TRANSLATION
Xinhua News Agency Hongkong Branch)
387 Queen's Road, East, Hong Kong.
23 April, 1979.
His Excellency Sir Murray MacLehose, Governor of Hong Kong.
I would like to thank Your Excellency
and Lady MacLehose for your lavish hospitality and for the happy evening we spent with you.
Your Excellency's visit to China not only promoted mutual understanding and friendship between our two sides, but also marked an excellent beginning
to the further advancement of economic ties and
co-operation between Guangdong and Hong Kong. Once again, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Your Excellency on the success of your visit and to welcome you and Lady MacLehose to come
again to tour in our country.
First Director
Wang Kuang (signed)