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Thank you for your letter of 18 May, in which you conveyed the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary's recommendation that an invitation should be extended to the Chinese Premier, Hua Guofeng, to visit the UK from 30 October to 3 November, 1979.
The Prime Minister agrees that Premier Hua should be invited to pay a visit on these dates; she has also agreed to receive Premier Hua, to have talks with him and his colleagues, and to offer him hospitality. The way is therefore clear for a formal invitation to be extended to the Chinese. I should be grateful for further advice on the programme, insofar as it affects the Prime Minister's involvement, in due course.
I am sending a copy of this letter to Martin Vile (Cabinet Office).
Yours ever,
Bryan Carridge.
J.S. Wall, Esq.,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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2 2 MAY 1979
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