Call of Chinese Change
30 ILU
SPEAKING NOTES
I have recently taken over Ministerial responsibility la
the Foreign and Commonwelth Office for Asian affuiro, incluling
Sino-British relation8. I have asked you to come here to-day
firstly to ake your acquaintance and secondly to review various
aspects of lao-British relations.
I would like to emphescioc at the outset that my Gove)
10 moet anxious to have normal relations with yours.
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:ions would help to increano the level of Sino--3ritiah trade
and this sould be in both our interonte A prosperous and well
conducted Hong Kong 1e also in both our interests.
part, huve boen doing our best to work tomazão good relations.
le bad hoped and continuo to hope to have your co-operation.
There is, however, one vory serious problem, the way in which
you are tresting cortada British subjecte detainel da Chiao.
It is nearly three months since Fr. Foley expressed our
strongest
tisfaction and concern at the refusal of your
dovernment to provite information on those persona detained pad
10 permit Consular acc898, I had hoped that your Government
would have been in a position by now to provide this information
and that you would have sought an interview to give it to me.
I do not intend to go into detallo of each indiviiual esse
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