CONFIDENTIAL
RECORD OF A MEETING BETWEEN
THE PRIME MINISTER
AND
PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG
AT
THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE, PEKING
ON
19 DECEMBER, 1984, AT 9.35 A.M.
PRESENT:
The Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher, FRS, MP, Prime Minister
The Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Howe, QC, MP, Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Sir Richard Evans, KCMG, H.M. Ambassador, Peking
Sir Percy Cradock, GCMG, Deputy Under Secretary of State, FCO
Sir Edward Youde, GCMG, MBE, Governor of Hong Kong
Mr FER Butler, Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
Dr D C Wilson, Assistant Under Secretary of State, FCO
Mr RJT McLaren, CMG, Assistant Under Secretary of State, FCO
Mr C D Powell, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
Mr B Ingham, Chief Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
Mr L V Appleyard, Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of Sta
Mr C J Meyer, Head of News Department, FCO
Mr P A B Thomson, Counsellor, British Embassy, Peking
Mr H L Davies, Commercial Counsellor, British Embassy, Peking
Mr W G Ehrman, First Secretary, British Embassy, Peking
Mr P F Ricketts, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State Mr D G Blunt, First Secretary, British Embassy, Peking Mr T W M Smith, Second Secretary, British Embassy, Peking Mrs GT Ellis, Attache, British Embassy, Peking
Mr Y P Cheng, Interpreter
HE Mr Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the State Council
HE Mr Ji Pengfei, State Councillor
HE Mr Wu Xueqian, State Councillor and Foreign Minister
HE Mr Zhou Nan, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Jia Shi, Vice-Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade
HE Mr Chen Zhaoyuan, Chinese Ambassador at London
Mr Guo Fengmin, Director of the Western European Department of
the Foreign Ministry
Mr Tang Longbin, Director of the Protocol Department of the
Foreign Ministry