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MESSAGE OF 1 NOVEMBER FROM MRS M THATCHER TO MR P TRUDEAU
I was grateful for your message passed to me by your
High Commissioner on 21 October. And thank you for your kind
words about my visit to Canada. I greatly enjoyed my stay
and found our discussions most valuable.
I was interested by Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian's
recent comments to you about Hong Kong. As you suggest, they
broadly reflect what we know already of China's plan for
Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region of China. There
are, however, one or two interesting differences of. emphasis
which further underline our belief that the Chinese have not
fully thought through their plan.
The latest round of Sino-British talks on Hong Kong, which
took place on 19/20 October, was an encouraging one. Confidence
in Hong Kong was strengthened by the joint statement which
described the round as useful and constructive. The next session
will be held on 14 and 15 November, again in Peking. I believe
that we have made progress in persuading the Chinese to get down
to more practical discussions of concrete questions. We shall
keep you in the picture as the talks proceed, in particular with
a view to Premier Zhao Ziyang's visit to Canada in January.
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