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MY TWO IPTS: SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH VICE-CHAIRMAN
DENG XIAOPING
SINO/BRITISH TRADE
1. LORD CARRINGTON SAID THAT HE WAS WELL AWARE THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN OBLIGED TO READJUST ITS ECONOMIC POLICIES.
WE HAD HAD TO DO THE SAME IN THE UK. HE WISHED TO ASK THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE REGARD TO CONTRACTS CONCLUDED WITH
BRITISH FIRMS, AND TO BEAR IN MIND THAT WE WERE AS ANXIOUS TO
DO BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE AS WE HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.
2. DENG SAID HE WAS VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE PROSPECTS FOR
OUR TRADE RELATIONS. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD NOT GIVEN UP THE OBJECTIVE OF REALISING THE FOUR MODERNISATIONS. THEY HAD
NOT CHANGED THEIR POLICY OF OPENING CHINA TO THE WORLD. THE
PRESENT ECONOMIC READJUSTMENT WAS INTENDED TO PRODUCE A MORE
RAPID ADVANCE IN THE FUTURE. IT WOULD LAST ONLY FOR A PERIOD
OF TIME.
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