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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1987

GOVERNOR STARTS BUSY PROGRAMME IN USA

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, HAD A FULL DAY OF MEETINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING THE ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, ON MONDAY (U.S. TIME) IN WASHINGTON, DC.

IT WAS THE FIRST OF A FIVE-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT STATES FOR THE GOVERNOR, WHO WILL SPEND THREE DAYS IN TWO IN NEW YORK.

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AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT, SIR DAVID HAD A WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION WITH MR JOHN WHITEHEAD, WHO IS ACTING AS SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE ABSENCE OF MR GEORGE SHULTZ. HE BRIEFED MR WHITEHEAD ON GENERAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG, EMPHASISING THE STRENGTH OF THE TERRITORY'S ECONOMY AND EXPLAINING THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION WAS GOING WELL.

SIR DAVID ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER POSSIBLE PROTECTIONIST IMPLICATIONS IN THE TRADE LEGISLATION PENDING IN THE U.S. CONGRESS.

HE POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG WAS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF A FREE TRADE ECONOMY AND THAT UNITED STATES EXPORTS ΤΟ THE TERRITORY HAD RECENTLY BEEN DOING VERY WELL; THEY WERE UP 27 PER CENT THIS YEAR AS OPPOSED TO FOUR PER CENT FOR THE EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION IN GENERAL.

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MR WHITEHEAD AND SIR DAVID ALSO DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. THE GOVERNOR EXPLAINED THE CONTINUING AND GROWING NATURE OF THE PROBLEM AND EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE BOTH OF CONTINUING RESETTLEMENT AND OF FINDING A LONG TERM SOLUTION,

IN THE AFTERNOON SIR DAVID HAD A MEETING WITH THREE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S TOP CHINA POLICY EXPERTS, WITH WHOM HE HAD DISCUSSION ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA.

FOLLOWING THAT MEETING, SIR DAVID WENT ON TO SEE THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, MR CLAYTON YEUTTER,

SIR DAVID AND AMBASSADOR YEUTTER DISCUSSED A RANGE OF ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST, INCLUDING TRADE AND TEXTILE LEGISLATION AND THE NEW GATT ROUND OF MULTI-LATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS.

CAPITOL, SUBCOMMITTEE

SIR DAVID WOUND UP THE DAY WITH A DINNER AT THE HOSTED BY SENATOR SPARK MATSUNAGA, CHAIRMAN OF THE TRADE OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

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