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TELEGRAM NUMBER 3038 OF 19 DECEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (DESKBY 1913OOZ)
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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT:
SIGNATURE CEREMONY.
1.
SIGNATURM OF THE AGREEMENT.TOOK PLACE SHORTLY AFTER 17.30 LOCAL TIME AND WENT WITHOUT A HITCH.
2. APART FROM PREMIER ZHAO, PRESENT ON THE CHINESE
SIDE WERE CHAIRMAN DENGXIAOPING, PRESIDENT LI XIANNIAN, STATE COUNCILOR JI PENGFE AND FOREIGN MINISTER WU XUEQIAN.
3. TEXT OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT AS DELIVERED IN MIFT.
4. TEXT OF ZHAO'S STATEMENT IN MY SECOND IFT.
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG
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