5. PREMIER ZHAO REAFFIRMED THE INVITATION FROM CHAIRMAN YE JIAN TO HM THE QUEEN TO VISIT CHINA, AND I SHALL BE DELIGHTED TO PASS THIS ON TO HER MAJESTY ON MY RETURN
LONDON. AT THE SAME TIME, I WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM TO THE CHINESE PREMIER, THAT THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER ACCEPTS WITH MUCH PLEASURE THEIR INVITATION TO VISIT CHINA. MRS THATCHER HOPES TO COME ON A MUTUALLY CONVENIENT DATE IN THE COURSE OF NEXT YEAR.
7. THESE WERE ALL MOST VALUABLE TALKS. I AM CONFIRMED IN THE VIEW THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA ARE EXCELLENT AND HAVE NEVER BEEN BETTER. THESE RELATIONS HAVE GREAT IMPORTANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL STABILITY. WE PROPOSE TO BUILD ON THIS.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
BILATERAL RELATIONS
Q: HUANG HUA MENTIONED AT THE BANQUET THE OTHER NIGHT THAT THERE WERE BILATERAL MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED. COULD YOU TELL US WHAT THOSE WERE? DID THEY CONCERN TRADE DEALS?
A: THERE WERE SOME PARTICULAR MATTERS SUCH AS PASSPORTS AND VISAS IN HONG KONG, WHICH I SAID THAT I WOULD LOOK AT WHEN I GOT HOME OR WOULD ASK THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, OR THE AMBASSADOR HERE TO ATTEND TO THEM. ON ECONOMIC MATTERS I EXPRESSED THE HOPE TO THE PREMIER THAT DURING THE PERIOD OF READJUSTMENT WHICH WE FULLY UNDERSTOOD, FULL REGARD WOULD BE HAD TO THE CONTRACTS WHICH HAD BEEN SIGNED AND THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN OUR COUNTRIES. THE PREMIER SAID HE WOULD TAKE NOTE OF THIS.
CAMBODIA.
Q: IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS ON KAMPUCHEA DID THE PARTICULAR ROLE OF
POL POT IN ANY PROSPECTIVE UNITED FRONT, COME UP?
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