Zanadian High Commission
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The Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher, M.P.,
Prime Minister,
10 Downing Street,
London, SW1.
Hant Commissariat du Canada
1 Grosvenor Square, London W1X OAB
October 21, 1983
Dear Prime Minister,
I have been asked by Prime Minister Trudeau to pass the following message to you. The original message will follow shortly.
"Dear Margaret,
Allow me to take a moment to convey my personal congratulations for your immensely, successful visit to Canada in late September, the impact of which continues to be discussed in private and public. You have captured the imagination of many Canadians. As usual, I enjoyed our discussions and hope to pursue them next month in New Delhi.
I recall particularly your concerns about Britain's ongoing negotiations with China on the future of Hong Kong. Significant Canadian interests are also at play but not, of course, to anything like the extent of your own.
Fortuitously, the Chinese Foreign Minister, State Councillor Wu Xuequian, visited Ottawa in early October. During my luncheon with Mr. Wu, he spoke at some length of the future of Hong Kong and China's approach to the negotiations (all this, I must add, without any particular encouragement from me), I do not for a moment consider Wu's statements to be a disinterested account of the negotiations. I thought nevertheless you might like to have, in confidence, a brief resumé of Wu's comments.
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