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the same policies as will satisfy Britain.
9.
Now a word about China. Hong Kong is acutely aware of what
Hong Kong has a unique talent for playing
goes on in China.
a role that offers benefit to all and harm to none.
10.
For my part I welcome unreservedly the seating of the
People's Republic of China in the United Nations.
The United
Kingdom was the first western Government to recognise it, and we have for long believed that the facts of international life required that she should take her rightful place in the Security
Council and the Assembly.
The major obstacle has been the
emnity between the American Government and that in Peking
and I applaud equally President Nixon's bold initiative to end
it and the wisdom of the Chinese People's Government in
accepting it.
11.
Let me say that these developments are not related in any
On the contrary you way to the status or future of Hong Kong.
have every reason to be thankful for the ending of an injustice and anomaly which was a major source of friction and misundersta
in the world, and in particular in this area.
12. I would like to say how glad I am that Sino-British
relations have steadily improved in recent years, and that they
are now once more on a correct and satisfactory footing.
Both countries have much to offer each other in trade and
culture. I am sure that you will all join with me in wishing
Mr Addis, our new Chargé d'Affaires, every success in his missi
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