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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 178 OF 21/3
China's
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The status quo.____
INFO WASHINGTON TOKYO MOSCOW HONG KONG DJAKARTA SAVING TO ( FOR INFO) KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK MANILA SEQUI. ULAN BATOR,
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2012
DINNER WITH CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER
1. THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER, HUANG HUA, CAME TO DINNER AT THE EMBASSY ON 18 MARCH TO CELEBRATE THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY ON THE RAISING OF OUR REPRESENTATION TO AMBASSADORIAL LEVEL. MR DONALD MURRAY ( AUSS) WAS PRESENT, IT WAS A RELAXED AND FRIENDLY OCCASION. IN HIS SPEECH, HUANG HUA NOTED THAT OUR BILATERAL RELATIONS WERE ON THE WHOLE GOOD; AND THAT DIFFERENCES OF SOCIAL SYSTEM SHOULD NOT PREVENT THEIR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT, HE REFERRED TO MR CROSLAND'S VISIT TO CHINA LAST YEAR AND RENEWED HIS CONDOLENCES AT HIS DEATH, HE WAS PLEASED THAT YOU HAD DINED THE PREVIOUS EVENING WITH THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR IN LONDON. THE CHINESE PRESS CARRIED REPORTS OF BOTH DINNERS, MENTIONING YOUR PRESENCE AND THAT OF LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS AND MR LUARD.
2. 1 INCLUDED IN MY SPEECH THE HOPE THAT HUANG HUA WOULD BE ABLE TO VISIT LONDON IN DUE COURSE, ( YOUR TELNO 126 OF 10 MARCH). HE LATER SAID THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO COME BUT AS WE KNOW IT KOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR CHINESE MINISTERS TO DO MUCH TRAVELLING THIS YEAR. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF DATES.
3. THE MINISTER HAD NO PARTICULAR MESSAGE TO DELIVER, AND THE CONVERSATION RANGED WIDELY, HE HAD NOTHING NEW TO SAY ON THE MIDDLE EAST OR SOUTHERN AFRICA, POINTS TO NOTE VERE AS FOLLOWS: SINO/US RELATIONS
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