"...Poloff conveyed ref A points on Burma and ref B information regarding latest USG sanctions October 23 to MFA Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Liang Jianjun and United Nations Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun. Liang had no substantive comment. Yao, while not formally responding to the demarche points, commented "personally" that the United States is adding too many conditions to the dialogue process. Both interlocutors promised to convey the points and information to their superiors..."