CONFIDENTIAL
CHINA
Objectives
6.
The visit to China will be a major occasion as only the
third visit by a British Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary (Sir Alec Douglas Home visited in 1972 and
Mr Anthony Crosland in 1976). The Chinese will also regard it as paving the way for a visit by the Prime
Minister, which we hope will take place next year.
i)
ii)
iii)
to continue the dialogue on international issues
established during Premier Hua Guofeng's visit
last year. This will probably concentrate on East-West relations and the global strategic balance, with particular reference to South-West
Asia and Indochina;
to seek further Chinese understanding and
cooperation over Hong Kong leases and immigration;
to press the Chinese to agree to early initiation
of trunk route services London-Peking, as provided
for under the Air Services Agreement signed during
Premier Hua's visit (if this question has not been
resolved);
iv) toreach formal agreement on an exchange of
Consulates (if Ministers approve my submission of
recommending the establishment of a
Consulate in Shanghai, we should hope to reach an agreement in principle with the Chinese in time for an
announcement, and possibly signature during Lord
Carrington's visit).
Programme
Peking
7.
Lord Carrington will arrive in Peking on the morning
of 2 October, and would probably find it useful to have a private lunch/briefing with Sir Percy Cradock, before moving into his substantive programme in the afternoon, There will be a need for two sessions of talks with Huang
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