1, AUSTRAIA L,
TRANSCRIPT PRESS CONFERENCE STATE GUEST HOUSE, PEKING 8 FEB, 84
TO PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFFICE, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA
E. AND O. E. PROOF ONLY.
P. M. LET ME SAY THAT I FOUND THE TALKS WITH PREMIER ZHAO AS I
EXPECTED EXTRAORDINARILY USEFUL AS I FOUND THEM IN4 CANBERRA. HE IS I
BELIEVE AN OUTSTANDING LEADER, ARTICULATE AND COMMUNICATIVE AND ONE
WITH WHOM IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE VERY USEFUL AND DIRECT INTER-CHANGE
OF THOUGHTS. TODAY'S SESSION COVERED IKTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND AS
YOU KNOW TOMORROW WE WILL BE GOING ON TO DISCUSS REGIONAL AND
BILATERAL MATTERS.
AT THE OUTSET I CONVEYED TO PREMIER BY WAY OF SETTING THE CONTEXT
THAT IF YOU LOOK AT AUSTRALIA'S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE LAST
DECADE, PROBABLY THE OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF IT HAS BEEN THE
TRANSLATION OF CHINA IN THAT RELATIONSHIP FRO'I A SYMBOLIC AND
DIVISIVE ISSUE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 70' S TO A POSITION IHERE CHINA
IS NOW A MAJOR PARTNER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE ECONOMIC AND TRADING SENSE
AND POLITICALLY A COUNTRY WITH WHOM WE SHARE A WIDE NUHBER OF COMMON
BASIC PERCEPTIONS.
IN THAT OPENING CONTEXT I TALKED WITH THE PREMIER ABOUT THE FACT THAT
SINCE WE LAST MET IN APRIL OF 1983, THE WORLD IS A LESS STABLE AND
SECURE PLACE AND THAT THE TENSIONS INVOLVED AND RIVALRY BETW. EEN THE
TWO SUPERPOWERS HAS INCREASED AND IS REFLECTED SADLY IN THE SUSPENSION
OF THE INF TAI.'( S AND IN REGARD TO START NO DATE HAVING BEEN
SET FOR THE RESUMPTION. AND I PUT TO THAT PREMIER THAT THIS WAS A
MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN TO AUSTRALIA BECAUSE AS CENTRAL TO OUR POSITION
IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IS OUR PURSUIT OF THE ISSUE OF ARMS
CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT.
I SPENT A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME ON THIS ISSUE AND SAID THAT OUR
CONCERNS WERE IN THE ARE OF NUCLEAR TESTING AND NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION.
MAY I* SAY ON THE QUESTION OF NUCLEAR TESTING I
CONVEYED TO THE PREMIER OUR STRONG HOPE THAI CHINA WHICH HAS NUN NOT
TESTED IN THE ATMOSPHERE SINCE THE LATTER PART OF 1980 WOULD NOT
RESUME ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTING.
IN THE AREA OF NON-PROLIFERATION I PUT THE VIEW TO THE PREhIER THAT
WHILE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY HAD SOME DIFFERENCES WITH US ON THE
QUESTION OF TIHE NPT, THERE WERE CERTAIN BASIC ISSUES THAT I WANTED TO
BE. AND THAT WAS THAT WE UNDERSTOOD AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE LOGICAL
BASIS OF THE EMERGENCE OF THE NPT WS, IF YOU LIKE, TIHE BARGGAIN
CONCEPT THAT ON THE BASIS OF THE TWO SUPERPOWERS NOT ENGAGING IN
VERTICAL PROLIFERATION THERE WOULD BE AN ACCEPTANCE ON THE PART OF
THE OTHER NATIONS OF THE WORLD THAT THEY SHOULD NOT THEMSELVES BECOME
INVOLVED IN THE NON-PEACEFUL USE OF ACQUISITION OF NUCLEAR CAPACITY.
HAVING SAID THAT THAr JF COURSE WAS THE CONCEPTUAL LOGICAL BASIS OF
THE NPT, I PUT TO THE PREMIER THAT THE FACT THAT, IF YOU LIKE, THE
BARGAIN HAD N01 BEEH ADIERED TO BY THE TWNO SUPERPOWERS AND THAT
ATHEREIN LAY A GREAT RISK TO THE WORLD A POSSIBLE OUTBREAK OF
HOSTILITIES. AND THAT DID NOT OF ITSELF CON'STITUTE ANY REASON
LOGICALLY OR ON ANY OTHER GROUNDS FOR NOT BEING CONCERNED WITH THE
HORIZONTAL RISK. AND I PU T TO HIM BOTH IN OPENING A'ND IN LATER
STAGES THAT WE HAVE A PERCEPTION THAT IN THE YEARS AHEAD THE RISK TO
THE WOPLD, POTENTIAL RISK TO THE WORLD, OF THE ACQUISITION AND POTENT
-IAL USE OF BELIGERE14T NUCLEAR CAPACITY IS SOMETHING OF GREAT CONCERN
TO US.
THIS DISCUSSION OCCUPIED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME IN MY EXPOSITION
AND THE PREMIER'S RESPONSE AND LATER A REJOINDER OF MINE. BUT I
THIN4K IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY, AS I PUT TO THE PREMIER THAT WE
WELCOME THE SIGNS EVIDENT IN RECENT TIME IN4CLUJDING PARTICULARLY
OBSERVATIONS MADE BY THE PREMIER IN WASHINGTON AND REPEATED AGAIN TN
DISCUSSIONS WITH ME, SIGNS OF AN INCREASING DEGREE OF CONVERGENCE OF
CONCERN BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES ON THESE ISSUES. AND INDEElP WE' YE
WELCOMED THE VERY RECENT INDICATIONS WE'VE RECEIVED, JUST WITHIN THE
LAST 48 HOURS FROM THE CHINESE DELEGATION ON THE COMMITTEE ON
DISARMAMENT OF THEIR DESIRE TO CD-OPERATE CLOSELY WITH US IN THAT
PARTICULAR FORUM.
I WON'T GO INTO ANY MORE DETAILS ON THAT BUT I WANT TO) MAR E THE
BASIC POINTS TO YOU. FIRSTLY, THAT TH4E QUESTION OF ARMS CONTROL AND
DISARMAMENT, PARTICULARLY IN THE NUCLEAR FIELD OF COURSE, OCCUPIED A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF OUR TIME.
AND SECONDLY, THAT WHILE THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN4 US IN THE
MECHANICS, IF YOU LIKE, IN THE APPROACH PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO THE
NPT WHICH AS YOU KNOW CHINA HAS NOT ADHERED TO NEVERTHELESS WE
WELCOME THE CONVERGENCY OF OBJECTIVES AND THE INCREASING SIGNS OF A
CAPACITY FOR CO-OPERATION BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIE: S IN THIS AREA.
FROM THOSE BROAD ISSUES I WENT TO A NUMBER OF PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF
T14E INTERNATIONAL SCENE.-I WELCOMED THlE STRENGTHENING OF RELATIONS
BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES REFLECTED IN THE RECENT AVERY
SUCCESSFUL VISIT OF THE PREMIER TO THE UNITED STATES. AND W4E WERE
GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PLAY SOME PART FOLLOWING OUR
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PREMIER LAST YEAR IN CONVEYING CERTAIN CONCERNS
OF THE CHINESE TO THE UNITED STATES. IN TURN THE PREMIER EXPRESSED
GRATIFICATION TO US FOR THAT.
IN THE AREA OF NORTH EAST ASIA WE EXPRESSED TODAY OUR CON4CERN THAT I
HAVE EXPRESSED IN AUSTRALIA AND EARLIER ON IN THIS VISIT ON THE
EXTENSION OF SOVIET OFFENSIVE CAPACITY WITHIN TH4E REGION AND TARGETT
ED ON THE REGION. AND I EXPRESSED AGAIN OtJR CONCERN THAT THE
DISCUSSIONS IN EUROPE IF AND WHEN THEY RESUME IN THE INF AREA WOULD
NOT IN ANY SENSE B3E SATISFACTORY IF THE SOVIET DEPLOYMENT W-ERE TO BE
CHANGED FROM TARGEITIN4G ON EUROPE TO THIS REGION. IT W4AS IN THIS
CONTEXT OF TALKING ABOUT THE ADDED TENSION IN THE REGION OF NORTH
EAST ASIA THAT I WENT TO THlE QUESTION OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA. I
EXPRESSED OUR CONCERN 10 THE PREMIER TH1AT THIS REMAINED A POTENTIAL
TROUBLE POINT FOR WORLD PEACE. I PUT TO HIM THE REALITIES, THE
UNAVOIDABLE REALITIES, THAT THERE ARE TWO GOVERNMENTS, TWO DISTINCT
ENI ITIES ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA THAT HAS TO BE RECOGNISED, ANBM
THAT THE ESSENCE OF GETTING A RESOLUTION OF THIS POTENTIAL CONFLICT
IS THE NECESSITY FOR DIRECT DIALOGUE BETWEEN THOSE TWO ENTITIES. I
EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT THE CONCEPT OF TRIPARTITE TALKS ADVANCED
RECENTLY BY THE DPRK WAS NOT, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, ACCEPTABLE TO THE
REPUBLIC OF KOREA. AND I EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT COUNTRIES OF THE
WORLD LIKE CHINA AND AUSTRALIA, EACH IN THEIR WAYS WITH CONTACTS WITH
ON THE ONE HAND THE DPRK AND OURSELVES WITH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA,
THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO PLAY SOME PART IN PRODUCING A SITUATION,
WHETHER IT BE IN A QUADRIPARTITE OR EVEN IN A LARGER FRAMEWORK, WHERE
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES COULD TAKE PLACE I CAN SAY THAT
THERE WAS AGREEMENT, A CONGENIAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN US OF THE
POTENTIAL DANGER AND OF THE NEED TO SECURE A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF
THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THOSE TWO COUNTRIES.
I DID RAISE WITH THE PREMIER THE QUESTION OF NAMIBIA AND I DID THIS
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WHEN HE'D BEEN TO AUSTRALIA HE HAD RAISED THE
ISSUE WITH ME. I WAS ABLE TO REPORT TO THE PREMIER THE VERY USEFUL
DISCUSSIONS I'D WITH SAM NJOMO, THE LEADER OF HAPO, WHEN I WAS IN
DELHI AND INDICATED TO THE PREMIER OUR V!-W THAT THE QUESTION OF
LINKAGE WAS NOT WE BELIEVE SOMETHING THAT WAS PRODUCTIVELY CAPABLE OF
BEING PURSUED THAT THERE WAS A NEED, WE BELIEVE, FOR DIRECT TALKS
WITH THE FRONT LINE STATES AND INDEED DIALOGUE WITH SHAPO. THAT I
HAD FOLLOWING MY TALKS WITH NJOMO AND MY CONVICTION OUT OF THOSE
TALKS THAT THERE WOULD BE NO INTENTION ON THE PART OF A FREE NAMIBIA
TO BE A SITE FOR SOVIET BASES, OR THERE WOULD NOT BE AN'UNWELCOMING
ATTITUDE TO FODEIGN INVESTMENT. THAT HAVING RECEIVED THOSE
ASSURANCES FROM HIM I CONVEYED THOSE VIEWS TO THE UNITED STATES AND
THAT I HOPED THAT THERE COULD BE FOLLOWING THOSE EVENTS SOME
LOOSENING UP OF THE SITUATION IN THAT AREA.
I INDICATED TO THE PREMIER THAT IN FACT THERE DID SEEM TO BE SOME
SLIGHT EVIDENCE OF MOVING TO THAT DIRECTION WHICH WE WELCOMED. AND
THE PREMIER EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THAT AREA
AND HIS FEELINGS OF WHAT WAS OCCURRING.
WITHOUT THE MATTER BEING DEVELOPED IN ANY WAY I SIMPLY INDICATED TO
THE PREMIER ALSO THAT WE STILL REGARDED THE MIDDLE EAST AS THEY DID
AS AN AREA OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT TO ALL THE REST OF THE WORLD AND
INDICATED OUR GREAT CONCERN WITH THE INCREASING TRAGEDY OF LEBANON.
WE DID NOT PURSUE THAT I MERELY INDICATED THAT IF WE WERE, AS HE'D
ASKED ME TO GIVE A CONSPECTUS OF OUR VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SITUATION, I OBVIOUSLY HAD TO REFER TO THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T PURSUE THE
DISCUSSION FURTHER.
FINALLY, I INDICATED TO HIM THAT IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT IF ONE WAS
TALKING ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION YOU COULDN'T JUST REFER TO
THE POLITICS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. ONE HAD TO REFER TO
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC PROBLEMS THAT HAD BEEN PERLEXING AND BEDEVILLING
THE WORLD IN RECENT YEARS. I INDICATED TO HIM THAT IT WAS
PROBABLY APPROPRIATE THAT WE PICK LIP AN ISSUE AND THE INITIATIVES
THAT WE HAD BEEN TAKING IN REGARD TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE LIBERALISATION
AND A REGIONAL APPROACH TO THAT. TOMORROW WE HAVE AGREED THAT
WE WILL DO THAT.
WELL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN4 THOSE ARE THE ISSUES THE SORTS OF TH4INGS
THAT I PUTP SOME BROA-D IN4DICATION OF THE PEESPONSES OF THE PREMIER. I
1WOULD REPEAT AGAIN THAT IT WAS A DIALOGUE BETWIEEN TWO VERY FRIENDLY
NATIONS AND I REPEAT THAT AT THE EN0 OF 1141 THREE HOURS I HAD WITH
PREMIER ZHAO I AM EVEN MORE ST RENGTHENED AND CONFIRMED IN MY VIEW
THAT YOU KNOW I'VE EXPRESSED TO YOU BEFORE, THAT AUSTRALIA INDEED
DOES HAVE EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF
CHINA, THAT IT IS A RELATIONSHIP OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO US
BILATERALLY, TO EACH OF US, AND IMPORTANTLY WE DO S1HARE COMMON
PERCEPTIONS IN REGARD TO I THINK THE HOST IMPORTANT ISSUES OF CONCERN
IN THE WORLD TODAY. WHERE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES THAT DO EXIST, THERE
ARE AGREED POINTS OF DEPARTURE AND COMMON OBJECTIVES BETWEEN US.
JOURNALIST: HOW DID PREMIER ZHAO REACT WHEN YOU EXPRESSED..
P. M. THERE WAS NO0 SPECIFIC RESPONSE TO THAT BUT I MAY SAY THAT HE
RECEIVED THE OBSERVATION CONGENIALLY. WE GOT NO PROMISES OR INDICATIONS,
I SUPPOSE IT WAS A BIT TOO MUCH TO EXPECT THAT YOU WOULD H4AVE
GOT SPECIFIC INDICATIONS. BUT ALL-I CAN SAY IS THAT I PUT OUR
CONCERN STRONGL. Y TO THE PRESIDENT.
JOURNALIST: PRIME MINISTER, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON KAMPUCHEA?
P. M. NO, WE DELIBERATELY DID NOT GO TO THAT TODAY. THAT WILL BE
A MATTER TO BE EMBRACED WITHIN REGIONAL ISSUES TFOMORROW.
JOURNALIST: WHAT WAS HIS RESPONSE TO YOUR CONVEYANCE TO HIM OF THE
ROK ' S REQUEST FOR WARMER RELATIONS ' WITH THE CHINESE..
WELL, LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR YOU REFER TO MY CONVEYING OF
THEIR REQUEST. THE WAY IN WHICH THIS OCCURRED WAS THAT I EXPRESSED
OUR CONCERN, AUSTRALIA'S CONCERN, ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A WIDER
CONFLICT AND ARISING OUT OF THE DIFFEREN4CES BETW-EEN4 THE TWO1 GOVERNMENTS
ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA, AND IN THAT CONTEXT I INDICATED THAT I
BELIEVED THAT ONE OF TH4E OPTIMISTIC FEATURES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN THE WAY IN WHICH CHINA HAD OPENED
UP ITS RELATIONS WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD IN GENERAL, AND PERHAPS
MOST PARTICULARLY WITH THE UNITED STATES. AND I EXPRESSED THE
HOPE THAT AGAINST THE SITUATION WHERE CURRENTFLY THEY DID NOT HAVE
FORMAL RELATIONS WITH THE P0K THAT THEY WOULD SEE THEIR W4AY CLEAR TO
DO THAT. AND IN THAT CONTEXT I WAS ABLE TO SAY TO THEM THAT IT HAS
CLEARLY THE WISH OF THE ROK THAT THAT SHOULD HAPPEN. NOW THE PREMIER
KEENLY OBSERVED WHAT I HAD TO SAY ON THAT IT WAS CLEARLY A MATTER
OF INTEREST TO HIM. AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT TIME W4ILL TELL WHAT
THE RESPONSE WILL BE.
JOURNALIST: DID YOU MAKE ABOUT ALL NATIONS SIGNING THE NPT..
P. M1. : THE WAY I PUT IT WAS THAT TO USE THE LANGUAGE OF OUR AMERICAN
FRIENDS, THE NPT IS THE ON4LY GAME IN TOWN. AND THAT WE THOUGHT IT
APPROPRIATE THAT THAT BEING THE ONLY AVENUE IN THE FORMAL SENSE, THAT
IT SHOULD BE PURSUED AND THAT HE INTEND TO PURSUE IT. AND
PARTICULARLY I EXPRESSED THE H4OPE THAT WHILE CHINA, BECAUSE IT AT
THI1S STAGE REGARDED THE NPT AS SOMEWHAT DISCRIMINATORY AND IT HAD NOT
ITSELF B3ECOME AN ADHERENT SIGNATORY, NEVERTHELESS I EXPRESSED THE
HOPE THAT IT WOULD NOT IN ANY WAY GIVE SUPP~ ORT TO THE NPT ADVERSARY
STATES THAT ONE CAN IDENTIFY IN THE W4ORLD TODAY.
JOURNALIST: PRIME MINI4STER DO YOU HAVE ANY RFACTION TO THL EVENTS
IN THE LEBANON IN THE LAST 24 HOURS OR 48 HOURS.
YES, YOU KNOW THAT I'VE EXPRESSED IN THE PARLIAMENT AND ELSEWHERE
A SENSE OF GREAT TRAGEDY ABOUT THE LEBANON. I'VE DONE THAT FOR
SOME CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME NOW AND EXPRESSED SOME SENSE 3F
PESSIMISM. AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT THE RECENT EVENTS CLEARIY
CONFIRM THOSE VIEWS THAT I'VE EXPRESSED BEFORE. THERE IS LITTLE THAT
AUSTRALIA CAN DO TO ALTER THE COURSE OF EVENTS. I WOULD SIMPLY ON
BEHALF OF AUSTRALIA EXPRESS THE PLEA TO EVERYONE CONCERNED, THAT IS
THE COUNTRIES BORDERING LEBANON AND THE FACTIONS WITHIN LEBANON
ITSELF, THAT THEY SHOULD BE CONSCIOUS OF THE HORRENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE
THAT HAS BEEN SUFFERED IN THAT COUNTRY PARTICULARLY SINCE ' 75. AND
ISSUE A PLEA TO ALL NATIONS AND THE FACTIONS CONCERNED TO TRY AND
FIND A WAY TO A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS IN THAT TRAGICALLY
SCARRED COUNTRY.
JOURNALIST: DO YOU BELIEVE THE AMERICAN TROOPS SHOULD STAY THERE?
I'M NOT HERE TO PUBLICLY ADVISED THE UNITED STATES ON ITS
POLICY IN REGARD TO THE LEBANON.
JOURNALIST: AUSTRALIAN DIPLOMATS ARE CLEARLY IN SOME DANGER THERE.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER WITHDRAWING THEM.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S A MATTER WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER
CONSIDERATION IN OUR APPROPRIATE QUARTERS. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS
ADVANCED BY ME GOING BEYOND T;' AT. IT IS A MATTER WHICH IS UNDER
CONSIDERATION. JOURNALIST: DO YOU KNOW OF THEIR SAFETY, PRIME MINISTER?
P. M. ALL I'VE BEEN TOLD THIS MORNING, YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT
WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR AND THEN GOING INTO THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
PREMIER, THAT WHAT WAS CONVEYED TO ME WAS THAT WHEN THE SHELL WENT
INTO THE CHANCERY, NO-ONE WAS INJURED. SO I HAVEN'T BEEN INFORMED OF
ANY CASUALTY AND, AS I SAY, INDICATIONS ARE TO ME THAT CONSIDERATION
IS BEING GIVEN TO THE APPROPRIATE STEPS THAT NEED TO DE TAKEN TO
ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR PERSONNEL.
JOURNALIST: JUST GOIN'. BACK TO THIS DISARMAMENT QUESTION. WAS THERE
ANY DISCUSSION OF PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU'S INITATIVE.
P. M. YES IS DID RECEIVE REFERENCE. THE PREMIER REFERRED TO THE
FACT THAT PIERRE HAD COME HERE IN NOVEMBER OF THE LATTER PART OF THE
CHOGM MEETING. THE PREMIER INDICATED WITH REFERENCE TO THAT
INITIATIVE THE BASIC POSITION OF CHINA WHICH IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE
AS A FIRST STEP ACTION BY THE TWO SUPERPOWERS TO REDUCE TO STOP ANY
FURTHER TESTING OR INCREASED SOPHISTICATION OF ON ADDITION TO THE
STOCKPILE OF THE SUPERPOIERS AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE A MOVE
IMMEDIATELY BY THE SUPERPOWERS TO A 50 PERCENT REDUCTION OF THEIR
ARSENALS. AND THEN IN THAT CONTEXT A CONFERENCE OF ALL THE POWERS
CONCERNED. AND CLEARLY IHAT APPROACH OF THE CHINESE IS NOT CONSISTENT
WITH THE TRUDEAU APPROACH WHICH CALLS FOR THE IMMEDIATE
CONFERENCE OF THE FIVE NUCLEAR POWERS.
JOURNALIST: AND TOMORROW, WHAT WILL YOU BE COVERING TRADE?
P. M. WE'LL BE REVIEWING THE ECONOMIC, TRADING AND CULTURAL AHD
OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS, TO SEE JUST WIHAT HAS
BEEN ACHIEVED SINCE OUR MEETING IN APRIL. AND THERE HAS BEEN VERY
CONSIDERABLE ACHIEVEMENT AND THEN THERE ARE CERTAIN SPECIFIC PROPOSALS
FOR STRENGTHENING RELATIONS. AND I'LL MEET WITH YOU AFTER THE
SESSION TOMORROW AND TELL YOU.