GPS 280
CYPHER/CAT A
FM PEKING 02004OZ
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
TO ROUTINE F C O TELNO 248 OF 2 MAY 1978
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INFO SAVING HONG KONG (FOR POLITICAL ADVISER) (ACTIONED BY PEKING).
ANGLO-CHINESE RELATIONS.
1. CORTAZZI RAISED THE QUESTIONS OF BI-LATERAL AGREEMENTS WITH SUNG CHIH-KUANG ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER ON 28 APRIL.SUNG SAID THAT CULTURAL AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENTS IF FORMALLY PROPOSED WOULD RECEIVE FAVOURABLE CONSIDERATION. ON THE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT SUNG REITERATED THE POINT MADE BY LIU IN JANUARY THAT THE MAIN DIFFICULTY WAS THE POSSIBLE JUXTAPOSITION OF C.A.L. AND C.A.A.C. AIRCRAFT AT KAI TAK. THE MATTER WAS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE CHINESE AND WE WOULD BE HEARING IN DUE COURSE. ON THE SHIPPING AGREEMENT, SUNG SAID THAT THE OUT- STANDING ISSUES WERE OF A TECHNICAL NATURE.
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2. SUNG CONFIRMED THAT HUANG HUA HOPED TO VISIT THE U.K. BEFORE THE END OF JULY AND PROMISED DATES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. KU MU WOULD NOT BE VISITING BRITAIN THIS YEAR, BECAUSE HIS TOUR WAS A RETURN VISIT FOG THOSE PAID TO CHINA BY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OR THE IR DEPUTIES. A VICE PREMIER WOULD PROBABLY BE VISITING BRITAIN NEXT YEAR HOWEVER, AND A PRIME MINISTERIAL VISIT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE EXPECTED IN EXCHANGE, ALTHOUGH OUR PRIME MINISTER WAS ALWAYS WELCOME. THEY WOULD WELCOME A VISIT BY YOU LATER IN THE YEAR IF YOU WERE ABLE TO FIT THIS INTO YOUR PROGRAMME.
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CONVERSATION ALSO COVERED A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL TOPICS. FULL RECORD FOLLOWS BY BAG.
DAVIES
DEPARTMENTAL DISTN
1
FED
MK & GD
CRD
PCD
TRED
OIS
ES & SD
IPD
MAED
NEWS D
CABINET OFFICE
HKK
30. $1
- 3 MAY 1973
OEX OFFICER INDEX
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REG., RY Action Taken
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