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HW7-076/13 3077
CONFIDENTIAL
REC02617
3 1 JUL 1991
Foreign & Commonwealth
Office
“London, SWIA 2AH
(55)
Dear Stephen,
(35)
Prime Minister's Visit to China and Hong Kong
I wrote to you on 29 July giving the
Foreign Secretary's advice on the itinerary and programme for the Prime Minister's visit to China. like recommendations on the handling of the visit,
You may also including objectives, subjects for discussions with the Chinese, and tactics.
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This will be the first visit by a British
The
Prime Minister to China since that of Mrs Thatcher in December 1984 for the signature of the Joint Declaration on Hong Kong. Following that agreement our relations entered their warmest phase, with the State visit to China by The Queen in 1986 marking a high point. then Chinese Premier, Zhao Ziyang (later Party General Secretary) visited Britain the same year. to a halt in June 1989, with the suspension of many areas
Progress came of our dealings with China following the Tiananmen events.
Mr Kaifu will visit Peking shortly before the Prime Minister, who will be the first EC head of Government to visit China since 1989, : Mr Andreotti is likely to visit China later in September. have recognised the special needs we (and Portugal) have
EC partners for rebuilding links with China. Human rights concerns
mean that most of them do not favour too rapid a
development of relations. US/China relations.
Objectives of the Visit
(a)
Our objectives are:-
Similar concerns hold back
To sign the MOU, to secure a resounding Chinese endorsement of the Airport Project, and to demonstrate that Britain and China are working together to bring about a stable and prosperous future for Hong Kong;
CONFIDENTIAL
/ (b)