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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1691 OF 14 NOVEMBER.
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FOLLOWING IS REVISED TEXT OF ECC CHINA COOPERATION AGREEMENT,
BEGINS
PREAMBLE
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
NOTING WITH SATISFACTION THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS AS SIGNIFIED BY THE MUTUAL EXCHANGE OF VISITS BY MINISTERS AND VICE MINISTERS OF THE TWO GOVERNMENTS, CULMINATING IN NOVEMBER 1978 IN THE VISIT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF VICE PREMIER MR WANG CHEN:
DESIRING TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN THEIR MUTUAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND WISHING TO MAKE EFFECTIVE USE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY THE ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS OF THE TWO COUNTRIES:
RECOGNISING THE DESIRABILITY OF DEFINING MORE PRECISELY THE SCOPE OF SUCH CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN SPECIFIC ECONOMIC, INDUSTRIAL
AND TECHNICAL FIELDS:
TAKING COGNISANCE OF THE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
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