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RECORD OF A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND
PREMIER HUA GUOFENG AT 10 DOWNING STREET ON 1 NOVEMBER 1979 AT 1600 HOURS
Present:
The Prime Minister
The Foreign and Commonwealth
Secretary
The Secretary of State for
Industry
The Secretary of State for Defence
The Secretary of State for Trade
Mr. Peter Blaker, MP
Sir Robert Armstrong
Sir Michael Palliser
Mr. Percy Cradock
Mr. Hugh Cortazzi
Mr. Michael Alexander
Mr. Christopher Roberts
Mr. Richard Samuel
Mr. Richard Fursland
Mr. James Richards
Premier Hua Guofeng
Vice-Premier Yu Qiuli
Foreign Minister Huang Hua
Ambassador Ke Hua
Vice-Minister Zhang Wenjin
Vice-Minister Gan Ziyu
Vice-Minister Cui Qun
Mr. Pu Shouchang
Mr. Wei Yongqing
Mr. Qian Qichen
Mr. Wang Benzuo
Interpreter
Notetaker
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The Prime Minister welcomed Premier Hua to their second session
of talks, and expressed the hope that he had enjoyed his programme the previous day in Derby. Their present session of talks would cover bilateral issues. The Prime Minister was keen to do everything
possible to ensure that Premier Hua should get everything he could
out of his visit to Britain.
Hong Kong
On Hong Kong, the British Government wished to work as closely
as possible with the Chinese Government. She was pleased our
relations over Hong Kong were now so good. There were two particular points she wanted to raise.
The first, which was of immediate concern, was the very high
About 250,000 immigrants
rate of immigration across the border.
from China had entered Hong Kong in the past 18 months and the
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