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Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau PC: MP

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I was most grateful for your message passed to me

by your High Commissioner on. 21 October. I was deeply

touched by your kind words about my visit to Canada.

For my part, I greatly enjoyed my stay and found our

discussions most valuable.

I was interested by your account of Chinese Foreign

Minister Wu Xueqian's recent comments to you about

Hong Kong. As you

surmised, they broadly

There are,

reflect what we know already of China's plan for Hong Kong,

as a Special Administrative Region of China.

however, one or two interesting differences of emphasis

which

further

fully

underline our belief that the

Chinese have not/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

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