INVITATION TO THE QUEEN
Q: YOU SAID YOU WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO PASS ON THE INVITATION TO HM THE QUEEN TO VISIT CHINA. WILL YOU AT THE SAME TIME RECOMMENDING THAT SHE ACCEPT IT AT A TIME CONVENIENT TO
HER?
A: AT THE MOMENT I AM A POST OFFICE.
WHEN I GET BACK TO
LONDON WE SHALL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE SITUATION IS AND WHAT ADVICE WE SHOULD RECOMMEND TO HER MAJESTY.
FOOD SHORTAGE IN CHINA
Q. AS YOU KNOW THERE IS A SERIOUS FOOD PROBLEM IN TWO PROVINCES OF THIS COUNTRY. PEOPLE IN PEKING HAVE TOLD ME THEY
FEEL THAT THE EC RESPONSE TO CHINESE APPEAL HAS BEEN MODEST
TO SAY THE LEAST. DO YOU THINK THAT WHEN YOU GET BACK TO EUROPE YOU WILL BE IN A POSITION TO URGE THAT MORE ATTENTION BE GIVEN TO THIS CHINESE REQUEST?
A: THIS HAS NOT BEEN RAISED WITH ME IN ANY OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE HAD PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY WITH ANYONE. I HAD NOT HEARD THAT ANYBODY HAD THOUGHT THAT THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION HAD BEEN INADEQUATE. IF I AM TOLD SO ON RELIABLE AUTHORITY, AND THERE IS A FEELING HERE THAT THAT IS SO,
I WILL OF COURSE TAKE THAT BACK.
CHINESE NATIONALS IN HONG KONG
Q: IT APPEARS THAT THE CHINESE OBJECTED TO CHINESE PASSPORT HOLDERS PASSING THROUGH HONG KONG. CAN YOU GIVE ANY INDICATION OF WHAT CHANGES THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE?
As I THINK ITS A BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT. IT A QUESTION OF THE TREATMENT OF CHINESE WHO PASS THROUGH HONG KONG. I THINK WE HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN IRON E TROUBLE OUT.
SIR P. CRADOCK: ITS A RATHER TECHNICAL QUESTION, OR A NUMBER OF RATHER TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. ONE OF THEM CONCERNS FOR EXAMPLE WHERE VISAS FOR CHINESE VISITING HONG KONG CAN BE
ISSUED. WHETHER THEY CAN BE ISSUED HERE AT THE EMBASSY OR
WHETHER THEY CAN BE ISSUED DOWN NEAR THE BORDER.
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