEMBERS AT A BOARD SESSION. IT WOULD BE A POOR EXAMPLE TO OTHERS AND WOULD BE SEEN AS A DEPARTURE FROM THE PREDOMINANTLY TECHNICAL NATURE OF MOST BOARD DISCUSSIONS.
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WE THEREFORE AGREED THAT A MORE FRUITFUL APPROACH WOULD BE FOR ME TO RAISE THE QUESTION PRIVATELY WITH THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL IN THE HOPE THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE A WORD WITH THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR HIMSELF. PROVIDING YOU HAVE NO OBJECTION, I WOULD PROPOSE TO DO THIS AFTER EASTER. IN VIEW OF THE DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS WE ARE ABOUT TO HAVE WITH CHINA OVER THE DPRK'S INTENTION TO ABANDON THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, IT WOULD BE WISE TO LET THE DUST SETTLE FIRST.
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