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YOUR TELNO 26: MR RENTON'S VISIT: SPEECHES
1. THANK YOU FOR THIS DRAFT. FOLLOWING IS SLIGHTLY EXPANDED
TEXT AGREED BY MR RENTON.
BEGINS
THANK YOU FOR WORDS OF WELCOME, SPLENDID BANQUET.
THIS EVENING A
FINE START TO INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING TRAVELS WHICH WILL INCLUDE SHANGHAI, GUANGZHOU AND SHENZHEN OF YOU AND YOUR HOSPITALITY, MR VICE-MINISTER, I CAN ONLY ECHO WHAT CHAUCER WROTE
SOME 600 YEARS AGO:
'OUR HOST GAVE US A GREAT WELCOME: EVERYONE WAS GIVEN A PLACE AND SUPPER WAS BEGUN.
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HE SERVED THE FINEST VICTUALS YOU COULD THINK, THE WINE WAS STRONG AND WE WERE GLAD TO DRINK. DELIGHTED TO BE IN CHINA: MANY PEOPLE AT HOME WILL ENVY MY GOOD FORTUNE. ENORMOUS INTEREST, GOODWILL AMONG PEOPLE OF BRITAIN TOWARDS YOUR COUNTRY. REFLECTED IN REMARKABLE RECENT EXPANSION
SINCE MY OF CONTACTS, COOPERATION AND EXCHANGES. RESPONSIBILITIES IN FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE CHANGED LAST OCTOBER TO INCLUDE CHINA, ONE OF MY HIGHEST PRIORITIES TO COME
GLAD TO BE ABLE TO DO HERE, CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO THIS PROCESS.
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