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RECORD OF A MEETING BETWEEN THE LORD PRIVY SEALIZ
AND PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG ON 6 JANUARY 1982-
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Present
Lord Privy Seal
Sir Percy Cradock
Mr. Tom Arnold, MP
A.E. Donald
Mr.
R. Westbrook
Mr. R.
Mr. M.A. Arthur
Mr. M.W. Atkinson
Mr. A.C. Galsworthy,
Mr. R.N. Peirce
Mr. J. Ashton
Premier Zhao Ziyang
Pans will
Zhang Canming, Vice-Minister, 1 Wang Benzuo, Director, Western European Dept, MFA
Zheng Yaowen, Division Head,
WED, MFA
Tang Longbin, Deputy Director, Protocol Dept, MFA
Interpreters
Junior Officials
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1.
Premier Zhao Ziyang began by extending a warm welcome to the Lord Privy Seal on his first visit to China. The Lord Privy Seal thanked the Premier and said that he had been asked to
convey greetings and best wishes from Mrs. Thatcher. During Lord Carrington's visit to China in April 1981 the possibility of a visit to China by Mrs. Thatcher had been raised. At that time Lord Carrington had confirmed that the Prime Minister would in principle very much like to pay a visit. Mrs. Thatcher had now asked the Lord Privy Seal to tell Premier Zhao Ziyang that she had set aside 16-29 September: if convenient to the Chinese she would very much like to come during that period. there was no immediate need to finalise exact dates.
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Premier Zhao asked the Lord Privy Seal on
his return home to reaffirm to the Prime Minister that she would
be welcome to visit China and that specific dates could be discussed through diplomatic channels. The Lord Privy Seal
agreed to do this. Premier Zhao said that he had talked with
Lord Carrington on his visit to China in April 1981 and again
at Cancun where he had also met Mrs. Thatcher. Their conversatio
had been friendly and had left deep and fine memories. He asked the Lord Privy Seal to convey his greetings to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State.
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The Lord Privy Seal said that his discussions over the last two days with Vice-Minister Zhang Canming and Vice Premier Ji Pengfei had also been very agreeable. He had learned a lot
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