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Press, 5 October 1984, Page 6

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U.S. steel talks U.S. trade officials will begin talks later this month aimed at winning voluntary import limits on steel produced in Brazil, Japan, South Korea, and Spain. '“The first step is to talk about their subsidies and dumping and what kind of willingness there is to get rid of those practices or, if not, to agree to some type of voluntary restraint,” a trade official said. The bid for voluntary import limits was ordered by President Reagan on September 19 when he rejected a U.S. industry bid for mandatory quotas on imported steel. — Washington. Bank explosion An explosion ripped through a bank in Jakarta’s Chinatown yesterday. Shortly after the Gaja Mada branch of the Bank Central Asia opened for business. A guard said there had been casualties but was unable to give details immediately. — Jakarta. Lyons blasts Seven bombs exploded in central Lyons last evening

causing serious damage to the law courts, banks, and State owned companies and slightly injuring two people. The attack was thought to be the work of Corsican nationalists. — Lyons.

River search Police river patrol craft resumed a grim search of Hamburg harbour and the lower reaches of the river Elbe yesterday for the bodies of 12 people presumed dead after their birthday party launch sank. Seven bodies had already been recovered from the scene of the tragedy. — Hamburg.

Confucius secrets The records of the family of Confucius, kept private for 2400 years, will be made available to all Chinese and foreign scholars who wish to use them, the “China Daily” reports. The'State Archives Bureau has had 9100 volumes mounted and classified in Confucius’s birthplace at Qufu, in east China. They record the births, deaths, marriages, rituals, and business of his descendants, who are named Kong. After being proscribed by radical Leftists, Confucius has been rehabilitated as a great Chinese thinker. — Peking.