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clear. I know that they will pay particular attention to anything you might say to them: after all it was to you in 1982 that Deng Xiaoping first unveiled his thinking on Hong
Kong's future.
GENERAL BILATERAL
Visits
Hong Kong apart, bilateral relations remain on course with
both sides steadily injecting more substance, although we have still not returned to pre-1989 warmth.
Number of ministerial visits in the offing, including
Mr Heseltine and Mr Needham late October in support of a major trade mission, Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji visiting here on 15-19
November as guest of Mr Heseltine.
- Other outward visits include Sir Michael Marshall (IPU) (29
September-1 October) and Mr Robert Adley with a Parliamentary
Delegation (1-10 October.)
Human Rights
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Human rights remains a central concern. Lord Howe's human
rights delegation now fixed for 1-8 December. Details are
being sorted out.
Bilateral trade disappointing over the last 18 months.
some recent successes on the aerospace front: Rolls Royce engines for 13 Boeing 757s and 8 BAe aircraft.
- Chinese pressing for a third concessional finance
arrangement (CFA), but decisions awaited on our global ATP
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