TNAG-0839-FCO40-1048-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-1979 — Page 48

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

SECALTARY OF STATE

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SIRY OF DEFENCE

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RECORD OF A MEETING BETWEEN THE DEFENCE SECRETARY

AND THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFT OF THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY IN TBE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AT 1115 ON MONDAY 2ND JULY 1979

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Present:

The Rt Hon Francis Pyin MP

Secretary of State for Defence

Sir Neil Cameron

Chief of Defence Staff

Sir Ronald Ellis

Head of Defence Sales

Air Marshal

Sir Frederick Sowery Ministry of Defence

Mr B M Norbury

llead of DS11

Colonel M W Jenkins

Defence Attache, Peking

Mr JD Gutteridge

PS/Secretary of State

Mr Yang Yong

Deputy Chief of General Staff, People's Liberation Army

Mr Chai Chengwen

Director of Foreign Affairs Bureau, Ministry of National Defence

Mr Wang Letian

Deputy Director, Equipment Division,

leadquarters

General Staff

Mr Chu Chi-yuan

Charge d'Affaires of the People's Republic of China

Mr Fang Weni

Military Naval and Air Attache, Embassy of People's Republic

of China

Mr Gu Jingshu Interpreter

1. The Secretary of State welcomed Mr Yang Yong saying that his visit was a sign of the improving relations between the United Kingdom and China. The new British Government attached importance to defence; it was primarily committed Lo NATO but

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