Mr Samuel (FED)
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7 SEP 1978
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"Mr. Musefiel
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At the Chief of the "Air Staff's-lunch today for the Chinese Air Force delegation had a chat about various matters with Mr Chu, the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires. The following points may be worth recording:
a. CHINESE AMBASSADOR. Mr Chu confirmed that the Chinese Ambassador would be arriving on 16 September.
b. CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER. Mr Chu wanted to know whether we could now confirm our acceptance of a visit by Mr Huang Hua. I said that in principle we welcomed such a visit and I saw no difference between the attitude of this Government or of any possible successor government. The only problem was one of timing.
If we had an election in early October there could be problems. The matter was now with the Prime Minister.
c. AIR SERVICES. MrChu thought that it would be very useful if China could fly regular services into Hong Kong. They were thinking again about what Mr Dell had said in Peking. Cathay Pacific flights via Taipei were purely commercial and did not involve the Government.
They had proposed a Japanese-type formula, but they recognised that Hong Kong's position and that of Japan were different. Hong Kong had only one international airport whereas Japan had two in Tokyo.
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IMMIGRATION INTO HONG KONG. Mr Chu said that Chinese policy had become more liberal in granting exit permits to people who wanted to visit relatives outside China. They had no way of knowing whether those who applied would be granted entry permits when they had to apply in Hong Kong. In this and in the context of communications generally he drew attention to the obstacle to communication caused by the need to change trains at the Hong Kong/China border.
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HONG KONG. Mr Chu thought that Hong Kong issues were settled smoothly and efficiently by the present liaison arrangements. I agreed.
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND VIETNAM. Mr Chu said that on their side there was no obstacle to the re-establishment of relations with Indonesia. He had nothing new to say about relations with Vietnam, but seemed interested when I commented on the Vietnamese National Day celebrations and our attitude towards the form of the celebrations. I told him that Mr Murray and Mr Simons had walked out during the second film. I added that we had protested to the Vietnamese Embassy about the arrangements.
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