WILL BE WONDERING WHETHER HONGKONG CAME UP IN MY TALKS IN
PEKING STOP PERHAPS EYE MAY ANTICIPATE YOUR QUESTIONS BY SAYING
DISCU
STATUS OF HONGKONG WAS NOT DISCUSSED AT THE TALKS STOP
THE TALKS WERE OF COURSE CONFIDENTIAL AND
YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT ME TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THEM IN
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ANY DETAIL STOP ALL EYE CAN SAY THAT ONE OR
TWO MATTERS RELATING TO HONGKONG DID COME UP DASH FOR EXAMPLE
POSSIBILITY OF IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH CHINA WAS
DISCUSSED PARA QUOTE THE VISIT HAS TAKEN PLACE AT THE OPENING
OF AN IMPORTANT NEW CHAPTER IN RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND
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EYE HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN HONOURED AND PRIVILEGED TO BE PRESENT
ON AYE SERIES OF FIRSTS COLON
THE FIRST AMBASSADOR TO THE CHINESE PEOPLES REPUBLIC MISTER
JOHN ADDIS IS OF COURSE NOW IN
PEKING STOP MINE WAS THE FIRST INVITATION TO AYE BRITISH FOREIGN
OFFICE MINISTER TO VISIT THE CHINESE PEOPLES
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